WoRMS taxon details
Pista australis Hutchings & Glasby, 1988
330753 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330753)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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): 40-41, fig. 15a-f [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 40-41, fig. 15a-f [details] Available for editors

Holotype AM W200877, geounit Merimbula
Holotype AM W200877, geounit Merimbula [details]
Depth range 5-8 m.
Distribution Australia: Northern Territory (Darwin Harbour, Gove); South Australia; Bass Strait; Victoria; New South Wales.
Etymology The specific name australis refers to its wide spread distribution in south-eastern Australia.
Depth range 5-8 m. [details]
Distribution Australia: Northern Territory (Darwin Harbour, Gove); South Australia; Bass Strait; Victoria; New South Wales.
Distribution Australia: Northern Territory (Darwin Harbour, Gove); South Australia; Bass Strait; Victoria; New South Wales. [details]
Etymology The specific name australis refers to its wide spread distribution in south-eastern Australia.
Etymology The specific name australis refers to its wide spread distribution in south-eastern Australia. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Pista australis Hutchings & Glasby, 1988. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330753 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
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): 40-41, fig. 15a-f [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 40-41, fig. 15a-f [details] Available for editors

Other
additional source
Hutchings, Patricia; Rainer, Sebastian. (1979). The polychaete fauna of Careel Bay, Pittwater, New South Wales, Australia. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 13(6): 745-796., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937900770561
note: Specimens identified as Pista typha Grube, 1878. [details] Available for editors
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additional source 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): 155 [details] Available for editors
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note: Specimens identified as Pista typha Grube, 1878. [details] Available for editors

additional source 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): 155 [details] Available for editors






Holotype AM W200877, geounit Merimbula [details]
Nontype AM W200449 [details]
Nontype AM W8217, geounit Careel Bay [details]
Paratype AHF Poly 1474, geounit Merimbula [details]
Paratype AM W11382, geounit Merimbula [details]
Paratype AM W11769, geounit Merimbula [details]
Paratype AM W11773, geounit Merimbula [details]
Paratype BMNH ZB 1986.74.91, geounit Merimbula [details]
Paratype USNM 99977, geounit Merimbula [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 5-8 m. [details]Distribution Australia: Northern Territory (Darwin Harbour, Gove); South Australia; Bass Strait; Victoria; New South Wales. [details]
Etymology The specific name australis refers to its wide spread distribution in south-eastern Australia. [details]
Habitat Associated with dead coral substrata in the tropics and with seagrass beds in temperate regions, in shallow water. [details]
To Atlas of Living Australia
To Australian Faunal Directory
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pista australis)
To GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Pista australis Hutchings and Glasby, 1988; PARATYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3539070)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record)
To Australian Faunal Directory
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pista australis)
To GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Pista australis Hutchings and Glasby, 1988; PARATYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3539070)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record)