WoRMS taxon details

Polycirrus dodeka Hutchings, 1990

330872  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330872)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hutchings, Patricia Ann. (1990). Terebellidae (Polychaeta) from the Hong Kong region. In: Morton, Brian (Ed.). <em>Proceedings of the Second International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China.</em> Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. pp: 377-412.
page(s): 381-383, fig. 1a-d [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Note Pacific Ocean, Hong Kong  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Hong Kong [details]
Depth range 2-10 m.  
Depth range 2-10 m. [details]

Distribution Western Pacific Ocean: Hong Kong (South China Sea).  
Distribution Western Pacific Ocean: Hong Kong (South China Sea). [details]

Etymology "The specific name is derived from the Greek word dodeka meaning 'twelve', and refers to the number of pairs of notopodia"...  
Etymology "The specific name is derived from the Greek word dodeka meaning 'twelve', and refers to the number of pairs of notopodia" (Hutchings, 1990: 383).  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Polycirrus dodeka Hutchings, 1990. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330872 on 2024-04-16
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2008-03-17 10:44:16Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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original description Hutchings, Patricia Ann. (1990). Terebellidae (Polychaeta) from the Hong Kong region. In: Morton, Brian (Ed.). <em>Proceedings of the Second International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China.</em> Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. pp: 377-412.
page(s): 381-383, fig. 1a-d [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

context source (HKRMS) Morton B.(2003). Hong kong's international malacological wetland and marine biological workshops (1977-1998): Changing local attitudes towards marine conservation. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of an International Workshop Reunion Conference, Hong Kong: Perspectives on Marine Environment Change in Hong Kong and Southern China, 1977-2001. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. pp 31-71.  [details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [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 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
From editor or global species database
Depth range 2-10 m. [details]

Distribution Western Pacific Ocean: Hong Kong (South China Sea). [details]

Etymology "The specific name is derived from the Greek word dodeka meaning 'twelve', and refers to the number of pairs of notopodia" (Hutchings, 1990: 383).  [details]

Habitat Under boulders of live coral, 2-10 m. [details]

Type locality Pacific Ocean, Hong Kong [details]