Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Hutchings, Patricia A. and Glasby, C.J. 1990. Additional new species of the family Terebellidae (Polychaeta) from Western Australia, with a key to all described species of the region, in F.E. Wells, D.I. Walker, H. Kirkman and R. Lethbridge eds., Proceedings of the Third International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Albany, Western Australia: Perth, Western Australian Museum, p. 251-289. page(s): 259-260, fig. 1a-e [details]
additional source
Hutchings, Patricia A. (1997). The Terebellidae (Polychaeta) of Northern Australia with a key to all the described species of the region. pages 133-161, 7 figures. IN: Hanley, J.R.; Caswell, G.; Megirian, D.; Larson, H.K. (Eds.). <em>Proceedings of the Sixth International Biological Workshop. The marine flora and fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia.</em> Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory and the Australian Marine Sciences Association. Darwin, Australia. page(s): 143 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype AM W203511, geounit King George Sound [details]
Paratype AM W203512, geounit Kimberley [details]
Paratype NHMUK 1989.256, geounit Dampier Archipelago [details]
Paratype USNM 122754, geounit Dampier Archipelago [details]
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Depth range Intertidal to shallow subtidal (20 m). [details]
Distribution Australia: Western Australia (Dampier Archipelago; Kimberley region; King George Sound). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet dytikos ifsfrom the Greek word for 'western', referring to the distribution of the species, in Western Australia. [details]
Habitat Intertidally to shallow subtidal, among crevices on rock platforms, and subtidally among coral rubble. [details]
Type locality Frenchman's Bay, King George Sound, Western Australia, Australia (35°05'S, 117°57'E), 15 m. [details]
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