WoRMS taxon details
Amphictene cercusa Zhang & Hutchings, 2019
1348380 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1348380)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Zhang, Jinghuai; Hutchings, Pat. (2019). A revision of Australian Pectinariidae (Polychaeta), with new species and new records. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4611(1): 1-70., available online at https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4611.1.1
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Holotype AM W.18121, geounit Townsville
, Note Pallarenda Beach, Townsville, Queensland,...
Holotype AM W.18121, geounit Townsville [details]
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Type locality Pallarenda Beach, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, adjusted coast geolocation -19.1994, 146.7749 (Authors' on-land geolocation 19°12’S, 146°46’E), intertidal [details]
Etymology Authors: "named from a latin word “cercus” referring to posterior appendages, as the species has four pairs of dorsal...
Etymology Authors: "named from a latin word “cercus” referring to posterior appendages, as the species has four pairs of dorsal cirri on lateral margins of scaphe". [cf Brown "Scientific words": kerkos is Greek, meaning tail, Latinised to 'cercus'] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Amphictene cercusa Zhang & Hutchings, 2019. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1348380 on 2025-04-17
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Zhang, Jinghuai; Hutchings, Pat. (2019). A revision of Australian Pectinariidae (Polychaeta), with new species and new records. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4611(1): 1-70., available online at https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4611.1.1
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Holotype AM W.18121, geounit Townsville [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Authors: "named from a latin word “cercus” referring to posterior appendages, as the species has four pairs of dorsal cirri on lateral margins of scaphe". [cf Brown "Scientific words": kerkos is Greek, meaning tail, Latinised to 'cercus'] [details]Type locality Pallarenda Beach, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, adjusted coast geolocation -19.1994, 146.7749 (Authors' on-land geolocation 19°12’S, 146°46’E), intertidal [details]
Type specimen The species is described from a single specimen. Authors: "Paleae and cephalic veil of the specimen are damaged, presumably during collection and also segments 11–14 are slightly damaged. But Amphictene cercusa n. sp. can be easily distinguished from all other Amphictene species by having four pairs of dorsal cirri under the lateral lobes of the scaphe" [details]
