Clavadoce (Annelida: Phyllodocidae) from Australia

The first records of the phyllodocid genus Clavadoce are provided from Australia, where the fifth species in the genus is now known: Clavadoce dorsolobata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1987) comb. nov. which is widely distributed in intertidal habitats in southeastern Australia. Clavadoce dorsolobata was desc...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Zootaxa
Main Authors: WILSON, ROBIN S., GREAVES, ELIZABETH
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Mangolia Press 2016
Subjects:
Annelida
Phyllodocidae
Nereiphylla
Notophyllum
benthic
algal turfs
Pacific
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4061.1.6
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4061.1.6
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Summary:The first records of the phyllodocid genus Clavadoce are provided from Australia, where the fifth species in the genus is now known: Clavadoce dorsolobata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1987) comb. nov. which is widely distributed in intertidal habitats in southeastern Australia. Clavadoce dorsolobata was described as Eumida (Sige) dorsolobata Hartmann-Schröder, 1987 and herein transferred to Clavadoce. Five species of Clavadoce are now known world wide, four of which are from different regions on the Pacific Ocean margin, while Clavadoce cristata is from the North Atlantic. The Australian species is the first record of Clavadoce for the southern hemisphere.

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