Polychaeta taxon details
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 [request]
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]
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