WoRMS taxon details
Polycirrus rubrointestinalis Nogueira, Hutchings & Carrerette, 2015
867801 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:867801)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Nogueira, Joao M. de Matos; Hutchings, Pat A.; Carrerette, Orlemir. (2015). Polycirridae (Annelida, Terebelliformia) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 437-483., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.17
page(s): 456-462, figs. 1A, 5G-K, 10-13 [details]
page(s): 456-462, figs. 1A, 5G-K, 10-13 [details]
Holotype AM W.47655, geounit Great Barrier Reef
, Note Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef,...
Holotype AM W.47655, geounit Great Barrier Reef [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef, Lizard Island, Mermaid Cove (buoy) (14º38'46''S, 145º27'13''E). [details]
Depth range Intertidal to 21 m.
Distribution Australia: Lizard Island region (Great Barrier Reef, Queensland).
Depth range Intertidal to 21 m. [details]
Distribution Australia: Lizard Island region (Great Barrier Reef, Queensland).
Distribution Australia: Lizard Island region (Great Barrier Reef, Queensland). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Polycirrus rubrointestinalis Nogueira, Hutchings & Carrerette, 2015. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=867801 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Nogueira, Joao M. de Matos; Hutchings, Pat A.; Carrerette, Orlemir. (2015). Polycirridae (Annelida, Terebelliformia) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 437-483., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.17
page(s): 456-462, figs. 1A, 5G-K, 10-13 [details]
page(s): 456-462, figs. 1A, 5G-K, 10-13 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AM W.47655, geounit Great Barrier Reef [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal to 21 m. [details]Distribution Australia: Lizard Island region (Great Barrier Reef, Queensland). [details]
Environment The specific epithet rubrointestinalis is composed by the Latin rubro, a form of Latin adjective ruber and meaning 'red', and the Latin adjective intestinalis, meaning 'intestinal' or 'pertaining to the intestine', and refers to the red anterior half of the digestive tract, distinctive of the species. [details]
Habitat Coral rubble, muddy sand, and among algae scrapped from stones and corals, at subtidal depths. [details]
Type locality Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef, Lizard Island, Mermaid Cove (buoy) (14º38'46''S, 145º27'13''E). [details]
