Species Polycirrus porcata Knox & Cameron, 1971
Compiler and date details
Jan 2011 - P. Hutchings & M. Yerman, Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Polycirrus porcata Knox, G.A. & Cameron, D.B. 1971. Port Phillip Survey 2. Polychaeta. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 32: 21-41 [36].
Type data:
Holotype NMV G1757 (about 45 segments), Quiet Corner, Port Phillip Bay, Vic.
Distribution
States
South Australia, Tasmania
IMCRA
Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, S Gulfs coast, Tas. Coast
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, sand bottom, silt bottom, sublittoral.
Extra Ecological Information
From intertidal to about 100 m depth, also coastal embayments where the species is associated with Posidonia.
Citations
Polycirrus porcata.
—Hutchings, P.A. & Glasby, C.J. 1986. The Polycirrinae (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 38: 319–350 [341–343, figs 10a–d, 12f].
Misidentifications
as Polycirrus sp. 1.
—Mahon, B.P.G. 1973. Environmental study of Port Phillip Bay. Report on phase I, 1968–1971. Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works, and Fisheries and Wildlife Department of Victoria, Melbourne. 1–372 pp. [371].
General References
Glasby, C.J. & Hutchings, P. 2014. Revision of the taxonomy of Polycirrus Grube, 1850 (Annelida: Terebellida: Polycirridae). Zootaxa 3877(1): 1-117 [94]
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 | 15-Feb-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 17-Oct-2023 | 06-Sep-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |