Australian Museum Journal The Polycirrinae (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from Australia
- Shortform:
- Hutchings and Glasby, 1986, Rec. Aust. Mus. 38(6): 319–350
- Author(s):
- Hutchings, Pat; Glasby, Christopher J.
- Year published:
- 1986
- Title:
- The Polycirrinae (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from Australia
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 38
- Issue:
- 6
- Start page:
- 319
- End page:
- 350
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.38.1986.185
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 31 December 1986
- Cover date:
- 31 December 1986
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- POLYCHAETA; TAXONOMY
- Digitized:
- 18 November 2008
- Available online:
- 19 December 2008
- Reference number:
- 185
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (107kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (4699kb PDF)
Abstract
The polycirrine fauna of Australia comprises four genera and 22 species. These are described, and a key to the genera and Australian species are provided. Eleven new species are described: Hauchiella renilla n. sp., Lysilla laciniata n. sp., L. bilobata n. sp., L. jennacubinae n. sp., Polycirrus bicrinalis n. sp., P. disjunctus n. sp., P. nephrosus n. sp., P. parvus n. sp., P. paucidens n. sp., P. tesselatus n. sp. and P. variabilis n. sp., and the following new combinations, Amaeana apheles (Hutchings) and Polycirrus octoseta (Hutchings). A full description of all Australian species of this subfamily is given except when a recent full description is available. Comments are made on the variety of characters which have been used to describe species of Polycirrus and the value of these characters.