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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.

Notes

Published as part of Zanol, Joana, Hutchings, Pat A. & Fauchald, Kristian, 2020, Eunice sensu latu (Annelida: Eunicidae) from Australia: description of seven new species and comments on previously reported species of the genera Eunice, Leodice and Nicidion, pp. 1-43 in Zootaxa 4748 (1) on page 6, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4748.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3697522

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Additional details

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