Australian Museum Journal The Amphitritinae (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from Australia
- Shortform:
- Hutchings and Glasby, 1988, Rec. Aust. Mus. 40(1): 1–60
- Author(s):
- Hutchings, Pat; Glasby, Christopher J.
- Year published:
- 1988
- Title:
- The Amphitritinae (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from Australia
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 40
- Issue:
- 1
- Start page:
- 1
- End page:
- 60
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.40.1988.150
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 26 May 1988
- Cover date:
- 26 May 1988
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- POLYCHAETA; TAXONOMY
- Digitized:
- 22 January 2009
- Available online:
- 23 January 2009
- Reference number:
- 150
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (134kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (9574kb PDF)
Abstract
The amphitritine fauna of Australia comprises 17 genera and 37 species. These are described, and a key to the genera and Australian species is provided. Twenty one new species and one new genus are described: Amphitrite pachyderma n. sp., Amphitritides harpa n. sp., A. ithya n. sp., Arranooba booromia n. gen., n. sp., Bafjinia biseriata n. sp., Eupolymnia koorangia n. sp., Lanassa exelysis n. sp., L. ocellata n. sp., Lanicides fascia n. sp., L. lacuna n. sp., L. tribranchiata n. sp., Lanice bidewa n. sp., Loimia batilla n. sp., L. triloba n. sp., Neoleprea macrocercus n. sp., Phisidia echuca n. sp., Pista australis n. sp., P. sinusa n. sp., P. turawa, n. sp., Reteterebella aloba n. sp. and Terebella maculata n. sp., and the following new combination Longicarpus modestus.
A full description of all Australian species of this subfamily is given except when a recent description is available.