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Species Perinereis obfuscata (Grube, 1878)

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Mud flats, under rocks and on encrusting fauna.

 

Citations

Nereis (Perinereis) obfuscata.
—Horst, R 1924. Polychaeta Errantia of the Siboga Expedition. Part III. Nereidae and Hesionidae. Siboga-Expeditie, Leiden 99: 145–198 [173–174, pl. 34].

Perinereis obfuscata.
—Hutchings, P.A., Reid, A. & Wilson, R.S. 1991. Perinereis from Australia (Polychaeta, Nereididae) from Australia, with redescriptions of six additional species. Records of the Australian Museum 43: 241–274 [257–258, fig. 11]

Nereis obfuscata
—Ehlers, E. 1920. Polychaeten von Java und Amboina. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der malaiischen Strandfauna. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen. Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse. Neue Folge 10(7): 1–73 [51].

Misidentifications

as Perinereis striolata.
—Hylleberg, J., Nateewathana, A. & Bussarawit, S. 1986. Polychaetes of Thailand. Nereidae (Part 1); Perinereis and Pseudonereis with notes on species of commercial value. Phuket Marine Biological Center, Research Bulletin 43: 1–22 [10–13, fig. 6].

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
17-Oct-2023 08-Jul-2013 MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023 22-Apr-2013 MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023 29-Oct-2010 MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023 08-Sep-2010 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)