Hanley, J. Russell and Burke, Melanie. (1990). Scaleworms (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) of Albany, Western Australia. 203-236. IN: Wells, F. E., Walker, D. I., Kirkman, H., and Lethbridge, R. (Ed.). The Marine Flora and Fauna of Albany, Western Australia. Proceedings of the Third International Marine Biological Workshop: Perth, Western Australian Museum.
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Hanley, J. Russell and Burke, Melanie
1990
Scaleworms (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) of Albany, Western Australia
203-236. IN: Wells, F. E., Walker, D. I., Kirkman, H., and Lethbridge, R. (Ed.). The Marine Flora and Fauna of Albany, Western Australia. Proceedings of the Third International Marine Biological Workshop: Perth, Western Australian Museum.
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Descriptions are given for nine species of scaleworm (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) recorded from
Albany, Western Australia. Five species of Lepidonotus were collected: L. bowerbankii Baird
1865, L. carinulaius(Grube 1870), L. dictyolepis Haswell 1883, L. glaucus (Peters 1854), and L.
melanogrammus Haswell 1883. All five species have previously been recorded from Western
Australia. Of the remaining species, Subadyte albanyensis is described for the first time, and
Paralepidonotus ampullijerus is recorded from Western Australia for the first time. A
description of Harmothoe dictyophora (Grube 1878) is given and the taxonomic status of this
species is discussed. The status of several species of Thormora previously recorded from Western Australia is
reviewed. Examination of specimens of Thormora species collected at Albany revealed
significant variation in setal characteristics upon single individuals. The presence of unidentate
or bidentate neurosetae and slender hastate notosetae was dependent on the size of the
individual. Reference to the original descriptions of Thormora versicolor, T. jolli and the type
material of Thormora jolli indicates that Western Australian specimens formerly ascribed to
these two species should be referred to Thormora argus (Quatrefages 1865).
Biogeographic relationships of the species recorded from Albany are discussed with
reference to Australian and Indo-Pacific scaleworm fauna.
