Sphaerephesia hutchingsae

Sphaerephesia hutchingsae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Phyllodocida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Annelida Classis: Polychaeta Subclassis: Palpata Ordo: Aciculata Subordo: Phyllodocida

Familia: Sphaerodoridae
Genus: Sphaerephesia
Species: Sphaerephesia hutchingsae

Name

Sphaerephesia hutchingsae Capa & Bakken, 2015

Holotype: AM W.42748.

Type locality: East of Malabar, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 33° 58' 43" S, 151° 18' E, 82 m, 22 Aug 1995.

Paratypes:

East of Malabar, Sydney, New South Wales:

• AM W.42717 (1 spec.), 33° 58' 41" S, 151° 17' 51" E, 80.1m, 17 Oct 1995;
• AM W.42719 (1 spec.), 33° 58' 36" S, 151° 17' 54" E, 80.1m, 15 Nov 1995;
• AM W.42721 (1 spec.), 33° 58' 43" S, 151° 18' 00" E, 82.3 m, 23 Jul 1996;
• AM W.42730 (1 spec.), 33° 58' 43" S, 151° 17' 54" E, 81.5 m, 23 Jul 1996;
• AM W.42731 (2 specs), 33° 58' 41" S, 151° 17' 54" E, 80.7 m, 19 Sep 1995;
• AM W.42749 (1 spec.), 33° 58' 43" S, 151° 17' 54" E, 81.7 m, 22 Aug 1995;
• AM W.42751 (1 spec.), 33° 58' 43" S, 151° 17' 48" E, 80.9 m, 19 Jun 1996;
• AM W.42752 (2 specs), 33° 58' 43" S, 151° 17' 54" E, 81.6 m, 19 Jun 1996;
• AM W.42758 (1 spec.), 33° 58' 46" S, 151° 17' 57" E, 81.8 m, 23 Jul 1996.

Etymology: named after Pat A. Hutchings

References

Primary references

• Capa, M. & Bakken, T. 2015. Revision of the Australian Sphaerodoridae (Annelida) including the description of four new species. Zootaxa 4000(2): 227–367. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4000.2.3 Preview (PDF) Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
  • [original description of Sphaerephesia hutchingsae: p. 238–241; figs. 4C–D, 5E 6]

Links

• Sphaerephesia hutchingsae in the World Register of Marine Species

• BHL bibliography
• Sphaerephesia hutchingsae – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Sphaerephesia hutchingsae.
• ION
• Species-ID

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