WoRMS taxon details
Polycirrus variabilis Hutchings & Glasby, 1986
330897 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330897)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1986). The Polycirrinae (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 38(6): 319-350., available online at http://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.38.1986.185
page(s): 345-347, figs. 11a-g, 12E, table 1 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 345-347, figs. 11a-g, 12E, table 1 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype AM W199538, geounit Lizard Island (Queensland)
, Note Lizard Island lagoon, Great Barrier Reef,...
Holotype AM W199538, geounit Lizard Island (Queensland) [details]
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Type locality Lizard Island lagoon, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia, Pacific Ocean (-14.6667°, 145.45°). [details]
Depth range 7-12 m.
Distribution Australia: Queensland (Lizard Island).
Etymology "The specific name variabilis is derived from the latin meaning changeable, referring to the large variation occurring in...
Depth range 7-12 m. [details]
Distribution Australia: Queensland (Lizard Island).
Distribution Australia: Queensland (Lizard Island). [details]
Etymology "The specific name variabilis is derived from the latin meaning changeable, referring to the large variation occurring in...
Etymology "The specific name variabilis is derived from the latin meaning changeable, referring to the large variation occurring in the dental formula of the uncini" (Hutchings & Glasby, 1986: 347). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Polycirrus variabilis Hutchings & Glasby, 1986. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330897 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Hutchings, Patricia A.; Glasby, Christopher J. (1986). The Polycirrinae (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 38(6): 319-350., available online at http://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.38.1986.185
page(s): 345-347, figs. 11a-g, 12E, table 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 345-347, figs. 11a-g, 12E, table 1 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Glasby, Christopher J.; Hutchings, Patricia A. (2014). Revision of the taxonomy of <em>Polycirrus</em> Grube, 1850 (Annelida: Terebellida: Polycirridae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3877(1): 1-117., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3877.1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AM W199538, geounit Lizard Island (Queensland) [details]
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Depth range 7-12 m. [details]Distribution Australia: Queensland (Lizard Island). [details]
Etymology "The specific name variabilis is derived from the latin meaning changeable, referring to the large variation occurring in the dental formula of the uncini" (Hutchings & Glasby, 1986: 347). [details]
Habitat Coral substrata, shallow subtidal. [details]
Type locality Lizard Island lagoon, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia, Pacific Ocean (-14.6667°, 145.45°). [details]
