Syllidae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Author
Aguado, M. Teresa
Author
Murray, Anna
Author
Hutchings, Pat
text
Zootaxa
2015
4019
1
35
60
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.5
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1175-5326
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Amblyosyllis
sp.
(
Fig. 1A
)
Material examined.
AM W.47194, MI QLD 2397.
Remarks.
In live specimen, dorsal part of the body with a white, thick dorsal line, more discernible on posterior parapodia (
Fig. 1A
). Nuchal lappet long reaching chaetiger 2. Antennae, tentacular cirri and dorsal cirri with abundant granular material inside. Body, mainly dorsal cirri, covered by thin fibrillar secretions. Single specimen, not preserved well enough to be identified to species level.
Habitat.
Sand, in shallow waters.
Distribution.
Australia
(Queensland).