Polychaeta taxon details
Tyira owensi Hutchings, 1997
332241 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332241)
accepted
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): 489-498, figs. 9A-B, 10A-D [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 489-498, figs. 9A-B, 10A-D [details] Available for editors
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Holotype AM W22558, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western...
, Note Wallabi Group, Houtman Abrolhos Islands,...
Holotype AM W22558, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia [details]
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Type locality Wallabi Group, Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia, Australia (28°23.99'S, 113°46.73'E), 39 m, scallop beds, shell debris. [details]
Depth range 12-40 m.
Distribution Australia: Western Australia (Wallabi Group, Abrolhos Islands).
Etymology The species is named after Randall Owens, Fisheries Inspector of the Western Australian Fisheries Department for the...
Depth range 12-40 m. [details]
Distribution Australia: Western Australia (Wallabi Group, Abrolhos Islands).
Distribution Australia: Western Australia (Wallabi Group, Abrolhos Islands). [details]
Etymology The species is named after Randall Owens, Fisheries Inspector of the Western Australian Fisheries Department for the...
Etymology The species is named after Randall Owens, Fisheries Inspector of the Western Australian Fisheries Department for the Abrolhos Islands, ''who greatly facilitated the [Marine Flora and Fauna of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands] Workshop and acted as a dive buddy on numerous occasions'' (Hutchings, 1997: 498). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Tyira owensi Hutchings, 1997. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332241 on 2025-04-03
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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): 489-498, figs. 9A-B, 10A-D [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 489-498, figs. 9A-B, 10A-D [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AM W22558, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia [details]
Paratype AM W22417, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia [details]
Paratype AM W22560, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia [details]
Paratype AM W22561, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia [details]
Paratype AM W22562, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia [details]
Paratype LACM AHF POLY 1726, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia [details]
Paratype NHMUK 1995.1598, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia [details]
Paratype USNM 171066, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia [details]
Paratype WAM 100-95, geounit Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 12-40 m. [details]Distribution Australia: Western Australia (Wallabi Group, Abrolhos Islands). [details]
Etymology The species is named after Randall Owens, Fisheries Inspector of the Western Australian Fisheries Department for the Abrolhos Islands, ''who greatly facilitated the [Marine Flora and Fauna of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands] Workshop and acted as a dive buddy on numerous occasions'' (Hutchings, 1997: 498). [details]
Habitat Scallop beds of medium to fine sand plus shell debris, and amongst dead coral substrata covered, at subtidal to shelf depths. [details]
Holotype Deposited at the Australian Museum, Sydney (AM W22558). [details]
Type locality Wallabi Group, Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia, Australia (28°23.99'S, 113°46.73'E), 39 m, scallop beds, shell debris. [details]
