Lizard Island Polychaete Workshop: sampling sites and a checklist of polychaetes
Author
Ribas, Julia
Author
Hutchings, Pat
text
Zootaxa
2015
4019
1
7
34
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.4
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1175-5326
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Eurythoe complanata
(
Pallas, 1766
)
For list of synonyms see
Barroso
et al.
(2010)
.
Type
locality.
Caribbean.
Records. Lizard Island
: Chinamans Point (
14°40′ S
145°28′ E
) several records; Bird Islet (
14°40′S
145°27′E
) AM W.40404; off Station Beach (
14°41′S
145°27′E
) AM W.40424; Crystal Beach (
14°40′S
145°28′E
) AM W.40419; fringing reef between Bird Islet and South Island (
14°40′S
145°28′E
) AM W.40388, AM W.40413, AM W.40420; Coconut Beach (
14°39′S
145°28′E
) AM W.40422; (
14°40′S
145°27′E
) AM W.40425.
Surrounding areas:
Eagle Island (
14°41′S
145°37′E
) AM W.422.
Outer Barrier:
Yonge Reef (
14°36′S
145°38′39′′E
), several records.
Comments.
This species has been widely recorded from the region in ecological and in popular articles but recent studies by
Barroso
et al
. (2010)
and
Borda
et al
. (2012)
would suggest that the species actually represent a suites of species and it is probable that
E. complanata
is restricted to the Caribbean and not the widespread “cosmopolitan” species as has previously been reported.