Species Polycirrus variabilis Hutchings & Glasby, 1986

Museums

Regional Maps

• Polycirrus variabilis Hutchings, P.A. & Glasby, C.J. 1986. The Polycirrinae (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 38: 319-350 [345-347].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM W199538 1 specimen (complete, 57 segments), Lizard Island, Qld [14°40'S 141°28'E].
  Paratype(s) USNM 098827 1 specimen, Lizard Island, Qld [14°40'S, 141°28'E]; AHF Poly 1458 1 specimen, Lizard Island, Qld [14°40'S, 141°28'E]; BMNH ZB 1985.230 1 specimen, Lizard Island, Qld [14°40'S, 141°28'E]; AM WI99540 1 specimen, Lizard Island, Qld [14°40'S, 141°28'E]; AM WI99541 4 specimens, Lizard Island, Qld [14°40'S, 141°28'E]; AM WI99539 2 specimens, Lizard Island, Qld [14°40'S, 141°28'E]; AM WI99543 3 specimens, Lizard Island, Qld [14°40'S, 141°28'E]; AM WI99544 1 specimen, Lizard Island, Qld [14°40'S, 141°28'E]; AM WI99477 1 specimen, Lizard Island, Qld [14°40'S, 141°28'E].

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef.

Extra Ecological Information

7–12 m depth.

 

General References

Glasby, C.J. & Hutchings, P. 2014. Revision of the taxonomy of Polycirrus Grube, 1850 (Annelida: Terebellida: Polycirridae). Zootaxa 3877(1): 1-117 [108-109]

Nogueira, J.M.M., Hutchings, P. & Carrerette, O. 2015. Polycirridae (Annelida, Terebelliformia) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Zootaxa 4019(1): 437–483 (New specimens from type-locality)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
17-Oct-2023	ANNELIDA	30-Aug-2023	MODIFIED
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)