WoRMS taxon details
Scolelepis hutchingsae Dauer, 1985
331754 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:331754)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Dauer, D.M. (1985). A new species of <i>Scolelepis</i> (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from Lizard Island, Australia. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 98(3): 678-681., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34648961
page(s): 678-680, fig. 1 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 678-680, fig. 1 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype USNM 97629, geounit Lizard Island (Queensland)
, Note Ferrier's Creek, Lizard Island, northern Great...
Holotype USNM 97629, geounit Lizard Island (Queensland) [details]
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Type locality Ferrier's Creek, Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia (gazetteer estimate -14.6656, 145.4506), intertidal coralline sand. [details]
Depth range Intertidal to subtidal (<5 m) depths.
Distribution Australia: Lizard Island (Great Barrier Reef, Queensland). Philippines: Boracay Island (Aklan province).
Etymology The species is named after Dr. Pat Hutchings, ''in recognition of her contribution to our knowledge of Australian...
Depth range Intertidal to subtidal (<5 m) depths. [details]
Distribution Australia: Lizard Island (Great Barrier Reef, Queensland). Philippines: Boracay Island (Aklan province).
Distribution Australia: Lizard Island (Great Barrier Reef, Queensland). Philippines: Boracay Island (Aklan province). [details]
Etymology The species is named after Dr. Pat Hutchings, ''in recognition of her contribution to our knowledge of Australian...
Etymology The species is named after Dr. Pat Hutchings, ''in recognition of her contribution to our knowledge of Australian polychaetes'' (Dauer, 1983: 680). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Scolelepis hutchingsae Dauer, 1985. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=331754 on 2024-04-20
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original description
Dauer, D.M. (1985). A new species of <i>Scolelepis</i> (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from Lizard Island, Australia. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 98(3): 678-681., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34648961
page(s): 678-680, fig. 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Williams, J.D. (2007). New records and description of four new species of spionids (Annelida: Polychaeta: Spionidae) from the Philippines: the genera <i>Dispio</i>, <i>Malacoceros</i>, <i>Polydora</i>, and <i>Scolelepis</i>, with notes on palp ciliation patterns of the genus <i>Scolelepis</i>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1459: 1-35., available online at https://people.hofstra.edu/jason_d_williams/Publications/Williams2007%20copy.pdf
page(s): 17-21, figs. 11-13, 18D [details]
page(s): 678-680, fig. 1 [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Williams, J.D. (2007). New records and description of four new species of spionids (Annelida: Polychaeta: Spionidae) from the Philippines: the genera <i>Dispio</i>, <i>Malacoceros</i>, <i>Polydora</i>, and <i>Scolelepis</i>, with notes on palp ciliation patterns of the genus <i>Scolelepis</i>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1459: 1-35., available online at https://people.hofstra.edu/jason_d_williams/Publications/Williams2007%20copy.pdf
page(s): 17-21, figs. 11-13, 18D [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 97629, geounit Lizard Island (Queensland) [details]
Nontype USNM 1096811, geounit Aklan [details]
Nontype USNM 1096812, geounit Aklan [details]
Nontype ZRC 2006.0224, geounit Aklan [details]
Paratype USNM 97630, geounit Lizard Island (Queensland) [details]
Paratype USNM 97631, geounit Lizard Island (Queensland) [details]
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Depth range Intertidal to subtidal (<5 m) depths. [details]Diet One specimen collected in Boracay Island (Aklan province, Philippines) presented five bivalve larvae in the digestive tract, each approximately 480 µm long. [details]
Distribution Australia: Lizard Island (Great Barrier Reef, Queensland). Philippines: Boracay Island (Aklan province). [details]
Etymology The species is named after Dr. Pat Hutchings, ''in recognition of her contribution to our knowledge of Australian polychaetes'' (Dauer, 1983: 680). [details]
Habitat Intertidal to subtidal sands. [details]
Reproduction Two incomplete specimens (posterior end fragments) collected in April in Boracay Island (Aklan province, Philippines) had eggs within the body. [details]
Type locality Ferrier's Creek, Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia (gazetteer estimate -14.6656, 145.4506), intertidal coralline sand. [details]
