WoRMS taxon details
Terebella pappus Hutchings & Murray, 1984
332486 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332486)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hutchings, Patricia A.; Murray, Anna. (1984). Taxonomy of polychaetes from the Hawkesbury River and the southern estuaries of New South Wales, Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> Supplement 3: 1-118., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0812-7387.3.1984.101
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Holotype AM W.196195, geounit Merimbula
, Note Merimbula Lake, in oyster lease area 300 m...
Holotype AM W.196195, geounit Merimbula [details]
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Type locality Merimbula Lake, in oyster lease area 300 m above Merimbula Bridge, New South Wales, Australia (gazetteer estimate -36.8976°, 149.9088°; with base on map from Day & Hutchings, 1984: fig. 1), intertidal sandy mud flats. [details]
Depth range Intertidal.
Distribution Australia: New South Wales; Queensland; South Australia; Tasmania; Victoria; Western Australia. Widespread in southern...
Etymology The specific epithet pappus is a Latin noun with Greek origin, being an affectionate term for elderly men, referencing...
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution Australia: New South Wales; Queensland; South Australia; Tasmania; Victoria; Western Australia. Widespread in southern...
Distribution Australia: New South Wales; Queensland; South Australia; Tasmania; Victoria; Western Australia. Widespread in southern Australian waters. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet pappus is a Latin noun with Greek origin, being an affectionate term for elderly men, referencing...
Etymology The specific epithet pappus is a Latin noun with Greek origin, being an affectionate term for elderly men, referencing beards or white hairs. In the present case it is stated by the authors to be the Latin word for 'bristle', and refers to the presence of notosetae almost to the pygdium. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Terebella pappus Hutchings & Murray, 1984. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332486 on 2024-04-19
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original description
Hutchings, Patricia A.; Murray, Anna. (1984). Taxonomy of polychaetes from the Hawkesbury River and the southern estuaries of New South Wales, Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> Supplement 3: 1-118., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0812-7387.3.1984.101
page(s): 100-101, fig. 30.1-2. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hutchings, Patricia A. (1997). The Terebellidae (Polychaeta) of Northern Australia with a key to all the described species of the region. pages 133-161, 7 figures. IN: Hanley, J.R.; Caswell, G.; Megirian, D.; Larson, H.K. (Eds.). <em>Proceedings of the Sixth International Biological Workshop. The marine flora and fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia.</em> Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory and the Australian Marine Sciences Association. Darwin, Australia.
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additional source Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1988). The Amphitritinae (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 40(1): 1-60., available online at http://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.40.1988.150
page(s): 53-55. Fig. 22a-d. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 100-101, fig. 30.1-2. [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Hutchings, Patricia A. (1997). The Terebellidae (Polychaeta) of Northern Australia with a key to all the described species of the region. pages 133-161, 7 figures. IN: Hanley, J.R.; Caswell, G.; Megirian, D.; Larson, H.K. (Eds.). <em>Proceedings of the Sixth International Biological Workshop. The marine flora and fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia.</em> Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory and the Australian Marine Sciences Association. Darwin, Australia.
page(s): 158 [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1988). The Amphitritinae (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 40(1): 1-60., available online at http://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.40.1988.150
page(s): 53-55. Fig. 22a-d. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AM W.196195, geounit Merimbula [details]
Paratype NHMUK 1983.1753, geounit Merimbula [details]
Paratype USNM 81489, geounit Merimbula [details]
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Depth range Intertidal. [details]Distribution Australia: New South Wales; Queensland; South Australia; Tasmania; Victoria; Western Australia. Widespread in southern Australian waters. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet pappus is a Latin noun with Greek origin, being an affectionate term for elderly men, referencing beards or white hairs. In the present case it is stated by the authors to be the Latin word for 'bristle', and refers to the presence of notosetae almost to the pygdium. [details]
Habitat Intertidally in sandy mud flats, or on rock platforms in crevices, under stones, boulders, and in soft sediment in rock pools; associated with Mytilus edulis, coralline algae and the serpulid Galeolaria. Occasionally found among mangroves. [details]
Type locality Merimbula Lake, in oyster lease area 300 m above Merimbula Bridge, New South Wales, Australia (gazetteer estimate -36.8976°, 149.9088°; with base on map from Day & Hutchings, 1984: fig. 1), intertidal sandy mud flats. [details]
