Polychaeta name details
original description
Hutchings, Patricia A.; Turvey, S. P. (1982). The Nereididae of South Australia. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 106(3): 93-144., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41071833 page(s): 97-98, fig. 1a-c, table 3 [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference
Bakken, Torkild; Wilson, Robin S. (2005). Phylogeny of nereidids (Polychaeta, Nereididae) with paragnaths. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 34(5): 507-547., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2005.00200.x page(s): 535-536; note: as Simplisetia amphidonta [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference
Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1985). Revision der Gattung <i>Ceratonereis</i> Kinberg (Nereididae, Polychaeta) (Mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Arten mit enigeschnittenem Prostomium). <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 82: 37-59. page(s): 48; note: as Ceratonereis (Simplisetia) amphidonta [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype AM W.18397, geounit Kangaroo Island [details]
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Depth range 5 m. [details]
Distribution Australia: Kangaroo Island (South Australia). [details]
Etymology "Paragnaths [...] consisting of grey-brown, transparent, rounded cones (domes) and large, sharply pointed, elongate cones, opaque, orange to scarlet with grey-brown bases. [...] The name refers to the two types of paragnaths present" (Hutchings & Turvey, 1982: 97-98). The epithet is composed by the Greek prefix amphi-, meaning 'both' or 'on both sides', and the Greek word donta, meaning 'tooth'. [details]
Habitat In clumps of sponge at 5 m in fast-flowing channel with many Pinna. [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus. [details]
Type locality Old wharf at Maston [= Muston?] Point, American River, Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia (-35.7833°, 137.7667°). [details]
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