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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Annelida (phylum)  »  Polychaeta (class)  »  Terebellida (order)  »  Cirratulidae (family)

CAAB Code:	22 113018 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Aphelochaeta cincinnata   (Ehlers, 1908)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 22 - Annelida Segmented worms Family: 22 113 Cirratulidae (polychaete worms) - show full list Common Name: [a polychaete worm] Organism Type: a polychaete worm Synonyms: Tharyx cincinnatus Aphelochaeta cincinnatus Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Species not on current Australian list, but occuring in subantarctic/Antarctic waters: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 22 113901     Aphelochaeta spp.

Taxon Notes:	Previous records of this species from mainland Antarctica refer to other species in the genus. This species species appears to be restricted to the subantarctic islands. See Blake (2018). It was originally described from Kergulelen, and is likely to occur in the Heard Island region.
Identifiers:	WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1317120 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2021-05-05 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	Parapar, J., San Martín, G., 1997. "Sedentary" polychaetes of the Livingstone Island shelf (South Shetlands, Antarctica), with description of a new species., Polar Biology, Vol. 17: 502-514.
Scientific Name verified against:	Blake, J.A., 2018. Bitentaculate Cirratulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) collected cheifly during cruises of the R/V Anton Bruun, USNS Eltanin, USCG Glacier, R/V Hero, RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer, and R/V Polarstern from the Southern Ocean, Antarctica, and off western South America., Zootaxa, Vol. 4537(1): 1-130. . doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4537.1.1 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4537.1.1