Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Hutchings, Patricia. (1974). Polychaeta of Wallis Lake, New South Wales. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 98(4): 175-195., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35075072 page(s): 192-193, fig. 6A-B [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription
Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos; Carrerette, Orlemir; Hutchings, Pat; Fitzhugh, Kirk. (2018). Systematic review of the species of the family Telothelepodidae Nogueira, Fitzhugh & Hutchings, 2013 (Annelida, Terebelliformia), with descriptions of three new species. <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 1-41 [online before print, 19 Jan 2018]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2017.1401729 page(s): 29-31, figs. 20-22; note: redescription based on holotype and paratypes [details]
Holotype AM W.5234, geounit Australia [details]
Paratype AM W.5228, geounit Australia [details]
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Depth range Shallow water. [details]
Distribution Australia: New South Wales (Newcastle; Pittwater; Port Hacking; Wallis Lake). [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet lobatus is a Latin adjective meaning 'having lobes' or 'lobate', and presumably refers to the Tetacular lobe extended to form a U-shaped tongue-like projection which is bent dorsally (Hutchings, 1974: 192). [details]
Habitat Sandy-mud clay with sparce Halophila or Zostera beds, at shallow water. [details]
Type locality Australia, New South Wales, Wallis Lake, south of Godwin Island and opposite Wallis Island (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -32.1993º, long. 152.5107º). [details]
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