Polychaeta name details
original description
Hutchings, Patricia. (1974). Polychaeta of Wallis Lake, New South Wales. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 98(4): 175-195., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35075072 page(s): 183-184, fig. 2A-D [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference
Brown, Betsy. (1979). A redescription of <i>Scoloplos simplex</i> (Hutchings, 1974) (Polychaeta: Orbiniidae) from Australia. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 92(4): 762-768., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35514483 page(s): 763-766, fig. 1, table 1; note: as Scoloplos simplex [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference
Day, John H. (1977). A review of the Australian and New Zealand Orbiniidae (Annelida: Polychaeta). 217-246. <i>In</i>: Reish, Donald J.; Fauchald, Kristian (Eds.). Essays on polychaetous annelids in memory of Dr. Olga Hartman. The Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California. page(s): 228-229; note: as Scoloplos (Scoloplos) simplex [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype AM W.5246, geounit Australia [details]
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Depth range Shallow water. [details]
Distribution Australia: New South Wales (Wallis Lake). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet simplex is a Latin adjective meaning 'simple', and refers presumably to the presence of simple branchiae in the species. [details]
Habitat Sand in fast flowing conditions, at shallow water. [details]
Type locality Australia, New South Wales, Wallis Lake, south of Godwin Island and opposite Wallis Island (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -32.205º, long. 152.508º). [details]
Type material Holotype deposited at the Australian Museum, Sydney (AM W.5246). [details]
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