Eunice tribranchiata McIntosh 1885
- Dataset
- Eunice sensu latu (Annelida: Eunicidae) from Australia: description of seven new species and comments on previously reported species of the genera Eunice, Leodice and Nicidion
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Annelida
- class
- Polychaeta
- order
- Eunicida
- family
- Eunicidae
- genus
- Eunice
- species
- Eunice tribranchiata
discussion
Remarks. Species not reported since it was first described. Holotype is a posterior fragment. McIntosh (1885) also described Eunice torresiensis from the same locality. Eunice tribranchiata re-descriptions (Fauchald 1986: 1992) are based on anterior ends present among the types of E. torresiensis considered to match up well with E. tribranchiata’ s posterior end. However, we observed differences in the shape of branchiae and of subacicular hooks, which do not justify considering them as the same species. Thus, re-descriptions of E. tribranchiata are here considered invalid, and the species is indeterminable.
materials_examined
Material examined. Challenger stn 186, Torres Strait, 10 ° 30 ’ S, 142 ° 18 ’ E, 14.6 m, coral sand, BM (NH) ZK. 1885.12.1.205 (HOLOTYPE); BM (NH) ZK. 1885.12.1.193 syntypes of Eunice torresiensis.
materials_examined
Type locality. Torres Strait, Australia.
Name
- Homonyms
- Eunice tribranchiata McIntosh 1885