Polychaeta name details
original description
San Martín, Guillermo. (2005). Exogoninae (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from Australia with the description of a new genus and twenty-two new species. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 57(1): 39-152., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1438 page(s): 133-134, fig. 82A-L [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype AM W26364, geounit Australia [details]
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Depth range Intertidal to 12 m. [details]
Distribution Australia (Queensland). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet derives from a combination of two Aboriginal words, arkoola, meaning hair, and arrakata, meaning mouth, in reference to the long cilia or "hairs" on the pharynx opening. [details]
Habitat Fine to coarse sand. [details]
Type locality Australia, Queensland, lagoon at south end of Lizard Island, 250 m ESE of Palfrey Island (14º40'S, 145º28'E). [details]
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