Eunice tribranchiata McIntosh 1885
Description
Eunice tribranchiata McIntosh, 1885
Eunice tribranchiata McIntosh, 1885: 297.— Fauchald 1986: 258.— Fauchald 1992: 323.
Material examined. Challenger stn 186, Torres Strait, 10°30’S, 142°18’E, 14.6 m, coral sand, BM(NH)ZK.1885.12.1.205 (HOLOTYPE); BM (NH)ZK.1885.12.1.193 syntypes of Eunice torresiensis.
Remarks. Species not reported since it was first described. Holotype is a posterior fragment. McIntosh (1885) also described Eunice torresiensis from the same locality. Eunice tribranchiata re-descriptions (Fauchald 1986: 1992) are based on anterior ends present among the types of E. torresiensis considered to match up well with E. tribranchiata’ s posterior end. However, we observed differences in the shape of branchiae and of subacicular hooks, which do not justify considering them as the same species. Thus, re-descriptions of E. tribranchiata are here considered invalid, and the species is indeterminable.
Type locality. Torres Strait, Australia.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- BM
- Family
- Eunicidae
- Genus
- Eunice
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Material sample ID
- BM(NH)ZK.1885.12.1.205
- Order
- Eunicida
- Phylum
- Annelida
- Scientific name authorship
- McIntosh
- Species
- tribranchiata
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype , syntype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Eunice tribranchiata McIntosh, 1885 sec. Zanol, Hutchings & Fauchald, 2020
References
- McIntosh, W. C. (1885) Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873 - 1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1872 - 76, 12, 1 - 554.
- Fauchald, K. (1986) Review of the types and key to the species of Eunice (Eunicidae: Polychaeta) from the Australian region. Records of the Australian Museum, 38, 241 - 262. https: // doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 0067 - 1975.38.1986.182
- Fauchald, K. (1992) A review of the genus Eunice (Eunicidae: Polychaeta) based upon type material. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 523, 1 - 422. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00810282.523