CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Annelida (phylum)  »  Polychaeta (class)  »  Eunicida (order)  »  Dorvilleidae (family)

CAAB Code:	22 023011 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Ophryotrocha labronica labronica   La Greca & Bacci, 1962
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 22 - Annelida Segmented worms Family: 22 23 Dorvilleidae (polychaete worms) - show full list Common Name: [a polychaete worm] Organism Type: a polychaete worm Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 22 023902     Ophryotrocha spp.

Taxon Notes:

This subspecies was originally described from the Mediterranean, and most records of it are from there and the adjacent eastern North Atlantic. It is very likely that it was accidentally introduced into Australian waters from that region, and is not native. Within Australian waters, it is currently only known from the Sydney region. The North Pacific subspecies, O. labronica pacifica has not been recorded from Australian waters.

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Record source and Scientific Name verified against:

Paxton, H., Åkesson, B., 2007. Redescription of Ophyrotrocha puerilis and O. labronica (Annelida, Dorvilleidae)., Marine Biology Research, Vol. 3(1): 3-19.