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Genus Polycirrus Grube, 1850

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Tasmania Province (10), Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Central W coast, G. Aust. Bight, Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast, S Gulfs coast, Tas. Coast
    • 200 mile fishing zone: NW oceanic, S oceanic
  • New Zealand
    • North Island
    • South Island

Oriental Region

  • Indonesia
  • Malaysia
  • Philippines

Citations

Polycirrus.
—Grube, A.-E. 1878. Annulata Semperiana. Beiträge zur kenntniss der annelidenfauna der Philippinen nach den von Herrn Prof. Semper mitgebrachten sammlungen. Mémoires l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Petersbourg 7 25: ix 1–300 pls 1–15 [242].
—Hutchings, P.A. & Glasby, C.J. 1986. The Polycirrinae (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 38: 319–350 [330–332] (generic diagnosis emended).

 

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 POLYCIRRIDAE 12-Nov-2014 MODIFIED Lyn Randall
17-Oct-2023 03-Nov-2014 MOVED
17-Oct-2023 03-Nov-2010 MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023 06-Sep-2010 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)