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Virchowia spirifer (Augener, 1913)

816889  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:816889)

accepted
Species
Autolytus spirifer Augener, 1913 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Procerastea cirrata Hartmann-Schröder, 1990 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Autolytus spirifer Augener, 1913) Augener, Hermann. (1913). Polychaeta I. Errantia. 65-304. IN: Michaelsen, W. and Hartmeyer, R. (Ed.). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. <em>Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Gustav Fischer, Jena.</em> 4(5): 65-304, plates II-III., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7160888
page(s): 260-263, text-fig. 41a-c, plate III figs. 26-28 [details] 
Type locality contained in Shark Bay  
type locality contained in Shark Bay [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Depth range Intertidal to 12 m.   
Depth range Intertidal to 12 m.  [details]

Distribution Indian Ocean, South West Pacific. East and West Australia.   
Distribution Indian Ocean, South West Pacific. East and West Australia.  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Virchowia spirifer (Augener, 1913). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=816889 on 2025-06-30
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Nomenclature

original description (of Autolytus spirifer Augener, 1913) Augener, Hermann. (1913). Polychaeta I. Errantia. 65-304. IN: Michaelsen, W. and Hartmeyer, R. (Ed.). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. <em>Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Gustav Fischer, Jena.</em> 4(5): 65-304, plates II-III., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7160888
page(s): 260-263, text-fig. 41a-c, plate III figs. 26-28 [details] 

original description (of Procerastea cirrata Hartmann-Schröder, 1990) Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1990). Die Polychaeten der subtropisch-tropischen und tropischen Ostküste Australiens zwischen Lake Macquarie (New South Wales) im Süden und Gladstone (Queensland) im Norden. IN: Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa; Hartmann, Gerd. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Polychaeten und Ostracoden. Teil 15. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 87: 41-87.
page(s): 57-58, figs. 27-29 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Taxonomy

redescription Nygren, Arne. (2004). Revision of Autolytinae (Syllidae: Polychaeta). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 680: 1-314., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00680f.pdf
page(s): 87-88 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Depth range Intertidal to 12 m.  [details]

Distribution Indian Ocean, South West Pacific. East and West Australia.  [details]

Habitat Amongst algae.  [details]
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