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Polychaeta taxon details

Polycirrus paucidens Hutchings & Glasby, 1986

330886  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330886)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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): 341, figs. 9f-l, 12D, table 1 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Holotype  MV F50348, geounit Bass Strait  
Holotype MV F50348, geounit Bass Strait [details]
Note Central Bass Strait, 60 km SW of Cape Schanck,...  
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Type locality Central Bass Strait, 60 km SW of Cape Schanck, Australia (-39.0033°, 144.565°). [details]
Depth range 27-171 m.  
Depth range 27-171 m. [details]

Distribution Australia: Bass Strait.  
Distribution Australia: Bass Strait. [details]

Etymology "The specific name is derived from the latin paucus, meaning few or little, and dens, meaning tooth, referring to the small...  
Etymology "The specific name is derived from the latin paucus, meaning few or little, and dens, meaning tooth, referring to the small number of teeth surmounting the main fang of the uncinus" (Hutchings & Glasby, 1986: 341). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Polycirrus paucidens Hutchings & Glasby, 1986. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330886 on 2024-04-19
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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): 341, figs. 9f-l, 12D, table 1 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Hutchings, Patricia A. (2014). Revision of the taxonomy of <em>Polycirrus</em> Grube, 1850 (Annelida: Terebellida: Polycirridae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3877(1): 1-117., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3877.1.1
page(s): 89, figs. 48a-g, table 1 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype MV F50348, geounit Bass Strait [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 27-171 m. [details]

Distribution Australia: Bass Strait. [details]

Etymology "The specific name is derived from the latin paucus, meaning few or little, and dens, meaning tooth, referring to the small number of teeth surmounting the main fang of the uncinus" (Hutchings & Glasby, 1986: 341). [details]

Habitat Clayey sand to very coarse sand with shell fragments, at shelf depths.  [details]

Type locality Central Bass Strait, 60 km SW of Cape Schanck, Australia (-39.0033°, 144.565°). [details]