WoRMS source details
Knox, G. A. and Cameron, D. B. 1971. Port Phillip Bay Survey 1957-1963, Victoria, Australia. Part 2(4) Polychaeta. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, 32: 21-42.
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Publication
Kristian Fauchald's Polychaeta DB
An account is given of 63 species of polychaetes collected from Port Philip Bay, Victoria. Of these eight are described as new species, eight represent new records for the Australia region, and a further 21 are recorded from the Vistorian coasts for the first time.
Australia
Systematics, Taxonomy
Artacamella dibranchiata Knox & Cameron, 1971 accepted as Trichobranchus dibranchiatus (Knox & Cameron, 1971) (original description)
Asychis glabra Knox & Cameron, 1971 accepted as Maldane glabra (Knox & Cameron, 1971) (original description)
Diopatra aciculata Knox & Cameron, 1971 (original description)
Eusyllis brevicirrata Knox & Cameron, 1971 accepted as Megasyllis corruscans (Haswell, 1886) (original description)
Hemipodus australiensis Knox & Cameron, 1971 accepted as Hemipodia yenourensis (Izuka, 1912) (original description)
Malmgrenia phillipensis Knox & Cameron, 1971 accepted as Malmgreniella phillipensis (Knox & Cameron, 1971) (original description)
Nereimyra longicirrata Knox & Cameron, 1971 accepted as Oxydromus longicirratus (Knox & Cameron, 1971) (original description)
Nereis arenaceodonta [auct. misspelling] accepted as Neanthes arenaceodentata (Moore, 1903) (additional source)
Pista sinusa Hutchings & Glasby, 1988 (additional source)
Polycirrus porcata Knox & Cameron, 1971 accepted as Polycirrus porcatus Knox & Cameron, 1971 (original description)
Sabellastarte longa (Kinberg, 1866) accepted as Pseudobranchiomma longa (Kinberg, 1866) (additional source)
Asychis glabra Knox & Cameron, 1971 accepted as Maldane glabra (Knox & Cameron, 1971) (original description)
Diopatra aciculata Knox & Cameron, 1971 (original description)
Eusyllis brevicirrata Knox & Cameron, 1971 accepted as Megasyllis corruscans (Haswell, 1886) (original description)
Hemipodus australiensis Knox & Cameron, 1971 accepted as Hemipodia yenourensis (Izuka, 1912) (original description)
Malmgrenia phillipensis Knox & Cameron, 1971 accepted as Malmgreniella phillipensis (Knox & Cameron, 1971) (original description)
Nereimyra longicirrata Knox & Cameron, 1971 accepted as Oxydromus longicirratus (Knox & Cameron, 1971) (original description)
Nereis arenaceodonta [auct. misspelling] accepted as Neanthes arenaceodentata (Moore, 1903) (additional source)
Pista sinusa Hutchings & Glasby, 1988 (additional source)
Polycirrus porcata Knox & Cameron, 1971 accepted as Polycirrus porcatus Knox & Cameron, 1971 (original description)
Sabellastarte longa (Kinberg, 1866) accepted as Pseudobranchiomma longa (Kinberg, 1866) (additional source)
Holotype NMV F 41739, geounit Port Phillip Bay, identified as Eusyllis brevicirrata Knox & Cameron, 1971
Holotype NMV F 41757, geounit Port Phillip Bay, identified as Polycirrus porcata Knox & Cameron, 1971
Holotype NMV F 41757, geounit Port Phillip Bay, identified as Polycirrus porcata Knox & Cameron, 1971
Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958), but probably Southern Africa region only. Checklist listings of ... [details]
Etymology
The specific epithet brevicirrata refers to the relatively short dorsal cirri of the species. [details]
Habitat
Silty clay to sand, on shallow water. [details]
Type locality
Australia: Port Phillip Bay (Victoria), mouth of Werribee River (geocoordinates not provided, but estimated using ... [details]
