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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Annelida (phylum) » Polychaeta (class) » Spionida (order) » Spionidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 22 096094 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Spiophanes kroyeri Grube, 1860 |
Rank: | Species |
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Taxon Notes: | Originally described from Greenland, and widely recorded from the Arctic Ocean, North Sea and North Atlantic. Records from outside of this region are either accidental introductions or mis-identifications. Most (but not all) records of this species from Australian waters are incorrect, based on mis-identifications (see Meißner & Hutchings 2003). | ||||||
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Record source: | Meißner, K., Hutchings, P.A., 2003. Spiophanes species (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from eastern Australia - with descriptions of new species, new records and an emended generic diagnosis., Records of the Australian Museum, Vol. 55(2): 117-140. |
Scientific Name verified against: | Przeslawski, R,, Glasby, C.J., Nichol, S., 2019. Polychaetes (Annelida) of the Oceanic Shoals region, northern Australia: considering small macrofauna in marine management., Marine and Freshwater Research, Vol. 70: 307-321. . doi.org/10.1071/MF18060 doi:10.1071/MF18060 |