WoRMS taxon details
Hyboscolex verrucosa Hartmann-Schröder, 1979
328432 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:328432)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1979). Die Polychaeten der tropischen Nordwestküste Australiens (zwischen Derby im Norden und Port Hedland im Süden). Teil 2. IN: Hartmann-Schröder, G. and Gerd Hartmann. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonder Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. (Teil 2 und Teil 3). <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 76: 77-218.
page(s): 138-139, figs. 316-318 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 138-139, figs. 316-318 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype ZMH P-15528, geounit Port Hedland
, Note Port Hedland, abrasion terrace near Highway...
Holotype ZMH P-15528, geounit Port Hedland [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Port Hedland, abrasion terrace near Highway Motel, now Hospitality Inn, Western Australia, Australia (gazetteer estimate -20.3074°, 118.6059°). [details]
Depth range Eulittoral.
Distribution Australia: Western Australia (Broome; Port Hedland).
Etymology The specific epithet verrucosa is a Latin adjective meaning 'warty', and refers presumaby to the presence of some raised...
Depth range Eulittoral. [details]
Distribution Australia: Western Australia (Broome; Port Hedland).
Distribution Australia: Western Australia (Broome; Port Hedland). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet verrucosa is a Latin adjective meaning 'warty', and refers presumaby to the presence of some raised...
Etymology The specific epithet verrucosa is a Latin adjective meaning 'warty', and refers presumaby to the presence of some raised individual pigmented spots on the anterior dorsal region of the body, which appears somewhat warty: "Vorderkörper dorsal auch mit etwas erhabenen einzelnen Pigmentflecken in den Querbändern, so daß der Vorderkörper etwas warzig erscheint" (Hartmann-Schröder, 1979: 138-139). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Hyboscolex verrucosa Hartmann-Schröder, 1979. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328432 on 2025-04-17
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Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1979). Die Polychaeten der tropischen Nordwestküste Australiens (zwischen Derby im Norden und Port Hedland im Süden). Teil 2. IN: Hartmann-Schröder, G. and Gerd Hartmann. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonder Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. (Teil 2 und Teil 3). <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 76: 77-218.
page(s): 138-139, figs. 316-318 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 138-139, figs. 316-318 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype ZMH P-15528, geounit Port Hedland [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Eulittoral. [details]Distribution Australia: Western Australia (Broome; Port Hedland). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet verrucosa is a Latin adjective meaning 'warty', and refers presumaby to the presence of some raised individual pigmented spots on the anterior dorsal region of the body, which appears somewhat warty: "Vorderkörper dorsal auch mit etwas erhabenen einzelnen Pigmentflecken in den Querbändern, so daß der Vorderkörper etwas warzig erscheint" (Hartmann-Schröder, 1979: 138-139). [details]
Habitat Amongst algae on intertidal rocks and rockpools. [details]
Type locality Port Hedland, abrasion terrace near Highway Motel, now Hospitality Inn, Western Australia, Australia (gazetteer estimate -20.3074°, 118.6059°). [details]
