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Type: Articles
Published: 2012-03-30
Page range: 36–42
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Lyrodus turnerae, a new teredinid from eastern Australia and the Coral Sea (Bivalvia: Teredinidae)

School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville Queensland 4814, Australia.
Lyrodus Teredinidae marine wood borer new species Australia Papua New Guinea taxonomy

Abstract

Lyrodus turnerae n. sp., a species of Teredinidae, is described from specimens in tropical Australia and Papua New Guinea. The new species is characterized by the morphology of the pallets, with a dark periostracal cap sharply descending into a thin calcium cup. New and existing collection records of L. turnerae are presented, indicating a distribution range from coastal Papua New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago, extending along eastern Australia to New South Wales.