WoRMS taxon details
original description
Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1991). Die Polychaeten der subtropisch-tropischen bis tropischen Ostküste Australiens zwischen Maclean (New South Wales) und Gladstone (Queensland) sowie von Heron Island (Grosses Barrier-Riff) IN: Hartmann-Schröder, G. and Gerd Hartmann. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. Teil 16. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 88: 17-71. page(s): 27, figs. 26-29 [details]
additional source
Aguado, María Teresa; Murray, Anna; Hutchings, Patricia A. (2015). Syllidae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 35-60., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.5 page(s): 47, figs. 5C, 6 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype ZMH P-20533, geounit Australia [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Eulittoral. [details]
Distribution Australia: Queensland (Great Barrier Reef). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet phyllocirra is formed by the prefix phyllo-, used to form compound words relating with leaves, and the word cirra, and refers to the leaf shaped cirri of the species. [details]
Habitat Amongst algae, with coral sand and coral fragments, in shallow water. [details]
Type locality Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef, Heron Island, southwest reef (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -23.445º, long. 151.911º). [details]
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