Species Polycirrus nephrosus Hutchings & Glasby, 1986
- Polycirrus nephrosus Hutchings, P.A. & Glasby, C.J. 1986. The Polycirrinae (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 38: 319-350 [338-339].
Type data:
Holotype AM W199641 (complete, 37 segments), Ship Rock, Port Hacking, NSW [34°04'S, 151°06'E].
Paratype(s) AM W199642 2 specimens, Towra Point, Botany Bay, NSW [33°58'S, 150°59'E]; USNM 098823 1 specimen, Port Gregory, WA [28°12'S, 114°15'E]; BMNH ZB 1985.228 1 specimen, King George Sound, Albany, WA [35°03'S, 117°58'E]; QM G4056 1 specimen, Myora, Stradbroke Island, Qld [27°3I'S, 152°35'E].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Western Australia
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Central W coast, Lower E coast, Lower W coast
Ecological Descriptors
Rock reef.
Extra Ecological Information
Associated with sponges, soft and hard corals, algae, intertidal to 10 m.
Misidentifications
as Polycirrus boholensis.
—Augener, H. 1914. Polychaeta II. Sedentaria. pp. 1–172 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Fischer Vol. 5 [102–106, text fig. 14a–c].
General References
Glasby, C.J. & Hutchings, P. 2014. Revision of the taxonomy of Polycirrus Grube, 1850 (Annelida: Terebellida: Polycirridae). Zootaxa 3877(1): 1-117 [78]
History of changes
| 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) |