Polychaeta name 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): 112, figs. 178-182 [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy
Nygren, Arne. (2004). Revision of Autolytinae (Syllidae: Polychaeta). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 680: 1-314., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00680f.pdf page(s): 199 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype ZMH P-15482, geounit Australia [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Eulittoral. [details]
Distribution Australia: Western Australia (Port Hedland). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet annulatus is an alternative form of the Latin word anulatus, meaning 'ringed', and refers to the transversal ciliated rings present in all segments of the species. [details]
Habitat Coarse sand with mud and ripple marks, eulittoral. [details]
Type locality Australia, Western Australia, Port Hedland, sandflat eastward the town, near the mouth of Pretty Pool and the Caravan Park (= Cook Point Holiday Park) (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -20.309, long. 118.642). [details]
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