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): 341, figs. 9f-l, 12D, table 1 [details] Available for editors [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 [request]
Holotype MV F50348, geounit Bass Strait [details]
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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]
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