WoRMS taxon details
original description
Radashevsky, Vasily I. (2015). Spionidae (Annelida) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia: the genera <em>Aonides</em>, <em>Dipolydora</em>, <em>Polydorella</em>, <em>Prionospio</em>, <em>Pseudopolydora</em>, <em>Rhynchospio</em>, and <em>Tripolydora</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 635-694., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.22 page(s): 641-643, figs. 3-4 [details] Available for editors [request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AM W.45226, geounit Great Barrier Reef [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 5-16 m depth. [details]
Distribution Southwest Pacific: Lizard Island region of the Great Barrier Reef (Australia, Queensland). [details]
Etymology "The species is named in honour of José Maria (Lobo) Orensanz, biologist, colleague, and a great man" (Radashevsky, 2015: 643). [details]
Habitat Coral sand on coral reefs, at subtidal depths. [details]
Reproduction Gonochoristic. Both in males and females gametes develop from chaetigers 16-17 throughout most part of the body. [details]
Type locality Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef, Lizard Island, North Point, Mermaid Cove (14º38'46''S, 145º27'13''E). [details]
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