Deep-Sea source details
A full description of all Australian species of this subfamily is given except when a recent description is available.
Eupolymnia Verrill, 1900 (additional source)
Lanassa Malmgren, 1866 (additional source)
Lanicides Hessle, 1917 (additional source)
Loimia Malmgren, 1866 (additional source)
Neoamphitrite Hessle, 1917 (additional source)
Neoleprea Hessle, 1917 (additional source)
Phisidia Saint-Joseph, 1894 (additional source)
Pista turawa Hutchings & Glasby, 1988 (original description)
Pista typha (Grube, 1878) (additional source)
Terebella Linnaeus, 1767 (additional source)
Terebellinae Johnston, 1846 (additional source)
Holotype AM W200682, geounit New South Wales, identified as Pista turawa Hutchings & Glasby, 1988
Paratype AM W200683, geounit New South Wales, identified as Pista turawa Hutchings & Glasby, 1988
Nontype BMNH ZB 1986.124, geounit Great Barrier Reef, identified as Pista typha (Grube, 1878)
Nontype BMNH ZB 1986.128, identified as Pista typha (Grube, 1878)
Nontype BMNH ZB 1986.130, geounit Great Barrier Reef, identified as Pista typha (Grube, 1878)
Paratype BMNH ZB. 1986.93-95, geounit New South Wales, identified as Pista turawa Hutchings & Glasby, 1988
Paratype USNM 99979, geounit New South Wales, identified as Pista turawa Hutchings & Glasby, 1988
Intertidal (Australia); also at 115 m (Arafura Sea). [details]
Intertidal to 20 m depth. [details]
Branchiae 3, rarely 2, pairs from segment 2; dendritically branched or filiform arising from a basal stump or ... [details]
Prostomium compact, branchiae absent, lateral lobes present, well developed on peristomium, and segments 2 and 3. ... [details]
Emended diagnosis by Hutchings & Glasby (1988: 11): "Abranchiate Amphitritinae, lateral lobes absent, ventral ... [details]
Prostomium compact, branchiae, 3 pairs on segments 2,3 and 4, branched. Lateral lobes present on segments 2,3 and ... [details]
Branchiae absent. Lateral lobes sometimes present; glandular pads well developed. Thoracic notopodia begin on ... [details]
Prostomium compact. Branchiae, 3 pairs present on segments 2,3 and 4, branchiae branched. Lateral lobes present on ... [details]
Emended diagnosis by Hutchings & Glasby (1988: 20): ''Branchiae, 2 or 3 pairs on segments 2, 3 and 4, branchiae ... [details]
Three pairs of branched branchiae from segment 2. Lateral lobes absent. Notopodia from segment 4, continue for a ... [details]
Indian Ocean: Western Australia (Rat Island, Abrolhos Islands). [details]
Australia: Western Australia (north west); Northern Territory (Arafura Sea; Gove); Queensland (Townsville; Calliope ... [details]
Several material in Hutchings & Glasby (1988), from the Great Barrier Reef, Turtle island, Nymph Island, Hope ... [details]
Australia: Northern Territory (Darwin Harbour; Melville Bay; Port Essington); Western Australia (Broome, Halls ... [details]
Australia: New South Wales; Queensland; South Australia; Tasmania; Victoria; Western Australia. Widespread in southern ... [details]
Australia, widespread north of about 32°S on the west coast, and about 35°S on the east coast: Western Australia ... [details]
Specific name derived from the Greek adjective, pachys, thick and derma, skin referring to the thickened ventral ... [details]
Specific name from the greek noun, harpe, sickle, referring to the sickle-shaped posterior notosetae. [details]
Specific name derived from the Greek adjective ithys, straight, upright, referring to the angle of the subrostral ... [details]
"The generic name Arranooba (gender feminine) is an aboriginal word for a place in Western Australia." [details]
"The specific name is an aboriginal word for wind. The Abrolhos Islands, the type locality for the species, are ... [details]
Specific name is derived from latin bi, double and latin seriata, row and refers to the numerous neuropodia with ... [details]
The specific name refers to an Aboriginal name for kangaroo, the type locality for the species. [details]
The specific name exelysis is greek (f) and refers to the mouth of the estuary, where this species occurs. [details]
The specific name refers to the presence of eye spots. [details]
The specific name bidewa refers to the name of the aboriginal tribe living in the region of Cape Everard, the type ... [details]
The specific name, fascia, is latin for band, stripe or girdle which refers to the banded stalk of the branchiae [details]
The specific name lacuna refers to the habitat in which this species lives, and is the latin word for a pool or pond. [details]
The specific name tribanchiata refers to the three pairs of branchiae present. [details]
The specific name is derived from the latin batillum, a shovel, referring to the scoop-shaped anterior ventrum. [details]
The specific name triloba refers to the three pairs of lateral lobes on the anterior segments, and is made of tri ... [details]
Specific name derived from the greek macro and kerkos, tail referring to the long abdominal region. [details]
The specific name echuca refers to an aboriginal name meaning a meeting of waters. [details]
The specific name australis refers to its wide spread distribution in south-eastern Australia. [details]
The specific name sinusa refers to the development of a sinus on the inside of the lateral lobe, and is derived ... [details]
The specific name trina refers to the three pairs of branchiae, and is derived from the latin tri meaning 3. [details]
The specific name turawa refers to the name of an Aboriginal tribe living on the coast just south of Sydney, the ... [details]
The specific name aloba refers to the absence of lateral lobes, and is derived from the latin lobus meaning a ... [details]
Specific name derived from the latin macula spot, (f), referring to the dark pigment spots adorning the abdomen. [details]
Dead coral rubble in depths of 1-3 m. [details]
Intertidal seagrasses with fine sand and mud flats in front of mangroves, amongst coral rubble, and also at shelf ... [details]
Occurs in a variety of soft substrates ranging from silty to coarse gravel, in depths of 5-50 m. [details]
Occurs in sheltered protected areas and in deeper oceanic waters of Bass Strait. [details]
Occurs in deep water on the continental slope, living in dense colonies. A few of the tubes opened in the colony ... [details]
Occurs from the intertidal to the continental slope (357m) in muddy coral sand, living in compact tubes made of ... [details]
Occurs in sheltered marine waters 3-10m, under rocks, or in crevices sometimes associated with sponge and Posidonia ... [details]
Occurs on dandier parts of reef flat, usually under dead coral bounders also from 8 m at Lizard Island on fringing ... [details]
Occurs under rocks, as crevice fauna, and in sandy mud, intertidally. [details]
Intertidally in sandy mud flats, or on rock platforms in crevices, under stones, boulders, and in soft sediment in ... [details]
Occurs intertidally to dephts of 20 m often in reef environments, either rock or coral, associated with the kelp ... [details]
Note that Neoamphitrite may not be distinct from Amphitrite, in which case A. figulus would be the correct combination [details]
Type material has not been located. At this stage, it is unclear if this species even belong to the genus Terebella. [details]
Neoamphitrite differs from Amphitrite in "dichotomous rather than filiform branchiae, the number of nephridia is ... [details]
Rat Island, Abrolhos Group, Western Australia, Australia, Indian Ocean (-16.4°, 123.1167°). [details]
The type species is Lanassa nordeskioldi Malmgren, 1866 by original designation. [details]
The type species is Nereis conchilega Pallas 1766 by monotypy. [details]
