Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Scyphoproctus somalus Cantone, 1976

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Species Scyphoproctus somalus Cantone, 1976

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Heron Island, QLD.

Australian Endemic.


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

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

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef

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].

 

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 21-Dec-2010 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)