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Species Trypanosyllis zebra (Grube, 1860)


Compiler and date details

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

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Red Sea.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26), 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), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Common just below low-water, especially on holdfasts of the brown alga Ecklonia radiata.

 

Citations

Trypanosyllis taeniaeformis.
—Monro, C.C.A. 1936. Polychaete worms II. Discovery Reports 12: 59–198 [117, fig. 19].

Trypanosyllis zebra.
—Day, J.H. 1967. A Monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Pt 1, Erranta pp. 1–458; Pt 2, Sedentaria pp. 459–878. London : Publication of the British Museum (Natural History) [256, fig 12].
—Knox, G.A. & Cameron, D.B. 1971. Port Phillip Survey 2. Polychaeta. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 32: 21–41 [27].

Misidentifications

as ?Eurymedusa picta.
—Kinberg, J.G.H. 1865. Annulata nova. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar. Stockholm 21: 559–574.

 

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 ANNELIDA 07-Sep-2023 MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023 22-Apr-2013 MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023 15-Feb-2011 MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023 07-Oct-2010 MODIFIED
24-Mar-2010 MODIFIED