Polychaeta name details
original description
Haswell, W. A. (1920). Australian Syllidae, Eusyllidae and Autolytidae. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 45: 90-112, plates X-XIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3850630 page(s): 97-98, plate XI figs. 17-18 [details]
Holotype AM W.493, geounit Australia [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Unknown. [details]
Distribution Australia: Port Jackson (New South Wales). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet parturiens is the Latin word for 'giving birth' or 'childbirth', and refers to the viviparous reproduction of the species. [details]
Habitat Unknown. [details]
Reproduction Viviparous. The holotype presented two advanced embryos inside the body, one in the 14th and the other in the 15th segment (Haswell, 1920: 98). The same author described a single ovum on either side of the 12th and 13th segments, and commented that in spite of being probable that the species was hermaphrodite, and that testes should be present in most of the segments, the specimen did not enable conclusive evidences of this. [details]
Type locality Australia, New South Wales, Port Jackson (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -33.86º, long. 151.24º). [details]
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