Species Salmacina australis Haswell, 1884

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Species Salmacina australis Haswell, 1884

Compiler and date details

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

Salmacina australis Haswell, W.A. 1884. The marine annelids of the order Serpulea. Some observations on their anatomy, with the characteristics of the Australian species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 9: 649-675 [669].
Type data:
Status unknown, (specimen lost), Port Jackson, New South Wales.
Salmacina dysteri australis Monro, C.C.A. 1939. Polychaeta. Report of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1928–31 B 4: 87-156 [as Salmacina dysteri var. australis].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

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

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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Lower E coast, Lower W coast

Citations

Salmacina australis.
—Augener, H. 1926. Papers from Dr. T.H. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914–16. XXXIV. Polychaeta III. Polychaeten von Neuseeland. II. Sedentaria. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Førenig i København 81: 157–294.
—Augener, H. 1927. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914–1916. No. 38. Polychaeten von Südost und Süd-Australien. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Førenig i København 83: 71–275 [274–275].

Misidentifications

as Salmacina dysteri (in part).
—Augener, H. 1914. Polychaeta II. Sedentaria. pp. 1–172 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Fischer Vol. 5.
—Straughan, D. 1967. Marine Serpulidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) of eastern Queensland and New South Wales. Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 201–261 [250–251].

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	Action Date	Action Type
17-Oct-2023	15-Feb-2011	MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023	03-Nov-2010	MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023	09-Aug-2010	MOVED
	12-Feb-2010	(import)

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