Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1979). Die Polychaeten der tropischen Nordwestküste Australiens (zwischen Derby im Norden und Port Hedland im Süden). Teil 2. IN: Hartmann-Schröder, G. and Gerd Hartmann. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonder Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. (Teil 2 und Teil 3). <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 76: 77-218. page(s): 141, figs. 324-325 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype ZMH P-15490, geounit Port Hedland [details]
Paratype ZMH P-15491, geounit Port Hedland [details]
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Depth range Eulittoral. [details]
Distribution Australia: Western Australia (Pretty Pool Estuary, Port Hedland). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet hedlandica refers to the type locality of the species, Port Hedland (Western Australia, Australia). The suffix -ica is added to the toponym to mean 'of', 'pertaining to', or 'derived from'. [details]
Habitat Intertidal silt with solid clay, sand and plant debris, near mangroves. [details]
Holotype Deposited at the Zoologische Museum, Hamburg (HZM P-15490). [details]
Type locality Mangrove at Pretty Pool Estuary, Port Hedland, Western Australia, Australia (gazetteer estimate -20.3123°, 118.6387°). [details]
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