Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Prionospio wambiri Wilson, 1990

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Species Prionospio wambiri Wilson, 1990


Compiler and date details

Jan 2011 - P. Hutchings & M. Yerman, Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

  • Type data:
     Holotype NMV F53904 (entire, 88 chaetigers), Woodbridge, Tas [43°9.5'S, 147°14.0'E].
    Paratype(s) NMV F53905-6 2 specimens, Woodbridge, Tas [43°9.5'S, 147°14.0'E]; AM W203954 2 specimens, Woodbridge, Tas [43°9.5'S, 147°14.0'E]; USNM 122751 2 specimens, Woodbridge, Tas [43°9.5'S, 147°14.0'E]; NMWZ 1989.116.7 5 specimens, Dover Jetty, Tas, 1.5 [43°19'S, 147°1'E]; NMV F53907 26 specimens, Dover Jetty, Tas, 1.5 [43°19'S, 147°1'E].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania


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

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Lower E coast, Tas. Coast

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, intertidal, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Intertidal down to 55 m depth.

 

Misidentifications

as Minuspio cirrifera.
—Hutchings, P.A. & Murray, A. 1984. Taxonomy of Polychaetes from the Hawkesbury River and the southern estuaries of New South Wales, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 3: 1–118 [59] (in part).

 

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 15-Feb-2011 MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023 16-Sep-2010 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)