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Hutchings, Patricia A.; Smith, Ralph I. (1997). Descriptions of new species and comments on previously described species of terebellid polychaetes from New Zealand and Australia. Bulletin of Marine Science. 60(2): 324-349.
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Hutchings, Patricia A.; Smith, Ralph I.
1997
Descriptions of new species and comments on previously described species of terebellid polychaetes from New Zealand and Australia
Bulletin of Marine Science
60(2): 324-349
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyD)
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One new genus (Pseudopista) and six new species (Streblosoma toddae, Thelepus australiensis, Neoleprea papilla, Nicolea armilla, Pista pegma, and Pseudopista rostrata) of Terebellidae are described from New Zealand and Australia. Terebella plagiostoma Schmarda is redescribed and a neotype designated.
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Paratype NMNZ 1431, geounit Mathesons Bay, identified as Pista pegma Hutchings & Smith, 1997
Paratype NMNZ 1433, geounit Leigh, identified as Streblosoma toddae Hutchings & Smith, 1997
Paratype NMNZ 1434, geounit Leigh, identified as Pseudopista rostrata Hutchings & Smith, 1997
Paratype USNM 170019, geounit Mathesons Bay, identified as Pista pegma Hutchings & Smith, 1997
Paratype USNM 170020, geounit Leigh, identified as Neoleprea papilla Hutchings & Smith, 1997
Paratype USNM 170021, geounit Leigh, identified as Pseudopista rostrata Hutchings & Smith, 1997
Paratype USNM 170022, geounit Leigh, identified as Streblosoma toddae Hutchings & Smith, 1997
Paratype USNM 170023, geounit South Australia, identified as Thelepus australiensis Hutchings & Smith, 1997
Nontype USNM 170024, geounit Otago Peninsula, identified as Terebella plagiostoma Schmarda, 1861
Paratype NHMUK 1995.1656, geounit Mathesons Bay, identified as Pista pegma Hutchings & Smith, 1997
Nontype NHMUK 1995.1658, geounit Otago Peninsula, identified as Terebella plagiostoma Schmarda, 1861
Paratype LACM AHF Poly 1728, geounit Mathesons Bay, identified as Pista pegma Hutchings & Smith, 1997
Paratype AM W.198777, geounit South Australia, identified as Thelepus australiensis Hutchings & Smith, 1997
Holotype AM W.22559, geounit South Australia, identified as Thelepus australiensis Hutchings & Smith, 1997
Holotype AM W.22574, geounit Mathesons Bay, identified as Pista pegma Hutchings & Smith, 1997
Paratype AM W.22575, geounit Mathesons Bay, identified as Pista pegma Hutchings & Smith, 1997
Paratype AM W.22576, geounit Mathesons Bay, identified as Pista pegma Hutchings & Smith, 1997
Nontype AM W.22577, geounit Leigh, identified as Pista pegma Hutchings & Smith, 1997
Neotype AM W.22578, geounit Otago Peninsula, identified as Terebella plagiostoma Schmarda, 1861
Holotype AM W.22581, geounit Leigh, identified as Neoleprea papilla Hutchings & Smith, 1997
Holotype AM W.22583, geounit Leigh, identified as Pseudopista rostrata Hutchings & Smith, 1997
Holotype AM W.22585, geounit Mathesons Bay, identified as Nicolea armilla Hutchings & Smith, 1997
Holotype AM W.22586, geounit Leigh, identified as Streblosoma toddae Hutchings & Smith, 1997
Nontype AM W.22587, geounit Otago Peninsula, identified as Terebella plagiostoma Schmarda, 1861
Nontype AM W.22588, geounit Mathesons Bay, identified as Pista pegma Hutchings & Smith, 1997
Paratype AM W.22788, geounit Leigh, identified as Streblosoma toddae Hutchings & Smith, 1997
 Depth range

Tidal level, between 0.0 and 0.3 m. [details]

 Depth range

Intertidal level, between ca. 0.3 to 0.4 m. [details]

 Depth range

Intertidal. [details]

 Depth range

Low intertidal. [details]

 Depth range

Intertidal. [details]

 Depth range

Intertidal to 5 m. [details]

 Diagnosis

Diagnosis by Hutchings & Smith (1997: 342): "Compact tentacular lobe with numerous buccal tentacles. Lateral lobes ... [details]

 Distribution

New Zealand: Leigh Harbor (Auckland, North Island). [details]

 Distribution

New Zealand: Mathesons Bay, near Leigh (Auckland, North Island). [details]

 Distribution

New Zealand: Leigh Harbor and Mathesons Bay (Auckland, North Island). [details]

 Distribution

New Zealand: Leigh Harbor (Auckland, North Island). [details]

 Distribution

New Zealand (Leigh, Lyttleton, Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin, probably widespread). [details]

 Distribution

New Zealand (widespread). [details]

 Distribution

Australia: South Australia; Western Australia. [details]

 Etymology

"The specific name refers to the prominent renal papilla present on segment 3, and is from the Latin" (Hutchings & ... [details]

 Etymology

"The specific name refers to the well-marked annulated rings on the branches of the branchiae and is the Latin word ... [details]

 Etymology

"The specific name refers to the shelf which is developed across the dorsum of segment 3 and is from the Latin" ... [details]

 Etymology

"The generic name reflects closeness to the genus Pista" (Hutchings & Smith, 1997: 342). [details]

 Etymology

"The specific name is the Latin word for beaked referring to the beaked shaped anterior uncini" (Hutchings & Smith, ... [details]

 Etymology

"This species of Streblosoma is named after the wife of Ralph Smith, Todd, who accompanied him on his collecting ... [details]

 Etymology

"The specific name refers to the Australian distribution of the species" (Hutchings & Smith, 1997: 332).  [details]

 Habitat

In an ovoid mass in sand lightly cemented with mucus, in cavities and rock crevices, at tidal level. [details]

 Habitat

In soft, sandy tubes, between embedded, firmly impacted boulders, at intertidal level. [details]

 Habitat

In sandy or shelly tubes in protected channels of the exposed rocky shore, or among well-embedded rocks, at ... [details]

 Habitat

Not stated, probably rocky substrates at intertidal level. [details]

 Habitat

Tubes attached to the undersides of rocks, found between wedged or impacted boulders in the low intertidal zone of ... [details]

 Habitat

Common in Chione shell-banks, lives in sandy tubes clustered in empty shells of the bivalves Chione sp. and the ... [details]

 Habitat

Under stones, among algae, including calcareous algae in reefal areas, at intertidal to subtidal depths. [details]

 Reproduction

At the date of the collection of the neotype (5 March 1992) females had oocytes of all sizes in the coelom, while ... [details]

 Taxonomy

Hutchings & Smith (1997: 332 & 344) designate a neotype and redescribe. The transfer to Thelepus by Benham (1909) ... [details]

 Taxonomy

Thelepus natans was considered to be a junior synonym of other species in two occasions. First, it was questionably ... [details]

 Type locality

Leigh Harbor, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand (36°20'S, 174°48'E; provided geocoordinates slightly displaced, ... [details]

 Type locality

Mathesons Bay, near Leigh, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand (36°18.5'S, 174°48.2'E; provided geocoordinates ... [details]

 Type locality

Mathesons Bay, near Leigh, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand (36°18.5'S, 174°48.2'E; provided geocoordinates ... [details]

 Type locality

Leigh Harbor, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand (36°20'S, 174°48'E; provided geocoordinates slightly displaced, ... [details]

 Type locality

Leigh Harbor, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand (36°20'S, 174°48'E; provided geocoordinates slightly displaced, ... [details]

 Type locality

Original type locality: New Zealand ("Neu-Seeland"). Neotype from Papanui Inlet, Otago Peninsula, Dunedin, South ... [details]

 Type locality

Victor Harbor, South Australia, Australia (35°33'S, 138°38'E; -35.55°, 138.63°). [details]

 Type material

Holotype (AM W.22574) and 5 paratypes (AM W. 22575, AM W.22576) deposited at the Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia. [details]

 Type material

Holotype deposited at the Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia (AM W.22583). [details]

 Type material

Holotype deposited at the Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia (AM W22586). [details]

 Type material

Holotype (AM W.22559) and two paratypes (AM W.198777) deposited at the Australia Museum, Sydney, Australia. One ... [details]