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Hanley, John Russell; Burke, Melanie. (1991). A new genus and species of scaleworm (Polycheta: Polynoidae) from the Cascade Plateau, Tasman Sea. The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences. 8(1): 97-101.
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Hanley, John Russell; Burke, Melanie
1991
A new genus and species of scaleworm (Polycheta: Polynoidae) from the Cascade Plateau, Tasman Sea.
The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences
8(1): 97-101
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A new genus and species Brychionoe karenae from the Cascade Plateau, Tasman Sea, is described and illustrated. The species is commensal on an antipatharian, Leiopathes n. sp. and was collected from 1100 metres.
South-east Australia
Tasmanian
Tasmanian
Associations, Symbiosis, Commensalism (parasitism see *PAR)
Systematics, Taxonomy
Systematics, Taxonomy
Brychionoe Hanley & Burke, 1991 (original description)
Brychionoe karenae Hanley & Burke, 1991 (original description)
Brychionoe karenae Hanley & Burke, 1991 (original description)
Holotype SAMA E1613, geounit Cascade Guyot, identified as Brychionoe karenae Hanley & Burke, 1991
Etymology
Named for collector, Karen Gowlett-Holmes [details]
Grammatical gender
Feminine, as designated by Hanley & Burke (1991) [details]
Habitat
Commensal tightly coiled on branches of an unnamed species of Leiopathes antipatharian [details]
Type locality
Cascade Plateau, Tasman Sea near Tasmania, -44.05, 150.4333, 1100 m [details]
