Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Dauer, D.M. (1985). A new species of <i>Scolelepis</i> (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from Lizard Island, Australia. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 98(3): 678-681., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34648961 page(s): 678-680, fig. 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Williams, J.D. (2007). New records and description of four new species of spionids (Annelida: Polychaeta: Spionidae) from the Philippines: the genera <i>Dispio</i>, <i>Malacoceros</i>, <i>Polydora</i>, and <i>Scolelepis</i>, with notes on palp ciliation patterns of the genus <i>Scolelepis</i>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1459: 1-35., available online at https://people.hofstra.edu/jason_d_williams/Publications/Williams2007%20copy.pdf page(s): 17-21, figs. 11-13, 18D [details]
Holotype USNM 97629, geounit Lizard Island (Queensland) [details]
Nontype USNM 1096811, geounit Aklan [details]
Nontype USNM 1096812, geounit Aklan [details]
Nontype ZRC 2006.0224, geounit Aklan [details]
Paratype USNM 97630, geounit Lizard Island (Queensland) [details]
Paratype USNM 97631, geounit Lizard Island (Queensland) [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal to subtidal (<5 m) depths. [details]
Diet One specimen collected in Boracay Island (Aklan province, Philippines) presented five bivalve larvae in the digestive tract, each approximately 480 µm long. [details]
Distribution Australia: Lizard Island (Great Barrier Reef, Queensland). Philippines: Boracay Island (Aklan province). [details]
Etymology The species is named after Dr. Pat Hutchings, ''in recognition of her contribution to our knowledge of Australian polychaetes'' (Dauer, 1983: 680). [details]
Habitat Intertidal to subtidal sands. [details]
Reproduction Two incomplete specimens (posterior end fragments) collected in April in Boracay Island (Aklan province, Philippines) had eggs within the body. [details]
Type locality Ferrier's Creek, Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia (gazetteer estimate -14.6656, 145.4506), intertidal coralline sand. [details]
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