WoRMS taxon details
Polycirrus tesselatus Hutchings & Glasby, 1986
330895 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330895)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1986). The Polycirrinae (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 38(6): 319-350., available online at http://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.38.1986.185
page(s): 343-345, figs. 10f-l, 12E, table 1 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 343-345, figs. 10f-l, 12E, table 1 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype MV F50337, geounit Western Port Bay
, Note Western Port Bay, Victoria, Australia...
Holotype MV F50337, geounit Western Port Bay [details]
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Type locality Western Port Bay, Victoria, Australia (-38.3388°, 145.238°). [details]
Depth range 27-130 m.
Distribution Australia: South Australia; Victoria; Bass Strait; New South Wales.
Etymology "The specific name tesselatus is derived from the latin meaning inlaid with small square stones or mosaic, and refers to...
Depth range 27-130 m. [details]
Distribution Australia: South Australia; Victoria; Bass Strait; New South Wales.
Distribution Australia: South Australia; Victoria; Bass Strait; New South Wales. [details]
Etymology "The specific name tesselatus is derived from the latin meaning inlaid with small square stones or mosaic, and refers to...
Etymology "The specific name tesselatus is derived from the latin meaning inlaid with small square stones or mosaic, and refers to the epidermal pattern on the anterior dorsum" (Hutchings & Glasby, 1986: 345). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Polycirrus tesselatus Hutchings & Glasby, 1986. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330895 on 2024-04-18
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original description
Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1986). The Polycirrinae (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 38(6): 319-350., available online at http://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.38.1986.185
page(s): 343-345, figs. 10f-l, 12E, table 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Hutchings, Patricia A. (2014). Revision of the taxonomy of <em>Polycirrus</em> Grube, 1850 (Annelida: Terebellida: Polycirridae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3877(1): 1-117., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3877.1.1
page(s): 89, fig. 48a-g, table 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 343-345, figs. 10f-l, 12E, table 1 [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Hutchings, Patricia A. (2014). Revision of the taxonomy of <em>Polycirrus</em> Grube, 1850 (Annelida: Terebellida: Polycirridae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3877(1): 1-117., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3877.1.1
page(s): 89, fig. 48a-g, table 1 [details] Available for editors
[request] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype MV F50337, geounit Western Port Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 27-130 m. [details]Distribution Australia: South Australia; Victoria; Bass Strait; New South Wales. [details]
Etymology "The specific name tesselatus is derived from the latin meaning inlaid with small square stones or mosaic, and refers to the epidermal pattern on the anterior dorsum" (Hutchings & Glasby, 1986: 345). [details]
Habitat Sediment ranging from muddy sand to coarse sand, at shelf dephs. Also from exposed and sheltered rocky shores underneath rocks and associated with algal mats. [details]
Type locality Western Port Bay, Victoria, Australia (-38.3388°, 145.238°). [details]
