Polychaeta name details
original description
Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1991). Die Polychaeten der subtropisch-tropischen bis tropischen Ostküste Australiens zwischen Maclean (New South Wales) und Gladstone (Queensland) sowie von Heron Island (Grosses Barrier-Riff) IN: Hartmann-Schröder, G. and Gerd Hartmann. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. Teil 16. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 88: 17-71. page(s): 31-32, figs. 42-46 [details]
Holotype ZMH P-20537, geounit Australia [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Eulittoral. [details]
Distribution Australia: Queensland (Heron Island). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet heronislandensis refers to the type locality of the species, Heron Island (Queensland, Australia). [details]
Habitat Amongst algae, coral sand and coral fragments, in coral reefs in shallow water. [details]
Type locality Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef, Heron Island, southwest reef (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -23.445º, long. 151.911º). [details]
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