New records of Pectinariidae (Polychaeta) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia and the description of two new species
Author
Wong, Eunice
Author
Hutchings, Pat
text
Zootaxa
2015
4019
1
733
744
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.25
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Pectinaria antipoda
Schmarda, 1861
(
Fig. 4
)
Cistenides antipoda
Augener, 1927
: 231
–234.
Pectinaria antipoda
Schmarda, 1861
: 46
.—
Nilsson 1928
: 69
–73; Not
Monro 1931
: 28
;
Knox &
Cameron
1971
: 34
;
Stephenson
et al.
1974
: 114
(in part);
Poore
et al.
1975
: 30
.
Pectinaria (Pectinaria)
cf.
antipoda
.—
Hartmann-Schröder 1979
: 145
–146.
Material examined.
AM W.43945, MI QLD 2345 (2); AM W.44029, MI QLD 2355; AM W.45037, MI QLD 2441; AM W.45851, MI QLD 2363, photographed.
FIGURE 4.
Pectinaria antipoda
,
stained with methylene blue, AM W.45851. A. Ventral view of whole animal; B. Dorsal view of whole animal; C. Ventral view of anterior end, anterior margin of chaetiger 2 with large papillae, characteristic of
P. antipoda
. Scale bars: A–C = 0.1 mm.
Remarks.
The material collected from Lizard Island was compared with material previously identified as
P. antipoda
and cited in
Hutchings & Peart (2002)
. The species is widely distributed in
Australia
and has been recorded south from Broome, Western
Australia
around southern
Australia
and along the east coast to Heron Island, Queensland. This study extends the known distribution of the species to northern Queensland.
Habitat.
The material from Lizard Island was collected from sandy to muddy bottoms at depths of
12–
21 m
. This species was previously known from low water mark to
92 m
, in sediments ranging from mud, silty sand to sand, but has also been reported from
Posidonia
spp. seagrass beds.
Type
locality.
New South
Wales
: Port Jackson, Sydney,
33°51'S
151°16'E
.
Distribution.
Australia
: Broome, Western
Australia
around southern
Australia
and along the east coast to Lizard Island, Queensland.