Introduction

Trichobranchids inhabit soft sediments from shallow water to depths of 2700 m; they may be more common in deep and cold waters. In Australia they are common in inshore waters and on the shelf; they may be locally abundant in benthic samples. All trichobranchids are thought to be non-selective deposit-feeders. Trichobranchids tend to have a relatively short, compact body with an extended tentacular membrane and numerous buccal tentacles of two types. Branchiae range from simple filaments to rosettes to a single stout stalk bearing two to five lamellate lobes.

Figures of 4 genera and 10 species were given by Beesley et al. (2000: App. 1) for representation of the family in Australian waters, and 5 genera and 30+ species worldwide.

See Hutchings (2000) for detailed treatment of the family.

Database Notes

checked against CD, 2003 by RTJ

Diagnosis

General features. Body shape vermiform; segments numerous (more than about 15); segments similar dimensions throughout; regionation present, comprising distinct thorax and abdomen; regions demarcated by absence of abdominal notopodia. Glandular ventral shields absent. Pygidium simple ring or cone. Pygidial appendages absent.
Head & head structures. Head bearing many tentacles (=oral filaments) around mouth. Prostomium projects as a tentacular membrane. Eyes absent. Oral filaments present; arise outside on membrane above mouth. Palps absent. Nuchal organs indistinct paired dorsolateral patches. Peristomial ring absent.
Pharynx & pharyngeal apparatus. Foregut a ventral pharyngeal organ; dorsolateral ciliated folds present (?).
Body segments & parapodia. First segment a smooth ring. First chaetiger with notochaetae only. Parapodia biramous with prominent parapodial lobes; notopodial lobes represented by at least one chaetal lobe; neuropodial lobes low ridges (tori) (over most of body). Dorsal cirri absent. Ventral cirri absent. Branchiae absent, or present; arise from dorsum; occur only on achaetous first segments, or occur on at least some chaetigerous segments; filiform, or lamellate.
Chaetae. Notochaetae present. Aciculae absent. Capillary chaetae hair-like; smooth. Spines absent, or present only in one or a few anterior chaetigers; in neuropodia only; sharply bent (=geniculate) or curved. Hooks present; unprotected; occur in thoracic neuropodia only. Uncini present (abdominal neuropodia); with teeth arranged in transverse series above an enlarged main fang (=crested); arranged in one or two rows.
Tube & burrow. Tube membraneous.

The above description was generated from: 'C.J. Glasby & K. Fauchald (2002 onwards). POLiKEY. An information system for polychaete families and higher taxa: Version 1: September 2002.'
(See ABRS website: Online Resources: Polikey, for Version 2, released June 2003)

General References

Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Glasby, C.J. (eds) 2000. Polychaetes & Allies: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia Vol. 4A Polychaeta, Myzostomida, Pogonophora, Echiura, Sipuncula. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 Part A xii 1-465 pp.

Clark, R.B. 1969. Systematics and Phylogeny: Annelida, Echiura, Sipuncula. pp. 1-68 in Florkin, M. & Scheer, B.T. (eds). Chemical Zoology. Annelida, Echiura, and Sipuncula. New York : Academic Press Vol. 4.

Day, J.H. 1967. A Monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. London : Publication of the British Museum (Natural History) Part 1 Pt 1, Erranta pp. 1-458; Pt 2, Sedentaria pp. 459-878.

Fauchald, K. 1977. The polychaete worms. Definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Science Series 28: 1-188

Fauchald, K. & Rouse, G. 1997. Polychaete systematics: Past and present. Zoologica Scripta 26: 71-138

Fauvel, P. 1927. Faune de France: Polychètes sedentaires. Addenda aux Errantes, Archiannélides, Myzostomaires. Librairie de la Faculté des Sciences. Paris : Paul Lechevalier Vol. 16 494 pp.

Hessle, C. 1917. Zur Kenntnis der terebellomorphen Polychaeten. Zoologiska Bidrag Från Uppsala 5: 39-258

Holthe, T. 1986. Polychaeta Terebellomorpha. Marine Invertebrates of Scandinavia. Oslo, Norway : Norwegian University Press Vol. 7 192 pp.

Hutchings, P. 1977. Terebelliform Polychaeta of the families Ampharetidiae, Terebellidae and Trichobranchidae from Australia, chiefly from Moreton Bay, Queensland. Records of the Australian Museum 31: 1-38

Hutchings, P.A. 2000. Family Trichobranchidae. pp. 232-235 in Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Glasby, C.J. (eds). Polychaetes & Allies: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia Vol. 4A Polychaeta, Myzostomida, Pogonophora, Echiura, Sipuncula. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 Part A xii 1-465 pp.

Hutchings, P.A. & Peart, R. 2000. A revision of the Australian Trichobranchidae (Polychaeta). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 225-272

Malmgren, A.J. 1866. Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 22: 355-410

McHugh, D. 1995. Phylogenetic analysis of the Amphitritinae (Polychaeta: Terebellidae). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 114: 405-429

Rullier, F. 1951. Étude morphologique, histologique et physiologique de l'organe nucale chez les Annélides Polychètes sédentaires. Annales de l'Institut Océanographique 27: 51-56

Uschakov, P.V. 1965. Polychaeta of the far eastern seas of the USSR. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Doklady 56: 1-419

Wirén, A. 1885. Om Cirkulation- och digestions-organen hos Annelider af familjerna Ampharetidae Terebellidae och Amphictenidae. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 21: 1-58

History of changes

• Artacamella Hartman, O. 1955. Endemism in the North Pacific Ocean, with emphasis on the distribution of marine annelids, and descriptions of new or little known species. In, Essays in the Natural Sciences in Honor of Captain Allan Hancock on the occasion of his birthday July 26, 1955, Los Angeles. University of Southern California Press. 39-60 pp. [48-49].

  Type species:

   Artacamella hancocki Hartman, 1955 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Gulf of Carp., Lower E coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast, S Gulfs coast
  • 200 mile fishing zone: NW oceanic

Nearctic Region

Citations

Artacamella.
—Hutchings, P. 1977. Terebelliform Polychaeta of the families Ampharetidiae, Terebellidae and Trichobranchidae from Australia, chiefly from Moreton Bay, Queensland. Records of the Australian Museum 31: 1–38 [24].
—Holthe, T. 1977. The systematic position of Artacamella Hartman, 1955 (Polychaeta, Terebellomorpha). Sarsia 63: 35–37 [35–37].

General References

Hutchings, P.A. & Peart, R. 2000. A revision of the Australian Trichobranchidae (Polychaeta). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 225-272 (moved the genus Artacamella from Terebellidae (subfamily Artacaminae) to Trichibranchidae based on the structure of thoracic neurosetae)

History of changes

• Artacamella dibranchiata Knox, G.A. & Cameron, D.B. 1971. Port Phillip Survey 2. Polychaeta. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 32: 21-41 [36-38].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV F41758 (over 50 segments), Port Phillip Bay, Victoria.
  Paratype(s) NMV F41759 (Paratype from same locality as the holotype).

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Lower W coast, NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Mud bottom, sand bottom, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

In muddy-sand in shallow water, 11–20 m depth.

Citations

Artacamella dibranchiata.
—Hutchings, P. 1977. Terebelliform Polychaeta of the families Ampharetidiae, Terebellidae and Trichobranchidae from Australia, chiefly from Moreton Bay, Queensland. Records of the Australian Museum 31: 1–38 [24, fig. 13a–c] (in part).
—Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1980. Teil 4. Die Polychaeten der tropischen Nordwestküste Australiens (zwischen Port Samson im Norden und Exmouth 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. 41–110 pp. [78].
—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. [91].
—Hutchings, P.A. & Peart, R. 2000. A revision of the Australian Trichobranchidae (Polychaeta). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 225–272 [227–228, figs 1a, 2, 3a–f, table 1]

History of changes

• Artacamella torulosa Hutchings, P.A. & Peart, R. 2000. A revision of the Australian Trichobranchidae (Polychaeta). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 225-272.

  Type data:

   Holotype AM W24124 (posteriorly incomplete, 28 segments), near the mouth of Althaus Ck, Halifax Bay, north of Townsville, Qld, 2-5 [19°10'S, 146°37'E].
  Paratype(s) AM W24118 1 specimen (posteriorly incomplete); AM W24121 7 specimens; AM W24127 1 specimen; AM W24115 2 specimens; BMNH 1999.1092–1093 2 specimens; LACM-AHF POLY 1926 1 specimen; USNM 186054 1 specimen (All paratypes from same locality as the holotype).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Lower E coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Down to about 84 m depth.

Misidentifications

as Trichobranchus glacialis.
—Stephenson, W., Williams, W.T. & Cook, S.D. 1974. The benthic fauna of soft bottoms, southern Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 17: 73–123 [113].

as Artacamella dibranchiata.
—Hutchings, P. 1977. Terebelliform Polychaeta of the families Ampharetidiae, Terebellidae and Trichobranchidae from Australia, chiefly from Moreton Bay, Queensland. Records of the Australian Museum 31: 1–38 [24] (in part).

History of changes

• Artacamella tribranchiata Hutchings, P.A. & Peart, R. 2000. A revision of the Australian Trichobranchidae (Polychaeta). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 225-272.

  Type data:

   Holotype AM W24146 (complete, 60 segments), south of Long Beach, Jervis Bay, NSW, 3 [35°03'48"S, 150°45'24"E].
  Paratype(s) AM W24147-50 1 specimen (complete), Green Point, Jervis bay, NSW, 3-5 [35°05´S, 150°45´E]; BMNH 2000.561 1 specimen (complete), Hole in the Wall, Jervis Bay, NSW [35°07'36"S, 150°44'48"E]; USNM 1 specimen (complete), Hole in the Wall, Jervis Bay, NSW, 12 [35°07'36"S, 150°44'48"E]; LACM-AHF 2 specimens (complete), Hole in the Wall, Jervis Bay, NSW, 12 [35°07'36"S, 150°44'48"E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Lower E coast, S Gulfs coast

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, mud bottom, sand bottom, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Down to 70 m depth in coarse sand, mud and seagrass beds.

History of changes

• Octobranchus Marion, A.F. & Bobretzky, N. 1875. Étude des Annélides du golfe de Marseille. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris 6 2: 1-106 [87].

  Type species:

   Terebella lingulata Grube, 1863 by original designation.
• Novobranchus Berkeley, E. & Berkeley, C. 1954. Additions to the polychaete fauna of Canada, with comments on some older records. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 11: 454-471 [465].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast

Citations

Octobranchus.
—Holthe, T. 1986. Evolution, systematics, and distribution of the Polychaeta Terebellomorpha, with a catalogue of the taxa and a bibliography. Gunneria 55: 1–236 [114].
—Holthe, T. 1986. Polychaeta Terebellomorpha. Marine Invertebrates of Scandinavia. Oslo, Norway : Norwegian University Press Vol. 7 1–192 pp. [168].
—Hutchings, P.A. & Peart, R. 2000. A revision of the Australian Trichobranchidae (Polychaeta). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 225–272.

History of changes

• Octobranchus myunus Hutchings, P.A. & Peart, R. 2000. A revision of the Australian Trichobranchidae (Polychaeta). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 225-272.

  Type data:

   Holotype AM W24181 (about 40 segments), Hole in the Wall, Jervis Bay, NSW, 12 [35°07'36"S, 150°44'48"E].
  Paratype(s) AM W24182 4 specimens; USNM 186056 1 specimen; BMNH 1999.1091 1 specimen; LACM-AHF POLY 1925 1 specimen; AM W24183 1 specimen (All paratypes from same locality as the holotype).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Lower E coast, Lower W coast

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

In depths of 7–120 m in sandy mud, and often associated at shallower depths with algae and kelp holdfasts.

History of changes

• Terebellides Sars, M. 1835. Beskrivelser og Iagttagelser over nogle moerkelige eller nye i Havet ved den Bergenske Kyst levende Dyr af Polypernes, Acalephernes, Radiaternes, Annelidernes og Molluskernes classer. Med en kort oversigt over de hidtil af Forfatteren sammesteds fundne. [48].

  Type species:

   Terebellides stroemii Sars, 1835 by original designation.
• Ampharetides Ehlers, E. 1913. Die Polychaeten-Sammlungen der deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903. Deutsche Südpolar Expedition 13: 397-598 [568].

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

TRICHOBRANCHIDAE: Terebellides stroemii Sars, 1835 — Hutchings, P.A. & Peart, R. 2000. A revision of the Australian Trichobranchidae (Polychaeta). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 225-272

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Antarctic Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Central W coast, G. Aust. Bight, Gulf of Carp., Lower E coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast, Tas. Coast

Nearctic Region

Neotropical Region

Oriental Region

Palaearctic Region

Citations

Terebellides.
—Grube, A.-E. 1878. Annulata Semperiana. Beiträge zur kenntniss der annelidenfauna der Philippinen nach den von Herrn Prof. Semper mitgebrachten sammlungen. Mémoires l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Petersbourg 7 25: ix 1–300 pls 1–15 [241].
—Hessle, C. 1917. Zur Kenntnis der terebellomorphen Polychaeten. Zoologiska Bidrag frän Uppsala 5: 39–258 [136–137].
—Holthe, T. 1986. Evolution, systematics, and distribution of the Polychaeta Terebellomorpha, with a catalogue of the taxa and a bibliography. Gunneria 55: 1–236 [114–117].
—Holthe, T. 1986. Polychaeta Terebellomorpha. Marine Invertebrates of Scandinavia. Oslo, Norway : Norwegian University Press Vol. 7 1–192 pp. [169–170].
—Hutchings, P.A. & Peart, R. 2000. A revision of the Australian Trichobranchidae (Polychaeta). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 225–272 [238–239] (generic diagnosis emended)

History of changes

• Terebellides akares Hutchings, P., Nogueira, J.M.M. & Carrerette, O. 2015. Telothelepodidae, Thelepodidae and Trichobranchidae (Annelida, Terebelliformia) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Zootaxa 4019: 240-274 [261-266].

  Type data:

   Holotype NTM W.023143, Coconut Beach, Lizard Island [14°41'42.120"S, 145°28'11.280"E].
  Paratype(s) NTM W.025894, Lizard Island, Queensland; AM W.45831, W.47596, Lizard Island, Queensland.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

History of changes

• Terebellides jitu Schuller, M. & Hutchings, P.A. 2010. New insights in the taxonomy of Trichobranchidae (Polychaeta) with description of a new Terebellides species from Australia. Zootaxa 2395: 1-16 [7, 10-11].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM W35501 ripe ♂, Arafura Sea, NT, 158 [9°48.46'S, 133°15.24'E].
  Paratype(s) AM W7059 1 specimen, part on SEM stub, east channel, off Tangalooma Point, Moreton Island, Qld [27°12'S, 153°21'E]; AM W23828 1 specimen, east channel, off Tangalooma Point, Moreton Island, Qld [27°12'S, 153°21'E]; AM W34026 1 specimen pins, Arafura Sea, NT, 158 [9°13.9'S, 133°29.25'E]; AM W34027 1 specimen on SEM pins, Arafura Sea, NT, 158 [9°13.9'S, 133°29.25'E]; AM W34028 1 specimen, gravid, Arafura Sea, NT, 158 [9°13.9'S, 133°29.25'E]; AM W34030 1 specimen, Arafura Sea, NT, 158 [9°13.9'S, 133°29.25'E]; AM W34031 1 specimen, Arafura Sea, NT, 158 [9°13.9'S, 133°29.25'E]; AM W34034 1 specimen, gravid, Arafura Sea, NT, 158 [9°13.9'S, 133°29.25'E].
• Terebellides narribri Hutchings, P.A. & Peart, R. 2000. A revision of the Australian Trichobranchidae (Polychaeta). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 225-272 [247-254] (in part).

History of changes

• Terebellides kowinka Hutchings, P.A. & Peart, R. 2000. A revision of the Australian Trichobranchidae (Polychaeta). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 225-272.

  Type data:

   Holotype AM W23826 (55 segments), Middle Banks, Moreton Bay, Qld, 9-18.5 [27°25´S, 153°20´E].
  Paratype(s) AM W23827 7 specimens; QM G217307 2 specimens; USNM 186059 3 specimens; LACM-AHF POLY1924 3 specimens; BMNH 1999.1097–1099 3 specimens (All paratypes from same locality as the holotype).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Lower E coast, N coast, NE coast, S Gulfs coast, Tas. Coast

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, estuary, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Shallow-water down to 60 m depth, sometimes associated with seagrass beds.

Misidentifications

as Terebellides stroemii.
—Stephenson, W., Williams, W.T. & Lance, G.N. 1970. The macrobenthos of Moreton Bay. Ecological Monographs 40: 459–494 [491] (in part).
—Stephenson, W., Williams, W.T. & Cook, S.D. 1974. The benthic fauna of soft bottoms, southern Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 17: 73–123 [102, 113] (in part).
—Knox, G.A. & Cameron, D.B. 1971. Port Phillip Survey 2. Polychaeta. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 32: 21–41 [34].

as Terebellides (Qld variety).
—Williams, S.J. 1984. The status of Terebellides stroemi (Polychaeta; Trichobranchidae) as a cosmopolitan species, based on a worldwide morphological survey, including description of new species. pp. 118–142 in Hutchings, P.A. (ed). Proceedings of the First International Polychaete Conference, Sydney, Australia, July 1983. Sydney : The Linnean Society of New South Wales 483 pp. [131–132] (in part).

as Terebellides (Tas variety).
—Williams, S.J. 1984. The status of Terebellides stroemi (Polychaeta; Trichobranchidae) as a cosmopolitan species, based on a worldwide morphological survey, including description of new species. pp. 118–142 in Hutchings, P.A. (ed). Proceedings of the First International Polychaete Conference, Sydney, Australia, July 1983. Sydney : The Linnean Society of New South Wales 483 pp. [131–132].

History of changes

• Terebellides mundora Hutchings, P.A. & Peart, R. 2000. A revision of the Australian Trichobranchidae (Polychaeta). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 225-272.

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV F82682 (65 segments), Bass Strait, Vic, 120.
  Paratype(s) NMV F78642 2 specimens, Bass Strait, Vic, 120 [39°02'24"S, 148°30'36"E]; AM W24205 1 specimen, Bass Strait, Vic, 75 [40°10'54"S, 145°44'18"E]; MV F78485 2 specimens, Bass Strait, Vic, 82 [39°48'36"´S, 146°18'48"E]; MV F78486 2 specimens, Bass Strait, Vic, 82 [39°49'5"S, 146°18'5"E]; MV F78483 5 specimens, Bass Strait, Vic, 75 [40°10'54"S, 145°44'18"E]; USNM 186060 1 specimen, Bass Strait, Vic, 75 [40°10'54"S, 145°44'18"E]; LACM-AHF POLY 1923 1 specimen, Bass Strait, Vic, 75 [40°10'54"S, 145°44'18"E]; BMNH 1999.1087 1 specimen, Bass Strait, Vic, 75 [40°10'54"S, 145°44'18"E].

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

In sandy/shell to muddy bryozoan sediments in depths of 36–120 m.

History of changes

• Terebellides narribri Hutchings, P.A. & Peart, R. 2000. A revision of the Australian Trichobranchidae (Polychaeta). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 225-272.

  Type data:

   Holotype AM W5048 (45 segments), 4 km south of SW Rocks, Peel Island, Moreton Bay, Qld, 5 [27°30'S, 153°21'E].
  Paratype(s) QM G10366 1 specimen, 1.6 km south east of SW Rocks, Peel island, Moreton Bay, Qld, 6.4 [27°30'S, 153°21'E]; QM G5052 1 specimen, 1.2 km N NE of Serpentine Creek, Peel Island, Moreton Bay, Qld [27°24'S, 153°07'E]; USNM 186052 1 specimen, east channel, off Tangalooma Pt, Peel Island, Moreton Bay, Qld [27°12'S, 153°21'E]; USNM 186051 1 specimen, east channel, off Tangalooma Point, Moreton Island, Qld [27°12'S, 153°21'E]; BMNH 1999.1096 2 specimens, east channel, off Tangalooma Pt, Peel Island, Moreton Bay, Qld [27°12'S, 153°21'E]; BMNH 1994.1094 1 specimen, east channel, off Tangalooma Pt, Peel Island, Moreton Bay, Qld [27°12'S, 153°21'E]; AM W7059 1 specimen, east channel, off Tangalooma Point, Moreton Island, Qld [27°12'S, 153°21'E]; LACM-AHF POLY 1927 1 specimen, east channel, off Tangalooma Point, Moreton Island, Qld [27°12'S, 153°21'E]; AM W23828 1 specimen, east channel, off Tangalooma Point, Moreton Island, Qld [27°12'S, 153°21'E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Gulf of Carp., Lower E coast, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, estuary, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

To depths of 124 m, often associated with muddy sediments and seagrass beds in shallow-water.

Misidentifications

as Terebellides stroemii.
—Rullier, F. 1965. Contribution à la faune des Annélides Polychètes de l'Australie. Papers, Department of Zoology, University of Queensland Papers 2(9): 163–201 [197].
—Stephenson, W., Williams, W.T. & Lance, G.N. 1970. The macrobenthos of Moreton Bay. Ecological Monographs 40: 459–494 [491] (in part).
—Stephenson, W., Williams, W.T. & Cook, S.D. 1974. The benthic fauna of soft bottoms, southern Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 17: 73–123 [102, 113] (in part).
—Hutchings, P. 1977. Terebelliform Polychaeta of the families Ampharetidiae, Terebellidae and Trichobranchidae from Australia, chiefly from Moreton Bay, Queensland. Records of the Australian Museum 31: 1–38 [11] (in part).

as Terebellides (Qld variety).
—Williams, S.J. 1984. The status of Terebellides stroemi (Polychaeta; Trichobranchidae) as a cosmopolitan species, based on a worldwide morphological survey, including description of new species. pp. 118–142 in Hutchings, P.A. (ed). Proceedings of the First International Polychaete Conference, Sydney, Australia, July 1983. Sydney : The Linnean Society of New South Wales 483 pp. [131–132] (in part).

History of changes

• Terebellides woolawa Hutchings, P.A. & Peart, R. 2000. A revision of the Australian Trichobranchidae (Polychaeta). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 225-272.

  Type data:

   Holotype AM W5038 (65 segments), 1.6 km south east of SW Rocks, Peel Island, Moreton Bay, Qld, 4 [27°30'S, 153°21'E].
  Paratype(s) AM W5043 1 specimen, 1.6 km south east of SW Rocks, Peel Island, Moreton Bay, Qld, 6 [27°30'S, 153°21'E]; AM W5050 1 specimen, 800 m south of SW Rocks, Peel Island, Moreton Bay, Qld, 7; QM G217306 1 specimen, 800 m south of SW Rocks, Peel Island, Moreton Bay, Qld, 6; USNM 186053 2 specimens, 2.4 km south of SW Rocks, Moreton Bay, Qld, 4; LACM-AHF POLY 1920 1 specimen, Victoria Point, Peel Island, Moreton Bay, Qld [27°35'S, 153°20'18"E]; BMNH 1999.1084 1 specimen, east channel, off Tangalooma Point, Moreton Island, Qld [27°12'S, 153°21'E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Gulf of Carp., Lower E coast, N coast, NW coast, S Gulfs coast

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Intertidal to shallow habitats often associated with algae or seagrass beds.

Misidentifications

as Terebellides stroemii.
—Rullier, F. 1965. Contribution à la faune des Annélides Polychètes de l'Australie. Papers, Department of Zoology, University of Queensland Papers 2(9): 163–201 [197].
—Stephenson, W., Williams, W.T. & Lance, G.N. 1970. The macrobenthos of Moreton Bay. Ecological Monographs 40: 459–494 [491] (in part).
—Stephenson, W., Williams, W.T. & Cook, S.D. 1974. The benthic fauna of soft bottoms, southern Moreton Bay. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 17: 73–123 [87, 102, 113] (in part).
—Hutchings, P. 1977. Terebelliform Polychaeta of the families Ampharetidiae, Terebellidae and Trichobranchidae from Australia, chiefly from Moreton Bay, Queensland. Records of the Australian Museum 31: 1–38 [25] (in part).
—Amoureux, L. 1984. Brief notes on two small collections of Polychaetes from Queensland, with two new records for Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 95: 7–9 [8].
—Hutchings, P.A., Ward, T.J., Waterhouse, J.H. & Walker, L. 1993. Infauna of marine sediments and seagrass beds of Upper Spencer Gulf near Port Pirie, South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 117: 1–14 [11].

as Terebellides variety.
—Williams, S.J. 1984. The status of Terebellides stroemi (Polychaeta; Trichobranchidae) as a cosmopolitan species, based on a worldwide morphological survey, including description of new species. pp. 118–142 in Hutchings, P.A. (ed). Proceedings of the First International Polychaete Conference, Sydney, Australia, July 1983. Sydney : The Linnean Society of New South Wales 483 pp. [119–121].

History of changes

• Trichobranchus Malmgren, A.J. 1866. Nordiska Hafs-Annulater. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 22: 355-410 [395].

  Type species:

   Trichobranchus glacialis Malmgren, 1866 by original designation.
• Filobranchus Malm, A.W. 1874. Annulater i hafvet utmed Sverges vestkust och omkring Göteborg. Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar B 14: 67-105 [100].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, S Gulfs coast

Citations

Trichobranchus.
—Holthe, T. 1986. Evolution, systematics, and distribution of the Polychaeta Terebellomorpha, with a catalogue of the taxa and a bibliography. Gunneria 55: 1–236 [117].
—Holthe, T. 1986. Polychaeta Terebellomorpha. Marine Invertebrates of Scandinavia. Oslo, Norway : Norwegian University Press Vol. 7 1–192 pp. [164].
—Hutchings, P.A. & Peart, R. 2000. A revision of the Australian Trichobranchidae (Polychaeta). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 225–272 (generic diagnosis emended).

History of changes

• Trichobranchus bunnabus Hutchings, P.A. & Peart, R. 2000. A revision of the Australian Trichobranchidae (Polychaeta). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 225-272.

  Type data:

   Holotype AM W24221 (about 37 segments), Cape Banks, New South Wales.
  Paratype(s) AM W24222-6.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, S Gulfs coast

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Occurs in depths from shallow subtidal to 124 m.

History of changes

• Trichobranchus gooreekis Hutchings, P.A. & Peart, R. 2000. A revision of the Australian Trichobranchidae (Polychaeta). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 225-272.

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV F82700 (45 segments), Central Bass Strait, Victoria.
  Paratype(s) NMV F78661, F78666, F78679, F78681; AM W24220.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Lower W coast

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

21–85 m depth.

History of changes

• Trichobranchus hirsutus Hutchings, P., Nogueira, J.M.M. & Carrerette, O. 2015. Telothelepodidae, Thelepodidae and Trichobranchidae (Annelida, Terebelliformia) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Zootaxa 4019: 240-274 [268-272].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM W.44608, Lizard Island, Queensland.
  Paratype(s) AM W.47510, W.44610, W.44624, W.44946, W.45143, W.45147, W.45439, W.45444, Lizard Island, Queensland.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

History of changes