WoRMS taxon details
Amaeana breviachaeta Nogueira, Carrerette & Hutchings, 2015
851962 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:851962)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos; Carrerette, Orlemir; Hutchings, Pat A. (2015). Review of <em>Amaeana</em> Hartman, 1959 (Annelida, Terebelliformia, Polycirridae), with descriptions of seven new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3994(1): 1-52., available online at http://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3994.1.1
page(s): 13-14, figs. 3C-E, 4A-G, table 1 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 13-14, figs. 3C-E, 4A-G, table 1 [details] Available for editors

Holotype AM W.46526, geounit Lizard Island (Queensland)
, Note Watsons Bay, Lizard Island, Great Barrier...
Holotype AM W.46526, geounit Lizard Island (Queensland) [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Watsons Bay, Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia, -14.6583, 145.4489 (14°39'30"S, 145°26'56"E), 9 m. [details]
Etymology Authors: "epithet “breviachaeta” refers to the short achaetous region, between termination of notopodia
and beginning...
and beginning...
Etymology Authors: "epithet “breviachaeta” refers to the short achaetous region, between termination of notopodia
and beginning of neuropodia; brevis = short, from the Latin" [details]
and beginning of neuropodia; brevis = short, from the Latin" [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Amaeana breviachaeta Nogueira, Carrerette & Hutchings, 2015. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=851962 on 2025-04-05
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Nogueira, João Miguel de Matos; Carrerette, Orlemir; Hutchings, Pat A. (2015). Review of <em>Amaeana</em> Hartman, 1959 (Annelida, Terebelliformia, Polycirridae), with descriptions of seven new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3994(1): 1-52., available online at http://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3994.1.1
page(s): 13-14, figs. 3C-E, 4A-G, table 1 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 13-14, figs. 3C-E, 4A-G, table 1 [details] Available for editors






Holotype AM W.46526, geounit Lizard Island (Queensland) [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Authors: "epithet “breviachaeta” refers to the short achaetous region, between termination of notopodiaand beginning of neuropodia; brevis = short, from the Latin" [details]
Type locality Watsons Bay, Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia, -14.6583, 145.4489 (14°39'30"S, 145°26'56"E), 9 m. [details]