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Hutchings, Pat. (1997). The Terebellidae (F. Polychaeta) from the Wallabi Group, Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia. pages 459-501, 10 figures, 4 tables. In: Wells, Fred E. The Marine Flora and Fauna of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia. Western Australian Museum, Perth.
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Hutchings, Pat
1997
The Terebellidae (F. Polychaeta) from the Wallabi Group, Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia.
pages 459-501, 10 figures, 4 tables. In: Wells, Fred E. The Marine Flora and Fauna of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia. Western Australian Museum, Perth
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The terebellid fauna of the Wallabi Group, Houtman Abrolhos Islands off the coast of Western Australia includes 22 species of which four are new: Pseudothelepus binara n.gen., n.sp., Neoleprea booligal n.sp., Spinosphaera cowarrie n.sp,, Tyira owensi n. gen., n.sp. Many species and several genera are recorded for the first time from these coral reef islands, as no detailed description of the polychaete fauna from these islands has been undertaken before. These records often represent considerable range extensions and include two new generic records for Western Australia. A key to the species described in this paper as well as Tables listing the major characteristics used to distinguish genera within the Thelepodinae and Amphitritinae.
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Loimia ingens (Grube, 1878) (additional source)
Loimia ochracea (Grube, 1877) (additional source)
Neoleprea booligal Hutchings, 1997 (original description)
Pseudothelepus Hutchings, 1997 (original description)
Pseudothelepus binara Hutchings, 1997 (original description)
Spinosphaera cowarrie Hutchings, 1997 accepted as Hutchingsiella cowarrie (Hutchings, 1997) (original description)
Tyira Hutchings, 1997 (original description)
Tyira owensi Hutchings, 1997 (original description)
Paratype WAM 100-95, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, identified as Tyira owensi Hutchings, 1997
Paratype WAM 101-95, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, identified as Spinosphaera cowarrie Hutchings, 1997
Paratype WAM 102-95, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, identified as Pseudothelepus binara Hutchings, 1997
Paratype USNM 171066, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, identified as Tyira owensi Hutchings, 1997
Paratype USNM 171067, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, identified as Pseudothelepus binara Hutchings, 1997
Paratype NHMUK 1995.1598, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, identified as Tyira owensi Hutchings, 1997
Paratype NHMUK 1995.1599, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, identified as Pseudothelepus binara Hutchings, 1997
Paratype LACM AHF POLY 1726, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, identified as Tyira owensi Hutchings, 1997
Paratype LACM AHF POLY 1727, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, identified as Pseudothelepus binara Hutchings, 1997
Holotype AM W21978, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, identified as Neoleprea booligal Hutchings, 1997
Paratype AM W22417, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, identified as Tyira owensi Hutchings, 1997
Holotype AM W22434, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, identified as Spinosphaera cowarrie Hutchings, 1997
Holotype AM W22505, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, identified as Pseudothelepus binara Hutchings, 1997
Paratype AM W22506, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, identified as Pseudothelepus binara Hutchings, 1997
Paratype AM W22541, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, identified as Spinosphaera cowarrie Hutchings, 1997
Holotype AM W22558, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, identified as Tyira owensi Hutchings, 1997
Paratype AM W22560, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, identified as Tyira owensi Hutchings, 1997
Paratype AM W22561, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, identified as Tyira owensi Hutchings, 1997
Paratype AM W22562, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, identified as Tyira owensi Hutchings, 1997
 Depth range

35-38 m. [details]

 Depth range

12-40 m. [details]

 Diagnosis

Original diagnosis by Hutchings (1997: 465): ''Tentacular lobe membrane compact and with numerous buccal tentacles. ... [details]

 Diagnosis

Original diagnosis by Hutchings (1997: 488): ''Tentacular membrane compact. Two pairs of dichotomous branching ... [details]

 Distribution

Australia: Western Australia (Wallabi Group, Abrolhos Islands). [details]

 Distribution

Australia: Western Australia (Wallabi Group, Abrolhos Islands). [details]

 Distribution

Australia: Western Australia (Wallabi Group, Abrolhos Islands). [details]

 Distribution

Australia: Western Australia (Wallabi Group, Abrolhos Islands). [details]

 Distribution

Australia: Western Australia (Wallabi Group, Abrolhos Islands). [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet booligal is an Aboriginal word for a windy place, and refers to the type locality of the species. [details]

 Etymology

The generic name Pseudothelepus is composed by the prefix of Greek origin pseudo-, meaning 'false' or 'fake', ... [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet binara is an aboriginal name for frilled lizards which have an expanded anterior membrane, ... [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet cowarrie is an Aboriginal word for 'the west', referring to the type locality of the species, ... [details]

 Etymology

Not stated in the original description, but according to Pat Hutchings (personal communication, 12 January 2017), ... [details]

 Etymology

The species is named after Randall Owens, Fisheries Inspector of the Western Australian Fisheries Department for ... [details]

 Habitat

Scallop beds of medium to fine sand plus shell debris, and amongst dead coral substrata covered in coralline algae, ... [details]

 Habitat

Scallop beds of medium to fine sands plus shell debris containing terebellids, at shelf depths. [details]

 Habitat

Scallop beds of medium to fine sand plus shell debris, tubes actually found within dead but intact bivalve shells ... [details]

 Habitat

Scallop beds of medium to fine sand plus shell debris, and amongst dead coral substrata covered in coralline algae, ... [details]

 Habitat

Scallop beds of medium to fine sand plus shell debris, and amongst dead coral substrata covered, at subtidal to ... [details]

 Holotype

Deposited at the Australian Museum, Sydney (AM W22434). [details]

 Holotype

Deposited at the Australian Museum, Sydney (AM W22558). [details]

 Homonymy

The genus "Pseudothelepus' Hutchings, 1997 is a junior homonym of the genus Pseudothelepus Augener, 1918 and thus ... [details]

 Type locality

Houtman Abrolhos (Wallabi Group, Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia, Australia (28°27.05'S, ... [details]

 Type locality

Wallabi Group, Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia, Australia (28°27.05'S, 113°45.10'E), 35-38 m, scallop ... [details]

 Type locality

Wallabi Group, Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia, Australia (28°24.00'S, 113°46.16'E), 35 m, scallop ... [details]

 Type locality

Wallabi Group, Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia, Australia (28°23.99'S, 113°46.73'E), 39 m, scallop ... [details]