Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Typosyllis variegata (Grube, 1860)

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Species Typosyllis variegata (Grube, 1860)


Compiler and date details

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

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea.


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

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, NW coast
  • New Zealand
    • North Island

Palaearctic Region

  • France

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, intertidal, seagrass, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Often associated with seagrass.

 

Citations

Syllis variegata.
—Gravier, C. 1900. L'Étude des Annélides Polychètes de la Mer Rouge. Annales Zoologici Fennici 4 2: 137–282 [158–160, pl. 9, fig. 8].
—Augener, H. 1913. Polychaeta I. Errantia. pp. 65–304 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Fischer Vol. 4 [190–192].
—Augener, H. 1922. Australische Polychaeten des Hamburger Zoologischen Museums. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 88A: 1–37 [23].
—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 [143–145].
—Haswell, W.A. 1920. Australian Syllidae, Eusyllidae and Autolytidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 45: 90–112 [91–92, pl. 10, figs 1–2].
—Pope, E.C. 1943. Animal and plant communities of the coastal rock-platform at Long Reef, New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 68: 221–254 [238].
—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) [248, fig. 12].

Typosyllis variegata.
—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 [34].

Thoe fusiformis.
—Kinberg, J.G.H. 1910. Annulater. In, Kinberg, J.G.H. (ed). Konglia Svenska Fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring jorden under befäl af C.A. Virgin åren 1851–1853. Vetenskapliga Iakttagelser på Konung Oscar den Förstes befallning utgifna delen. Uppsala and Stockholm : Almquist and Wicksells 78 pp. [61, pl. 24].
—Augener, H. 1922. Revision der Australischen Polychaeten-typen von Kinberg. Arkiv för Zoologi 14: 1–42 [23–24].

Syllis sp. 1
—Hutchings, P.A. & Recher, H.F. 1974. The fauna of Careel Bay with comments on the eceology of mangrove and seagrass communities. Australian Zoologist 18(2): 99–128 [104]

 

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