Genus Scyphoproctus Gravier, 1904

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia


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IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

Citations

Scyphoproctus.
—Doyle, S. 1991. Setal type and distribution in two Australian species of Scyphoproctus (Polychaeta, Capitellidae) and three other capitellids, with a description of Scyphoproctus towraiensis sp. n. Zoologica Scripta 20: 263–275 [264–266].

 

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Species Scyphoproctus ornatus Hartmann-Schröder, 1979

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


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IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, mangrove.

 

Citations

Scyphoproctus ornatus.
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1982. Teil 8. Die Polychaeten der subtropisch-antiborealen Westküste Australiens (zwischen Cervantes im Norden und Cape Naturaliste im Süden). In Hartmann-Schröder, G. & Hartmann, G. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeta. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut. 51–118 pp. [89].

 

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Species Scyphoproctus somalus Cantone, 1976

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Heron Island, QLD.

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

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

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal.

 

Citations

Scyphoproctus somalus.
—Paxton, H., Tait, N.N. & Doyle, S.F. 1984. Redescription of Scyphoproctus somalus (Polychaeta; Capitellidae), newly recorded from Australia, with notes on its ecology. pp. 63–71 in Hutchings, P.A. (ed). Proceedings of the First International Polychaete Conference, Sydney, Australia, July 1983. Sydney : Linnean Society of New South Wales 483 pp. [65–69, figs 2–3].
—Doyle, S. 1991. Setal type and distribution in two Australian species of Scyphoproctus (Polychaeta, Capitellidae) and three other capitellids, with a description of Scyphoproctus towraiensis sp. n. Zoologica Scripta 20: 263–275 [266–268].

 

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Species Scyphoproctus towraiensis Doyle, 1991

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales


Extra Distribution Information

Only known from Broughton Island & Botany Bay, NSW.

Australian Endemic.


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IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, seagrass, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Usually found associated with Zostera capricorni seagrass.

 

Misidentifications

as Scyphoproctus djiboutiensis.
—Hutchings, P.A. 1974. Polychaeta of Wallis Lake, New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 98: 175–195 [187].
—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 [86].

 

History of changes

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