WoRMS taxon details
original description
Baird, William. (1865). Contributions towards a monograph of the species of <i>Annelides</i> belonging to the <i>Aphroditacea</i>, containing a list of the known species, and a description of some new species contained in the National Collection of the British Museum. <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology.</em> 8(31-32): 172-202., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31601914 [details]
redescription
Hanley, J. Russell. (1993). Scaleworms (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) of Rottnest Island, Western Australia. pp 305-320. IN: Wells, F. E., Walker, D. I., Kirkman, H., and Lethbridge, R. (Ed.). Proceedings of the Fifth International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Rottnest Island, Western Australia: Perth, Western Australian Museum. page(s): 314-317, figure 4 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype NHMUK 1863.9.23.3, geounit Australia [details]
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Etymology Lepidonotus oculatus name derivation is obliquely stated by Baird via the comment that elytra are "near the centre marked with a large, round, black spot, like an eye." [details]
Specimen The Natural History Museum, London [details]
Type locality Australia, unspecified. Baird did not know the collection location. It was collected by Bowerbank "from the seas of Australia" [details]
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