Abstract

Evidence is presented to show that in the estuaries between Sydney and Brisbane there is a gradation from typical mercierella to typical neopomatus forms. On this evidence it is suggested that neopomatus is synonymous with mercierella, and M. Enigmatica becomes the only brackish water serpulid known from Australia.

 
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Bibliographic Data

Short Form
Straughan, 1966, Rec. Aust. Mus. 27(5): 139–146
Author
Dale Straughan
Year
1966
Title
Australian brackish water serpulids (Annelida: Polychaeta)
Serial Title
Records of the Australian Museum
Volume
27
Issue
5
Start Page
139
End Page
146
DOI
10.3853/j.0067-1975.27.1966.440
Language
en
Date Published
16 December 1966
Cover Date
16 December 1966
ISSN (print)
0067-1975
CODEN
RAUMAJ
Publisher
The Australian Museum
Place Published
Sydney, Australia
Subjects
POLYCHAETA; TAXONOMY
Digitized
09 December 2008
Available Online
03 March 2009
Reference Number
440
EndNote
440.enw
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