Polychaeta name details
original description
San Martín G. and Hutchings P.A.. 2006. Eusyllinae (Polychaeta, Syllidae) from Australia with the description of a new genus and fifteen new species. Records of the Australian Museum. 58. 257-370., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.58.2006.1466 page(s): 324, fig. 56A-M [details]
new combination reference
San Martín, G.; López, E.; Aguado, M.T. 2009. Revision of the genus <i>Pionosyllis</i> (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Eusyllinae), with a cladistic analysis, and the description of five new genera and two new species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 89(7): 1455-1498 page(s): 1469 [details]
Holotype AM W29244, geounit Australia [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 9 to 30 m; 244 m. [details]
Distribution Australia (Queensland, Western Australia, northern New South Wales). [details]
Etymology The species is named in honour to the late Ancor Núñez Brito, son of Jorge Núñez and María del Carmen Brito, friends and colleagues of the authors. [details]
Habitat In encrusting algae and sponges, in shallow waters. [details]
Type locality Australia, Queensland, Outer Yonge Reef, Great Barrier Reef (14º36'S, 145º38'E). [details]
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