Polychaeta taxon 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): 280-282, fig. 5a-f [details]
additional source
Hutchings, Patricia A. (1997). The Terebellidae (Polychaeta) of Northern Australia with a key to all the described species of the region. pages 133-161, 7 figures. IN: Hanley, J.R.; Caswell, G.; Megirian, D.; Larson, H.K. (Eds.). <em>Proceedings of the Sixth International Biological Workshop. The marine flora and fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia.</em> Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory and the Australian Marine Sciences Association. Darwin, Australia. page(s): 157 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype AM W203525, geounit Kimberley [details]
Nontype AM W203528, geounit Kimberley [details]
Paratype AM W203526, geounit Kimberley [details]
Paratype AM W203527, geounit Kimberley [details]
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Depth range Intertidal and shallow subtidal. [details]
Distribution Australia: Northern Territory (Darwin Harbour); Western Australia (Kimberley region). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet kimberliensis is derived from the type locality of the species, the Kimberley region (Western Australia). [details]
Habitat Intertidal mud flats, often associated with mangroves, subtidal sandy and muddy substrates, and amongst Caulerpa. [details]
Type locality Shirley Island, Kimberley region, Western Australia, Australia (16°17'S, 123°26'E), mangroves. [details]
Type material Holotype (AM W203525) and paratypes (AM W203526 and AM W203527) deposited at the Australian Museum, Sydney (Australia). [details]
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