Australian Museum Journal The Aphroditidae (Polychaeta) from Australia, together with a redescription of the Aphroditidae collected during the Siboga Expedition
- Shortform:
- Hutchings and McRae, 1993, Rec. Aust. Mus. 45(3): 279–363
- Author(s):
- Hutchings, Pat; McRae, J.
- Year published:
- 1993
- Title:
- The Aphroditidae (Polychaeta) from Australia, together with a redescription of the Aphroditidae collected during the Siboga Expedition
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 45
- Issue:
- 3
- Start page:
- 279
- End page:
- 363
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.45.1993.24
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 07 October 1993
- Cover date:
- 07 October 1993
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- POLYCHAETA; TAXONOMY
- Digitized:
- 14 October 2008
- Available online:
- 16 October 2008
- Reference number:
- 24
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (52kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (5002kb PDF)
Abstract
The family Aphroditidae is represented in Australian waters and the Indonesian Archipelago by 34 species in five genera, of which seven are new species. Previously described species from Australia are redescribed. The Aphroditidae collected during the Siboga expedition and described by Horst (1916a,b, 1917) are also redescribed and the relationship of this fauna to the Australian fauna discussed. In addition, the characters used to distinguish genera and species within the family and the variations exhibited by these characters are discussed, to facilitate a subsequent phylogenetic study of the group. A key to the genera and species represented in the Indo-Pacific is given.