Australian Museum Journal Systematics of the Perinereis nuntia complex (Polychaeta: Nereididae) in south-eastern Australia
- Shortform:
- Wilson, 1993, Rec. Aust. Mus. 45(3): 241–252
- Author(s):
- Wilson, R. S.
- Year published:
- 1993
- Title:
- Systematics of the Perinereis nuntia complex (Polychaeta: Nereididae) in south-eastern Australia
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 45
- Issue:
- 3
- Start page:
- 241
- End page:
- 252
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.45.1993.22
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 07 October 1993
- Cover date:
- 07 October 1993
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- POLYCHAETA; TAXONOMY
- Digitized:
- 14 October 2008
- Available online:
- 16 October 2008
- Reference number:
- 22
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (102kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (1186kb PDF)
Abstract
Biochemical and morphological analyses show that two species in the Perinereis nuntia group occur in south-eastern Australia. The two species are distinguished by fixed differences at 4 of 8 enzyme loci, by non-overlapping ranges of paragnath counts and by qualitative differences in the types of paragnaths present. Previously, all material from south-eastern Australia had been referred to a single species, Perinereis nuntia, with two nominal varieties: P. nuntia vallata and P. nuntia brevicirris. Analysis of intraspecific variation shows that these varieties have no taxonomic significance. Differences between populations, especially those from markedly different sediments, exaggerate intraspecific variation in paragnath counts. Size related variation of paragnath counts is relatively unimportant.