Polychaeta taxon details
Polycirrus octosetus (Hutchings, 1977)
820944 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:820944)
accepted
Species
Litancyra octoseta Hutchings, 1977 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Litancyra octoseta Hutchings, 1977) Hutchings, Patricia A. (1977). Terebelliform Polychaeta of the families Ampharetidae, Terebellidae and Trichobranchidae from Australia, chiefly from Moreton Bay, Queensland. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 31(1): 1-38., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.31.1977.232
page(s): 10, fig. 4a-d [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 10, fig. 4a-d [details] Available for editors
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Holotype (of Litancyra octoseta Hutchings, 1977) AM...
, Note Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia
Holotype (of Litancyra octoseta Hutchings, 1977) AM W.6825, geounit Moreton Bay [details]
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Type locality Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia [details]
Depth range Intertidal (estuarine and exposed beaches of eastern Australia), and 36-41 m (off North West Shelf, Australia).
Distribution Australia: Western Australia; Bass Strait; New South Wales; Queensand.
Depth range Intertidal (estuarine and exposed beaches of eastern Australia), and 36-41 m (off North West Shelf, Australia). [details]
Distribution Australia: Western Australia; Bass Strait; New South Wales; Queensand.
Distribution Australia: Western Australia; Bass Strait; New South Wales; Queensand. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Polycirrus octosetus (Hutchings, 1977). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=820944 on 2025-04-17
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(of Litancyra octoseta Hutchings, 1977) Hutchings, Patricia A. (1977). Terebelliform Polychaeta of the families Ampharetidae, Terebellidae and Trichobranchidae from Australia, chiefly from Moreton Bay, Queensland. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 31(1): 1-38., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.31.1977.232
page(s): 10, fig. 4a-d [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record 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): 339, figs. 8g-l, 12D, table 1; note: as Polycirrus octoseta [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription 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
page(s): 83, fig. 45a-g; note: redescription based on the holotype; spelling corrected to Polycirrus octosetus [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 10, fig. 4a-d [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record 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): 339, figs. 8g-l, 12D, table 1; note: as Polycirrus octoseta [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription 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
page(s): 83, fig. 45a-g; note: redescription based on the holotype; spelling corrected to Polycirrus octosetus [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Litancyra octoseta Hutchings, 1977) AM W.6825, geounit Moreton Bay [details]
Paratype (of Litancyra octoseta Hutchings, 1977) AM W.8127, geounit New South Wales [details]
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Depth range Intertidal (estuarine and exposed beaches of eastern Australia), and 36-41 m (off North West Shelf, Australia). [details]Distribution Australia: Western Australia; Bass Strait; New South Wales; Queensand. [details]
Habitat Sandy grounds, at shallow water. [details]
Spelling The new combination was first established by Hutchings & Glasby (1986) as Polycirrus octoseta, and the spelling was later corrected to Polycirrus octosetus by Glasby & Hutchings (2014). [details]
Type locality Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia [details]
