WoRMS name details
original description
Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1991). Die Polychaeten der subtropisch-tropischen bis tropischen Ostküste Australiens zwischen Maclean (New South Wales) und Gladstone (Queensland) sowie von Heron Island (Grosses Barrier-Riff) IN: Hartmann-Schröder, G. and Gerd Hartmann. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. Teil 16. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 88: 17-71. page(s): 26, figs. 20-25 [details]
new combination reference
San Martín, G.; Hutchings, P.A.; Aguado, M.T. 2008. Syllinae (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from Australia. Part 1. Genera <i>Branchiosyllis</i>, <i>Eurysyllis</i>, <i>Karroonsyllis</i>, <i>Parasphaerosyllis</i>, <i>Plakosyllis</i>, <i>Rhopalosyllis</i>, <i>Tetrapalpia</i> n.gen., and <i>Xenosyllis</i>. Records of the Australian Museum 60: 119-160 page(s): 152-153, fig. 27A-G [details]
Holotype ZMH P-20514, geounit Australia [details]
Paratype ZMH P-20514, geounit Australia [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Eulittoral. [details]
Distribution Australia: Queensland (Great Barrier Reef). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet dorsoaciculata refers to the presence of a notopodial acicula in the posterior parapodia. [details]
Habitat Coral rubble and sand in coral reefs, in shallow water. [details]
Type locality Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef, Heron Island, northern reef (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -23.436º, long. 151.915º). [details]
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