WoRMS taxon details
original description
Nogueira, Joao M. de Matos; Hutchings, Pat A.; Carrerette, Orlemir. (2015). Polycirridae (Annelida, Terebelliformia) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 437-483., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.17 page(s): 442-443, fig. 2A-J [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NTM W.023154, geounit Great Barrier Reef [details]
Paratype AM W.199608, geounit Great Barrier Reef [details]
Paratype AM W.199609, geounit Great Barrier Reef [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 2-3 m. [details]
Distribution Australia: Lizard Island (Great Barrier Reef, Queensland). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet tentaculata is the feminine of the Latin adjective tentaculatus, meaning 'having tentacles', and refers to the modified long tentacles, not known to occur in any other species of the genus. [details]
Habitat Amongst coral rubble, at shallow waters. [details]
Type locality Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef, Lizard Island, Mermaid Cove, fore reef (mid-shelf) (14º23'15.101''S, 145º16'19.776''E). Taking into account the provided geocoordinates, probably the correct description of the type locality would be 'off' Mermaid Cove (the type locality is placed off the northwestern point of Lizard island, where Mermaid Cove is located). [details]
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