WoRMS taxon details
Amaeana yirrarn Hutchings, 1997
326271 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326271)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hutchings, Patricia A. (1997). The Terebellidae (Polychaeta) of Northern Australia with a key to all the described species of the region. pages 133-161, 7 figures. IN: Hanley, J.R.; Caswell, G.; Megirian, D.; Larson, H.K. (Eds.). <em>Proceedings of the Sixth International Biological Workshop. The marine flora and fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia.</em> Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory and the Australian Marine Sciences Association. Darwin, Australia.
page(s): 136-138, fig. 1A-D [details] Available for editors
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Holotype NTM W3610, geounit Port Essington
, Note West Bay, Port Essington, Northern Territory,...
Holotype NTM W3610, geounit Port Essington [details]
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Type locality West Bay, Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia (-11.2667°, 132.15°). [details]
Depth range Intertidal.
Distribution Australia: Northern Territory (Port Essington).
Etymology "The specific name is the word for mangrove habitats in the Iwaidja language of Cobourg Peninsula (Port Essington). Such...
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution Australia: Northern Territory (Port Essington).
Distribution Australia: Northern Territory (Port Essington). [details]
Etymology "The specific name is the word for mangrove habitats in the Iwaidja language of Cobourg Peninsula (Port Essington). Such...
Etymology "The specific name is the word for mangrove habitats in the Iwaidja language of Cobourg Peninsula (Port Essington). Such habitats are abundant at the type locality of the species" (Hutchings, 1997: 138). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Amaeana yirrarn Hutchings, 1997. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326271 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Hutchings, Patricia A. (1997). The Terebellidae (Polychaeta) of Northern Australia with a key to all the described species of the region. pages 133-161, 7 figures. IN: Hanley, J.R.; Caswell, G.; Megirian, D.; Larson, H.K. (Eds.). <em>Proceedings of the Sixth International Biological Workshop. The marine flora and fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia.</em> Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory and the Australian Marine Sciences Association. Darwin, Australia.
page(s): 136-138, fig. 1A-D [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 136-138, fig. 1A-D [details] Available for editors
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Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos; Carrerette, Orlemir; Hutchings, Pat A. (2015). Review of <em>Amaeana</em> Hartman, 1959 (Annelida, Terebelliformia, Polycirridae), with descriptions of seven new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3994(1): 1-52., available online at http://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3994.1.1
page(s): 40-43, figs. 23A-E, 24A-C, table 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NTM W3610, geounit Port Essington [details]
Paratype AM W21888, geounit Port Essington [details]
Paratype NTM W3453, geounit Port Essington [details]
Paratype USNM 171055, geounit Port Essington [details]
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Depth range Intertidal. [details]Distribution Australia: Northern Territory (Port Essington). [details]
Etymology "The specific name is the word for mangrove habitats in the Iwaidja language of Cobourg Peninsula (Port Essington). Such habitats are abundant at the type locality of the species" (Hutchings, 1997: 138). [details]
Habitat Intertidal mud flats containing shell debris in front of mangroves. [details]
Type locality West Bay, Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia (-11.2667°, 132.15°). [details]
