WoRMS taxon details
Terebella tantabiddycreekensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1979
332494 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332494)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1980). Die Polychaeten der tropischen Nordwestküste Australiens (zwischen Port Samson im Norden und Exmouth im Süden) IN: Hartmann-Schroeder, Gesa and Hartmann, G.. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonder Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 77: 41-110.
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Holotype ZMH P-16382, geounit Exmouth
, Note Tantabiddy (= Tantabiddi) Creek, Exmouth,...
Holotype ZMH P-16382, geounit Exmouth [details]
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Type locality Tantabiddy (= Tantabiddi) Creek, Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia (gazetteer estimate -21.9127°, 113.9777°). [details]
Depth range Intertidal to 20 m depth.
Distribution Australia, widespread north of about 32°S on the west coast, and about 35°S on the east coast: Western Australia...
Etymology The specific epithet tantabiddycreekensis refers to the type locality of the species, Tantabiddy Creek (Exmouth, Western...
Depth range Intertidal to 20 m depth. [details]
Distribution Australia, widespread north of about 32°S on the west coast, and about 35°S on the east coast: Western Australia...
Distribution Australia, widespread north of about 32°S on the west coast, and about 35°S on the east coast: Western Australia (widespread); Northern Territory (Darwin Habour; Port Essington); Queensland (north of 35°S). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet tantabiddycreekensis refers to the type locality of the species, Tantabiddy Creek (Exmouth, Western...
Etymology The specific epithet tantabiddycreekensis refers to the type locality of the species, Tantabiddy Creek (Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Terebella tantabiddycreekensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1979. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332494 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1980). Die Polychaeten der tropischen Nordwestküste Australiens (zwischen Port Samson im Norden und Exmouth im Süden) IN: Hartmann-Schroeder, Gesa and Hartmann, G.. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonder Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 77: 41-110.
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Other
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.
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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
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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): 55-56. [details] Available for editors






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Depth range Intertidal to 20 m depth. [details]Distribution Australia, widespread north of about 32°S on the west coast, and about 35°S on the east coast: Western Australia (widespread); Northern Territory (Darwin Habour; Port Essington); Queensland (north of 35°S). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet tantabiddycreekensis refers to the type locality of the species, Tantabiddy Creek (Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia). [details]
Habitat Occurs intertidally to dephts of 20 m often in reef environments, either rock or coral, associated with the kelp Ecklonia radiata, coralline algae, seagrasses, Vermetidae and algal mats; also in heavily bored and rotten wood lying on the floor of mangrove forests, sometimes associated with Posidonia seagrass beds. [details]
Holotype Deposited at Zoologische Museum, Hamburg (HZM P-16382). [details]
Type locality Tantabiddy (= Tantabiddi) Creek, Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia (gazetteer estimate -21.9127°, 113.9777°). [details]