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Polychaeta taxon details

Prionospio cerastae Radashevsky, 2015

867787  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:867787)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Radashevsky, Vasily I. (2015). Spionidae (Annelida) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia: the genera <em>Aonides</em>, <em>Dipolydora</em>, <em>Polydorella</em>, <em>Prionospio</em>, <em>Pseudopolydora</em>, <em>Rhynchospio</em>, and <em>Tripolydora</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 635-694., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.22
page(s): 655-657, figs. 12-14 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Holotype  AM W.47463, geounit Great Barrier Reef  
Holotype AM W.47463, geounit Great Barrier Reef [details]
Note Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef,...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef, Lizard Island, Yonge Reef (14º34'20''S, 145º36'54''E).  [details]
Depth range 5-10 m.   
Depth range 5-10 m.  [details]

Distribution Southwest Pacific: Lizard Island region of the Great Barrier Reef (Australia, Queensland).   
Distribution Southwest Pacific: Lizard Island region of the Great Barrier Reef (Australia, Queensland).  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet cerastae is an infletion of the Latin noun cerastes, which derives from the Greek word kerastes,...  
Etymology The specific epithet cerastae is an infletion of the Latin noun cerastes, which derives from the Greek word kerastes, meaning horned', and from the Greek keras, 'horn', and refers to the characteristic presence of long and pointed fronto-lateral horns on the prostomium of the adults of the species.  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Prionospio cerastae Radashevsky, 2015. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=867787 on 2024-03-28
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original description Radashevsky, Vasily I. (2015). Spionidae (Annelida) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia: the genera <em>Aonides</em>, <em>Dipolydora</em>, <em>Polydorella</em>, <em>Prionospio</em>, <em>Pseudopolydora</em>, <em>Rhynchospio</em>, and <em>Tripolydora</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 635-694., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.22
page(s): 655-657, figs. 12-14 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype AM W.47463, geounit Great Barrier Reef [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 5-10 m.  [details]

Distribution Southwest Pacific: Lizard Island region of the Great Barrier Reef (Australia, Queensland).  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet cerastae is an infletion of the Latin noun cerastes, which derives from the Greek word kerastes, meaning horned', and from the Greek keras, 'horn', and refers to the characteristic presence of long and pointed fronto-lateral horns on the prostomium of the adults of the species.  [details]

Habitat In fine coral sand, at subtidal depths.  [details]

Reproduction Gonochoristic. Gametes developed from chaetigers 12-13 to 36-40 in both sexes.  [details]

Type locality Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef, Lizard Island, Yonge Reef (14º34'20''S, 145º36'54''E).  [details]