Genus Polycirrus Grube, 1850
- Polycirrus Grube, A.-E. 1850. Die Familien der Anneliden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 16: 249-364 [330].
Type species:
Polycirrus medusa Grube, 1850 by monotypy. - Litancyra Hutchings, P. 1977. Terebelliform Polychaeta of the families Ampharetidiae, Terebellidae and Trichobranchidae from Australia, chiefly from Moreton Bay, Queensland. Records of the Australian Museum 31: 1-38 [10] [junior subjective synonym of Polycirrus Grube, 1850].
Type species:
Litancyra octoseta Hutchings, 1977 by original designation. - Leucariste Malmgren, A.J. 1866. Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 22: 355-410 [390].
- Cyaxares Kinberg, J.G.H. 1867. Annulata nova. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 23(9): 337-357 [348].
- Dejoces Kinberg, J.G.H. 1867. Annulata nova. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 23(9): 337-357 [348].
- Anisocirrus Gravier, C. 1905. Sur deux types nouveaux de Térébelliens Anisocirrus nov. gen., decipiens, Aponobranchus nov. gen., perrier nov. sp. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 11: 437-444 [437].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia
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).
General References
Glasby, C.J. & Hutchings, P. 2014. Revision of the taxonomy of Polycirrus Grube, 1850 (Annelida: Terebellida: Polycirridae). Zootaxa 3877(1): 1-117 [14-17]
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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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) |