Polychaeta name details
original description
Hutchings, Patricia A. and Glasby, C.J. 1990. Additional new species of the family Terebellidae (Polychaeta) from Western Australia, with a key to all described species of the region, in F.E. Wells, D.I. Walker, H. Kirkman and R. Lethbridge eds., Proceedings of the Third International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Albany, Western Australia: Perth, Western Australian Museum, p. 251-289. page(s): 277-279, fig. 4a-h [details]
additional source
Hutchings, Patricia A. (2003). The Terebellidae, Trichobranchidae, and Pectinariidae (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) of the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia. 425-451. IN: F.E. Wells, D.I. Walker and D.S. Jones (eds) 2003. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Dampier, Western Australia. Western Australian Museum, Perth. [details]
Holotype AM W203515, geounit Dampier Archipelago [details]
Paratype AM W203516, geounit Dampier Archipelago [details]
Paratype AM W203517, geounit Dampier Archipelago [details]
Paratype AM W203520, geounit Kimberley [details]
Paratype AM W203521, geounit Kimberley [details]
Paratype AM W203523, geounit Kimberley [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution Australia: Western Australia (Dampier Archipelago; Kimberely region). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet anthela is derived from the Greek word for 'plume of a reed', and refers to the structure of the branchiae. [details]
Habitat Intertidal sand flats, living as crevice fauna under small boulders or in crevices. [details]
Type locality Enderby Island, Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia, Australia (20°36.1'S, 116°31.4'E), intertidal. [details]
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