WoRMS taxon details
Prionospio cerastae Radashevsky, 2015
867787 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:867787)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Radashevsky, Vasily I. (2015). Spionidae (Annelida) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia: the genera <em>Aonides</em>, <em>Dipolydora</em>, <em>Polydorella</em>, <em>Prionospio</em>, <em>Pseudopolydora</em>, <em>Rhynchospio</em>, and <em>Tripolydora</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 635-694., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.22
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Holotype AM W.47463, geounit Great Barrier Reef
, Note Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef,...
Holotype AM W.47463, geounit Great Barrier Reef [details]
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Type locality Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef, Lizard Island, Yonge Reef (14º34'20''S, 145º36'54''E). [details]
Depth range 5-10 m.
Distribution Southwest Pacific: Lizard Island region of the Great Barrier Reef (Australia, Queensland).
Etymology The specific epithet cerastae is an infletion of the Latin noun cerastes, which derives from the Greek word kerastes,...
Depth range 5-10 m. [details]
Distribution Southwest Pacific: Lizard Island region of the Great Barrier Reef (Australia, Queensland).
Distribution Southwest Pacific: Lizard Island region of the Great Barrier Reef (Australia, Queensland). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet cerastae is an infletion of the Latin noun cerastes, which derives from the Greek word kerastes,...
Etymology The specific epithet cerastae is an infletion of the Latin noun cerastes, which derives from the Greek word kerastes, meaning horned', and from the Greek keras, 'horn', and refers to the characteristic presence of long and pointed fronto-lateral horns on the prostomium of the adults of the species. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Prionospio cerastae Radashevsky, 2015. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=867787 on 2024-11-21
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Radashevsky, Vasily I. (2015). Spionidae (Annelida) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia: the genera <em>Aonides</em>, <em>Dipolydora</em>, <em>Polydorella</em>, <em>Prionospio</em>, <em>Pseudopolydora</em>, <em>Rhynchospio</em>, and <em>Tripolydora</em>. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 635-694., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.22
page(s): 655-657, figs. 12-14 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 655-657, figs. 12-14 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AM W.47463, geounit Great Barrier Reef [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 5-10 m. [details]Distribution Southwest Pacific: Lizard Island region of the Great Barrier Reef (Australia, Queensland). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet cerastae is an infletion of the Latin noun cerastes, which derives from the Greek word kerastes, meaning horned', and from the Greek keras, 'horn', and refers to the characteristic presence of long and pointed fronto-lateral horns on the prostomium of the adults of the species. [details]
Habitat In fine coral sand, at subtidal depths. [details]
Reproduction Gonochoristic. Gametes developed from chaetigers 12-13 to 36-40 in both sexes. [details]
Type locality Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef, Lizard Island, Yonge Reef (14º34'20''S, 145º36'54''E). [details]
