WoRMS name details
Spinosphaera cowarrie Hutchings, 1997
332037 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332037)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hutchings, Pat. (1997). The Terebellidae (F. Polychaeta) from the Wallabi Group, Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia. pages 459-501, 10 figures, 4 tables. In: Wells, Fred E. The Marine Flora and Fauna of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia. Western Australian Museum, Perth.
page(s): 481-484, figs. 4A-B, 5A-C, 6A-B [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 481-484, figs. 4A-B, 5A-C, 6A-B [details] Available for editors
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Holotype AM W22434, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western...
, Note Wallabi Group, Houtman Abrolhos Islands,...
Holotype AM W22434, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia [details]
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Type locality Wallabi Group, Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia, Australia (28°24.00'S, 113°46.16'E), 35 m, scallop beds, shell debris. [details]
Depth range 8-39 m.
Distribution Australia: Western Australia (Wallabi Group, Abrolhos Islands).
Etymology The specific epithet cowarrie is an Aboriginal word for 'the west', referring to the type locality of the species, the...
Depth range 8-39 m. [details]
Distribution Australia: Western Australia (Wallabi Group, Abrolhos Islands).
Distribution Australia: Western Australia (Wallabi Group, Abrolhos Islands). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet cowarrie is an Aboriginal word for 'the west', referring to the type locality of the species, the...
Etymology The specific epithet cowarrie is an Aboriginal word for 'the west', referring to the type locality of the species, the Western Australia. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Spinosphaera cowarrie Hutchings, 1997. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332037 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Hutchings, Pat. (1997). The Terebellidae (F. Polychaeta) from the Wallabi Group, Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia. pages 459-501, 10 figures, 4 tables. In: Wells, Fred E. The Marine Flora and Fauna of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia. Western Australian Museum, Perth.
page(s): 481-484, figs. 4A-B, 5A-C, 6A-B [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference Londoño-Mesa, Mario H. (2003). Revision of <i>Spinosphaera</i> and establishment of the new genus <i>Hutchingsiella</i> (Polychaeta: Terebellidae: Terebellinae). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK.</em> 83(4): 747-759., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315403007744h
page(s): 756-758, fig. 5F-H [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 481-484, figs. 4A-B, 5A-C, 6A-B [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference Londoño-Mesa, Mario H. (2003). Revision of <i>Spinosphaera</i> and establishment of the new genus <i>Hutchingsiella</i> (Polychaeta: Terebellidae: Terebellinae). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK.</em> 83(4): 747-759., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315403007744h
page(s): 756-758, fig. 5F-H [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AM W22434, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia [details]
Paratype AM W22541, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia [details]
Paratype WAM 101-95, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia [details]
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Depth range 8-39 m. [details]Distribution Australia: Western Australia (Wallabi Group, Abrolhos Islands). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet cowarrie is an Aboriginal word for 'the west', referring to the type locality of the species, the Western Australia. [details]
Habitat Scallop beds of medium to fine sand plus shell debris, and amongst dead coral substrata covered in coralline algae, at subtidal to shelf depths. [details]
Holotype Deposited at the Australian Museum, Sydney (AM W22434). [details]
Type locality Wallabi Group, Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia, Australia (28°24.00'S, 113°46.16'E), 35 m, scallop beds, shell debris. [details]
