WoRMS taxon details
original description
Radashevsky, Vasily I. (2015). Spionidae (Annelida) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia: the genera <em>Aonides</em>, <em>Dipolydora</em>, <em>Polydorella</em>, <em>Prionospio</em>, <em>Pseudopolydora</em>, <em>Rhynchospio</em>, and <em>Tripolydora</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 635-694., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.22 page(s): 684-686, figs. 33-34 [details] Available for editors [request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NTM W025648, geounit Australia [details]
Paratype AM W.45506, geounit Great Barrier Reef [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution Australia: Northern Territory; Queensland. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet darwini refers to the type locality of the species, the town of Darwin, capital of the Northern Territory (Australia). [details]
Habitat Intertidal sand. [details]
Reproduction Hermaphroditic. Holotype (NTM W025648) with sperm in chaetigers 11-14 and developing oocytes in paired ovaries in chaetigers 15-30. One paratype (MIMB 28105) with sperm in chaetigers 11-14 and small oocytes up to 25 µm in diameter in ovaries from chaetiger 15. [details]
Type locality Australia, Northern Territory, Fannie Bay, Darwin, Bullocky Point (12.4356ºS, 130.8323ºE). [details]
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