Journal article
Two new species of Eulepethidae (Polychaeta) from Australian seas
S Woolley, RS Wilson
Zootaxa | MAGNOLIA PRESS | Published : 2011
Abstract
Exploration of poorly known regions of the Australian continental margin has resulted in the discovery of two new species in the scale worm family Eulepethidae. Grubeulepis kurnai sp. nov. occurs in southeastern Australia while Proeulepethus payungu sp. nov. was collected at one site in the Indian Ocean on the continental margin of Western Australia. Pareulepis malayana (Horst, 1913), also collected from the continental margin of Western Australia, is newly recorded from Australia, representing a range extension of that species previously known from Madagascar, Malaysia and the South China Sea. Four species, and four of the six known genera of Eulepethidae are now known from Australian water..
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Funding Acknowledgements
We gratefully acknowledge our shipboard colleagues and crew of FRV Southern Surveyor for long labours, often under trying conditions during field work off the coast of Western Australia, and to Jo Browne, David Staples and Liz Greaves who sorted the samples. We also thank Jan Watson for the detailed description of habitat and collecting method at the site where she collected Grubeulepis kurnai sp. nov. Alex Muir and an anonymous referee significantly improved the manuscript with their careful reading and critical comments. This work has been funded through the Commonwealth Environment Research Facilities (CERF) program, an Australian Government initiative supporting world class, public good research. The CERF Marine Biodiversity Hub is a collaborative partnership between the University of Tasmania, CSIRO Wealth from Oceans Flagship, Geoscience Australia, Australian Institute of Marine Science and Museum Victoria.