Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1986). The Polycirrinae (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 38(6): 319-350., available online at http://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.38.1986.185 page(s): 325-327, figs. 3a-d, 4a-b, 12C [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype AM W.7586, geounit Woolooware Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Shallow waters to 80 m. [details]
Distribution Australia: Bass Strait; Queensland; New South Wales; South Australia; Western Australia. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet bilobata is composed by the Latin prefix bi-, meaning 'twice' or 'two', and the Latin adjective lobatus, meaning 'having lobes' or 'lobate', and refers to the peculiar double lobed lower lip of the peristomium. [details]
Habitat River mouths, sheltered bays, continental shelf (4-80 m), in mud to coarse sand, and associated with the seagrasses Zostera and Posidonia, in shallow waters. [details]
Type locality Woolooware Bay, Georges River, New South Wales, Australia (-34.02°, 151.1317°). [details]
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