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Issue: Vol. 2068 No. 1: 10 Apr. 2009
Type: Article
Published: 2009-04-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2068.1.4
Page range: 59–68
Abstract views: 100
PDF downloaded: 27

New Polygordiidae (Polychaeta) from the Australian region

Research Associate, Sciences Department, Museum Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, 71 Dudley Rd., Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey, 08901, USA
Sciences Department, Museum Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia
Annelida Polygordius arafura sp. nov. Polygordius kiarama sp. nov. Australia continental shelf continental slope

Abstract

The interstitial polychaete family Polygordiidae is recorded from Australia for the first time, based on two new species: Polygordius arafura sp. nov. from continental shelf depths in the Arafura Sea, northern Australia, and Polygordius kiarama sp. nov. from the continental shelf and slope off southeastern Australia. Polygordius kiarama sp. nov., found at slope depths up to 1650 m, is the deepest record to date for the family, which has previously been recorded from intertidal habitats, shallow coastal waters and continental shelf depths.

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