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): 658-660, fig. 15 [details] Available for editors [request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AM W.45275, geounit Great Barrier Reef [details]
Paratype AM W.45276, geounit Great Barrier Reef [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 3-10 m. [details]
Distribution Southwest Pacific: off Yonge Reef, at the edge of the Great Barrier Reef (Australia, Queensland). [details]
Etymology The species is named in honor of James Cook (b. Morton, Yorkshire, England, 7 November 1728 - d. Kealakekua Bay, Kingdom of Hawaii, 14 February 1779), British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain of the Royal Navy, who named Lizard Island and found an opening through the Great Barrier Reef to the Pacific Ocean, nowadays known as the Cook's Passage and located near Yonge Reef, the type locality of the species. [details]
Habitat In coral sand, at subtidal depths. [details]
Reproduction Gonochoristic. Gametes preset from chaetiger 13 onwards in one female (holotype, AM W.45275) and one male (paratype, AM W.45276). [details]
Type locality Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef, Lizard Island, Yonge Reef (14º34'20''S, 145º36'54''E). [details]
| |