WoRMS taxon details
Nicolea amnis Hutchings & Murray, 1984
329786 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329786)
accepted
Species
Nicolea minima Hartmann-Schröder, 1984 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hutchings, Patricia A.; Murray, Anna. (1984). Taxonomy of polychaetes from the Hawkesbury River and the southern estuaries of New South Wales, Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> Supplement 3: 1-118., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0812-7387.3.1984.101
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Holotype AM W.196218, geounit New South Wales
, Note Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia...
Holotype AM W.196218, geounit New South Wales [details]
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Type locality Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia (gazetteer estimate -33.99°, 151.16°). [details]
Depth range Intertidal to 20 m.
Distribution Australia: Northern Territory (Darwin Harbour); New South Wales (Botany Bay; Broughton Island; Jervis Bay; Port Stephens)....
Etymology The specific epithet amnis is a Latin noun meaning 'stream', 'current', or 'torrent', and refers to the estuarine habitat...
Depth range Intertidal to 20 m. [details]
Distribution Australia: Northern Territory (Darwin Harbour); New South Wales (Botany Bay; Broughton Island; Jervis Bay; Port Stephens)....
Distribution Australia: Northern Territory (Darwin Harbour); New South Wales (Botany Bay; Broughton Island; Jervis Bay; Port Stephens). Widely distributed in New South Wales estuarine areas. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet amnis is a Latin noun meaning 'stream', 'current', or 'torrent', and refers to the estuarine habitat...
Etymology The specific epithet amnis is a Latin noun meaning 'stream', 'current', or 'torrent', and refers to the estuarine habitat of the species. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Nicolea amnis Hutchings & Murray, 1984. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329786 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Hutchings, Patricia A.; Murray, Anna. (1984). Taxonomy of polychaetes from the Hawkesbury River and the southern estuaries of New South Wales, Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> Supplement 3: 1-118., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0812-7387.3.1984.101
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original description (of Nicolea minima Hartmann-Schröder, 1984) Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1984). Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Südküste Australiens (zwischen Albany im Westen und Ceduna im Osten). Teil 10. IN: Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa; Hartmann, Gerd. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 81: 7-62.
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page(s): 98-100, fig. 29.1-3 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Nicolea minima Hartmann-Schröder, 1984) Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1984). Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Südküste Australiens (zwischen Albany im Westen und Ceduna im Osten). Teil 10. IN: Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa; Hartmann, Gerd. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 81: 7-62.
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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.
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additional source Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1988). The Amphitritinae (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 40(1): 1-60., available online at http://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.40.1988.150
page(s): 35-36 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 154 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1988). The Amphitritinae (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 40(1): 1-60., available online at http://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.40.1988.150
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AM W.196218, geounit New South Wales [details]
Paratype NHMUK 1983.1750-52, geounit Jervis Bay [details]
Paratype USNM 81486, geounit New South Wales [details]
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Depth range Intertidal to 20 m. [details]Distribution Australia: Northern Territory (Darwin Harbour); New South Wales (Botany Bay; Broughton Island; Jervis Bay; Port Stephens). Widely distributed in New South Wales estuarine areas. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet amnis is a Latin noun meaning 'stream', 'current', or 'torrent', and refers to the estuarine habitat of the species. [details]
Habitat Associated with clumps of ascidians, mussels or small solid structures in soft bottom deposits, in Posidonia seagrass beds, and amongst the green algae Caulerpa, from intertidal to shallow subtidal depths, mainly in estuarine areas. [details]
Type locality Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia (gazetteer estimate -33.99°, 151.16°). [details]
