Polychaeta name details
original description
Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1984). Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Südküste Australiens (zwischen Albany im Westen und Ceduna im Osten). Teil 10. IN: Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa; Hartmann, Gerd. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 81: 7-62. page(s): 18-19, figs. 23-26 [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference
San Martín, G.; López, E.; Aguado, M.T. 2009. Revision of the genus <i>Pionosyllis</i> (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Eusyllinae), with a cladistic analysis, and the description of five new genera and two new species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 89(7): 1455-1498 page(s): 1481 [details]
Holotype ZMH P-17885, geounit Australia [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 1.5 m depth. [details]
Distribution Australia: Western Australia (Albany). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet serrata, Latin word for 'serrated', refers to the long spines on the cutting edge of the blades of the composed chaetae, resembling the teeth of a saw. [details]
Habitat Amongst Posidonia, in shallow water. [details]
Type locality Australia, Western Australia, Albany, Frenchman Bay, Goode Beach (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -35.088º, long. 117.94º). [details]
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