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Polychaeta taxon details

Gyptis simpsonorum Pleijel, Rouse & Nygren, 2009

743624  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:743624)

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Pleijel, F.; Rouse, G.; Nygren, A. (2009). Five colour morphs and three new species of <i>Gyptis</i> (Hesionidae, Annelida) under a jetty in Edithburgh, South Australia. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 38(1): 89-99., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00356.x
page(s): 95 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Holotype  SAMA SAM E3686, verbatimGeounit Edithburgh...  
Holotype SAMA SAM E3686, verbatimGeounit Edithburgh jetty, Gu... [details]
Note Edithburgh jetty, Gulf St. Vincent, Yorke...  
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Type locality Edithburgh jetty, Gulf St. Vincent, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, 35°05.172′S, 137°44.825′E (-35.0862, 137.7471), 3–5 m. [details]
Description Distinguished from G. paucilineata and G. polymorpha by a comparative lack of pigmentation. G. simpsonorum has brown spots...  
Description Distinguished from G. paucilineata and G. polymorpha by a comparative lack of pigmentation. G. simpsonorum has brown spots mid-dorsally and laterally on each segment, and some specimens near unpigmented. Eyes orange,often with white prostomium pigment. Morphologically close to the European G. propinqua. [details]

Etymology Named for Antony and Mary Lou Simpson  
Etymology Named for Antony and Mary Lou Simpson [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Gyptis simpsonorum Pleijel, Rouse & Nygren, 2009. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=743624 on 2024-04-19
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original description Pleijel, F.; Rouse, G.; Nygren, A. (2009). Five colour morphs and three new species of <i>Gyptis</i> (Hesionidae, Annelida) under a jetty in Edithburgh, South Australia. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 38(1): 89-99., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00356.x
page(s): 95 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Holotype SAMA SAM E3686, verbatimGeounit Edithburgh jetty, Gu... [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Distinguished from G. paucilineata and G. polymorpha by a comparative lack of pigmentation. G. simpsonorum has brown spots mid-dorsally and laterally on each segment, and some specimens near unpigmented. Eyes orange,often with white prostomium pigment. Morphologically close to the European G. propinqua. [details]

Etymology Named for Antony and Mary Lou Simpson [details]

Type locality Edithburgh jetty, Gulf St. Vincent, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, 35°05.172′S, 137°44.825′E (-35.0862, 137.7471), 3–5 m. [details]