Polychaeta 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): 456-462, figs. 1A, 5G-K, 10-13 [details]
Holotype AM W.47655, geounit Great Barrier Reef [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal to 21 m. [details]
Distribution Australia: Lizard Island region (Great Barrier Reef, Queensland). [details]
Environment The specific epithet rubrointestinalis is composed by the Latin rubro, a form of Latin adjective ruber and meaning 'red', and the Latin adjective intestinalis, meaning 'intestinal' or 'pertaining to the intestine', and refers to the red anterior half of the digestive tract, distinctive of the species. [details]
Habitat Coral rubble, muddy sand, and among algae scrapped from stones and corals, at subtidal depths. [details]
Type locality Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef, Lizard Island, Mermaid Cove (buoy) (14º38'46''S, 145º27'13''E). [details]
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