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Rainer, Sebastian F. and Hutchings, Pat 1977. Nephtyidae (Polychaeta: Errantia) from Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, 31(8): 307-347.
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Rainer, S. F.; Hutchings, P.
1977
Nephtyidae (Polychaeta: Errantia) from Australia
Records of the Australian Museum
31(8): 307-347
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyD)
The Australian Nephtyidae are represented by 13 species in four genera, Aglaophamus (4 species), Inermonephtys (1 sp.), Micronephthys (1 sp.) and Nephtys (7 spp.). Five new species are described, Aglaophamus gippslandicus n.sp., A. profundus n.sp., Nephtys inornata n.sp., N. mesobranchia n.sp., and N. semiverrucosa n.sp. Nephtys vikingensis Paxton, 1974 is synonymised with N. longipes Stimpson, 1856 and Micronephthys sphaerocirrata (Wesenberg-Lund, 1949) is recorded from Australia for the first time. Descriptions are provided for all species examined.
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Aglaophamus gippslandicus Rainer & Hutchings, 1977 (original description)
Aglaophamus profundus Rainer & Hutchings, 1977 (original description)
Aglaophamus rubella anops Hartman, 1950 (additional source)
Nephtys gravieri Augener, 1913 (redescription)
Nephtys inornata Rainer & Hutchings, 1977 (original description)
Nephtys longipes Stimpson, 1856 (status source)
Nephtys mesobranchia Rainer & Hutchings, 1977 (original description)
Nephtys mirocirris Fauchald, 1965 accepted as Nephtys gravieri Augener, 1913 (status source)
Nephtys semiverrucosa Rainer & Hutchings, 1977 (original description)
Nephtys vikingensis Paxton, 1974 accepted as Nephtys longipes Stimpson, 1856 (source of synonymy)
Aglaophamus profundus Rainer & Hutchings, 1977 (original description)
Aglaophamus rubella anops Hartman, 1950 (additional source)
Nephtys gravieri Augener, 1913 (redescription)
Nephtys inornata Rainer & Hutchings, 1977 (original description)
Nephtys longipes Stimpson, 1856 (status source)
Nephtys mesobranchia Rainer & Hutchings, 1977 (original description)
Nephtys mirocirris Fauchald, 1965 accepted as Nephtys gravieri Augener, 1913 (status source)
Nephtys semiverrucosa Rainer & Hutchings, 1977 (original description)
Nephtys vikingensis Paxton, 1974 accepted as Nephtys longipes Stimpson, 1856 (source of synonymy)
Port Hacking for Nephtys inornata Rainer & Hutchings, 1977
Holotype AM AM-W8706, verbatimGeounit Gunnamata Bay, Port ..., identified as Nephtys inornata Rainer & Hutchings, 1977
Etymology
name derived from the absence of verrucae on the pharynx. [details]
Neotype
Type material collected Botany Bay, Sydney was probably destroyed in a Chicago fire fide Pettibone (pers comm) in ... [details]
Synonymy
According to Rainer & Hutchings (1977) "Paxton agrees with Augener (1922) that N. longipes is indeterminable, but ... [details]
Taxonomy
According to Rainer & Hutchings (1977) "Aglaophamus rubella, and particularly A. rubella anops Hartman, 1950, are ... [details]
Taxonomy
Considered indeterminable by Augener (1922) and by Paxton (1974). Re-established by Rainer & Hutchings (1977). [details]
Type locality
Gunnamata Bay, Port Hacking, NSW, Australia, 34.06546 deg S, 151.1447 E, 4.5m. [details]
