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): 107, figs. 154-158 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype ZMH P-15513, geounit Australia [details]
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Depth range Eulittoral. [details]
Distribution Australia: Western Australia (Broome and Port Hedland). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet multipapillata refers to the high density of papillae covering the whole body of the species in a regular way.
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Habitat Coarse sand with mud, and fine sand with detritus in rockpools, in shallow water. [details]
Type locality Australia, Western Australia, Port Hedland, bank north Pretty Pool (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -20.307, long. 118.641). [details]
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