WoRMS taxon details
original description
Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1930). Polychaete worms. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 2: 1-222., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15904801 page(s): 32-34, fig. 3a-g [details]
taxonomy source
Georgieva, Magdalena N.; Wiklund, Helena; Ramos, Dino A.; Neal, Lenka; Glasby, Christopher J.; Gunton, Laetitia M. (2023). The annelid community of a natural deep-sea whale fall off eastern Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 75(3): 167-213., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/georgieva-2023-rec-aust-mus-753-167213/ page(s): 171, figure 5; note: As Paramphinome cf. australis. Record from a whale skull off Byron Bay, NSW, Australia, beam trawl, start: 28.05°S 154.08°E, 999 m, end: 28.10°S 154.08°E, 999-1013 m. Molecular data obtained [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source
Orensanz, José Maria. (1972). Los anelidos poliquetos de la provincia biogeografica Argentina. I. Palmyridae (= Chrysopetalidae), Amphinomidae y Euphrosinidae. <em>Physis.</em> 31(83): 485-501. page(s): 494; note: record and description from offshore Uruguay [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Böggemann, Markus 2009. Polychaetes (Annelida) of the abyssal SE Atlantic. Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 9, 252-428.
, available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1439609209000464 page(s): 278 [details]
Holotype NHMUK 1930.10.8.926, geounit South Orkney Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 244-344 m. [details]
Distribution Antarctic Ocean, off South Orkney Islands. [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet australis is a Latin adjective meaning 'southern', and presumably refers to the southern location of the new species, highlighted by Monro (1930: 34): "I believe this to be the first record of this genus in southern waters." [details]
Habitat Green mud, 244-344 m depth. [details]
Specimen Holotype deposited at the Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK 1930.10.8.926). [details]
Type locality Off Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctic Ocean (60º50'30''S, 46º15'00''W), between 244-344 m, in green mud. [details]
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