Australian Museum Journal A review of the genera of Pectinariidae (Polychaeta) together with a description of the Australian fauna
- Shortform:
- Hutchings and Peart, 2002, Rec. Aust. Mus. 54(1): 99–127
- Author(s):
- Hutchings, Pat; Peart, Rachael
- Year published:
- 2002
- Title:
- A review of the genera of Pectinariidae (Polychaeta) together with a description of the Australian fauna
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 54
- Issue:
- 1
- Start page:
- 99
- End page:
- 127
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.54.2002.1356
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 01 June 2002
- Cover date:
- 01 June 2002
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- POLYCHAETA; TAXONOMY
- Digitized:
- 01 June 2002
- Available online:
- 01 June 2002
- Reference number:
- 1356
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (14kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (3021kb PDF)
Abstract
The polychaete worm family Pectinariidae is represented in Australian waters by five species (Amphictene favona n.sp., A. uniloba n.sp., Pectinaria antipoda Schmarda, 1861, P. dodeka n.sp. and P. kanabinos n.sp.). Pectinaria antipoda is redescribed and a neotype designated. Generic diagnoses are given for all genera including three not known from Australian waters. Additional characters are described for each genus that may facilitate the separation of species. A key to all genera and to species present in Australia is given, as are tables summarising the characters of all described species.