Polychaeta taxon details
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 [request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype SAMA SAM E3686, verbatimGeounit Edithburgh jetty, Gu... [details]
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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]
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