WoRMS name details
Brania opisthodentata Hartmann-Schröder, 1979
327301 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:327301)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1979). Die Polychaeten der tropischen Nordwestküste Australiens (zwischen Derby im Norden und Port Hedland im Süden). Teil 2. IN: Hartmann-Schröder, G. and Gerd Hartmann. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonder Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. (Teil 2 und Teil 3). <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 76: 77-218.
page(s): 101-102, figs. 134-135 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 101-102, figs. 134-135 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype ZMH P-15478, geounit Australia
, Note Australia, Western Australia, Port Hedland,...
Holotype ZMH P-15478, geounit Australia [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Australia, Western Australia, Port Hedland, sandflat eastward the town, near the mouth of Pretty Pool and the Caravan Park (= Cook Point Holiday Park) (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -20.309, long. 118.642). [details]
Depth range Middle eulittoral.
Distribution Australia: Western Australia (Port Hedland).
Etymology The specific epithet opisthodentata is formed by the prefix of Greek origin 'opistho-', meaning 'behind', 'back' or 'rear',...
Depth range Middle eulittoral. [details]
Distribution Australia: Western Australia (Port Hedland).
Distribution Australia: Western Australia (Port Hedland). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet opisthodentata is formed by the prefix of Greek origin 'opistho-', meaning 'behind', 'back' or 'rear',...
Etymology The specific epithet opisthodentata is formed by the prefix of Greek origin 'opistho-', meaning 'behind', 'back' or 'rear', and the Latin word dentata, meaning 'toothed' or 'dentate', and refers to the location of the pharyngeal tooth, at the end of the first third of the pharynx, on the median line, instead of being located at the distal end. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Brania opisthodentata Hartmann-Schröder, 1979. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=327301 on 2024-04-16
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original description
Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1979). Die Polychaeten der tropischen Nordwestküste Australiens (zwischen Derby im Norden und Port Hedland im Süden). Teil 2. IN: Hartmann-Schröder, G. and Gerd Hartmann. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonder Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. (Teil 2 und Teil 3). <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 76: 77-218.
page(s): 101-102, figs. 134-135 [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference San Martín, Guillermo. (2005). Exogoninae (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from Australia with the description of a new genus and twenty-two new species. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 57(1): 39-152., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1438
page(s): 57, fig. 13A-D [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 101-102, figs. 134-135 [details] Available for editors
[request] new combination reference San Martín, Guillermo. (2005). Exogoninae (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from Australia with the description of a new genus and twenty-two new species. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 57(1): 39-152., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1438
page(s): 57, fig. 13A-D [details] Available for editors
[request] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype ZMH P-15478, geounit Australia [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Middle eulittoral. [details]Distribution Australia: Western Australia (Port Hedland). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet opisthodentata is formed by the prefix of Greek origin 'opistho-', meaning 'behind', 'back' or 'rear', and the Latin word dentata, meaning 'toothed' or 'dentate', and refers to the location of the pharyngeal tooth, at the end of the first third of the pharynx, on the median line, instead of being located at the distal end. [details]
Habitat Coarse sand with mud, intertidal to shallow water. [details]
Type locality Australia, Western Australia, Port Hedland, sandflat eastward the town, near the mouth of Pretty Pool and the Caravan Park (= Cook Point Holiday Park) (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -20.309, long. 118.642). [details]
