Polychaeta taxon details
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): 81-82, fig. 23.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype USNM W.18618, geounit Hawkesbury River [details]
Paratype USNM 81470, geounit Hawkesbury River [details]
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Depth range 7-9 m. [details]
Distribution Australia: New South Wales (Hawkesbury River). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet annulus is a Latin noun meaning 'ring', and refers to the development of the girdle in the abdominal chaetigers. [details]
Habitat Fine mud and sandy mud with much shell, in shallow protected environments with salinities of 33-35 ‰. [details]
Holotype Deposited at the Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia (AM W. 18618). [details]
Type locality Hawkesbury River, New South Wales, Australia (gazetteer estimate -33.546°, 151.230°), 7 m, sandy, shelly mud, salinity range 32.8-35.7 ‰. [details]
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