Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Nogueira, Joao M. de Matos; Hutchings, Pat A.; Carrerette, Orlemir. (2015). Terebellidae (Annelida, Terebelliformia) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 484-576., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.18 page(s): 548-554, figs. 2J-L, 41-44 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype AM W.44280, geounit Great Barrier Reef [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 6-12 m. [details]
Distribution Southwest Pacific: Lizard Island region of the Great Barrier Reef (Australia, Queensland). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet tuberculata is the feminine of the Latin adjective tuberculatus, meaning 'warty' or 'tuberculate', and refers to the characteristic rings of tubercles present at the level of parapodia of each segment, beginning from segment 5. [details]
Habitat Coral rubble and in Halimeda. [details]
Type locality Southwest Pacific, Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef, southeast of Lizard Island, reef on north west side of North Direction Island (14º44'36''S, 145º30'20''E). [details]
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