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Polychaeta taxon details

Branchiosyllis thylacine San Martín, Hutchings & Aguado, 2008

760014  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:760014)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
San Martín, G.; Hutchings, P.A.; Aguado, M.T. 2008. Syllinae (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from Australia. Part 1. Genera <i>Branchiosyllis</i>, <i>Eurysyllis</i>, <i>Karroonsyllis</i>, <i>Parasphaerosyllis</i>, <i>Plakosyllis</i>, <i>Rhopalosyllis</i>, <i>Tetrapalpia</i> n.gen., and <i>Xenosyllis</i>. Records of the Australian Museum 60: 119-160
page(s): 137-140, fig. 16A-G [details]   
Holotype  AM W30120, geounit Australia  
Holotype AM W30120, geounit Australia [details]
Note Australia, New South Wales, 50 m west of Split...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Australia, New South Wales, 50 m west of Split Solitary Island (30º14'S, 153º10'48"E). [details]
Depth range 10-19 m.  
Depth range 10-19 m. [details]

Distribution Australia (New South Wales; Queensland).   
Distribution Australia (New South Wales; Queensland).  [details]

Etymology The species is named after the Tasmanian wolf, also known as Tasmanian tiger, Thylacinus cynocephalus (Harris, 1808), a...  
Etymology The species is named after the Tasmanian wolf, also known as Tasmanian tiger, Thylacinus cynocephalus (Harris, 1808), a carnivorous marsupial thought to have become extinct in the 20th century, which also had stripes on its back. Used as a noun in apposition.  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Branchiosyllis thylacine San Martín, Hutchings & Aguado, 2008. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=760014 on 2024-03-28
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original description San Martín, G.; Hutchings, P.A.; Aguado, M.T. 2008. Syllinae (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from Australia. Part 1. Genera <i>Branchiosyllis</i>, <i>Eurysyllis</i>, <i>Karroonsyllis</i>, <i>Parasphaerosyllis</i>, <i>Plakosyllis</i>, <i>Rhopalosyllis</i>, <i>Tetrapalpia</i> n.gen., and <i>Xenosyllis</i>. Records of the Australian Museum 60: 119-160
page(s): 137-140, fig. 16A-G [details]   

additional source Aguado, María Teresa; Murray, Anna; Hutchings, Patricia A. (2015). Syllidae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 35-60., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.5
page(s): 45 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype AM W30120, geounit Australia [details]
Nontype AM W.41616, geounit Great Barrier Reef [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 10-19 m. [details]

Distribution Australia (New South Wales; Queensland).  [details]

Etymology The species is named after the Tasmanian wolf, also known as Tasmanian tiger, Thylacinus cynocephalus (Harris, 1808), a carnivorous marsupial thought to have become extinct in the 20th century, which also had stripes on its back. Used as a noun in apposition.  [details]

Habitat Coarse coral rubble, and amongst sponges, ascidians and bryozoans, on rocks, at shallow waters.  [details]

Type locality Australia, New South Wales, 50 m west of Split Solitary Island (30º14'S, 153º10'48"E). [details]