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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Annelida (phylum) » Polychaeta (class) » Phyllodocida (order) » Nereididae (family)
CAAB Code: | 22 056084 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Platynereis australis (Schmarda, 1861) |
Rank: | Species |
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Taxon Notes: | This species was described from New Zealand, and although there are records of this species from Australia and other southern hemisphere areas, any records from outside of New Zealand need to be re-examined to determine their true identity, as it is very likely that these represent other, possibly new, species. | ||||||
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Record source: | Australian Biological Resources Study (Houston, K. + others, editors), 2000-, Australian Faunal Directory. World Wide Web electronic publication, http: www.environment.gov.au/abrs/abif-fauna/ |
Scientific Name verified against: | Read, G.B., 2007. Taxonomy of sympatric New Zealand species of Platynereis, with description of three new species additional to P. australis (Schmarda) (Annelida: Polychaeta: Nereididae)., Zootaxa, Vol. 1558: 1-28. |