Synonymy of Dorvillea australiensis

(Relevant original names and New Zealand records only)

Dorvillea australiensis as:    Staurocephalus australiensis
  Name used as: New entity (basionym) by:  McIntosh 1885 (pages 232-233, illus. Pl.36,fig.6; Pl.18A,fig.9-10.)
  Record locality: Challenger 162, Bass Strait
  Remarks: One posterior (!) fragment, of diameter 5mm. Fig.6 is of parapodium, showing the distinct 'cirrostyle-like' tip of the very large dorsal cirri (but this is more a generic character)
  [Basionym for this record: Staurocephalus australiensis McIntosh 1885]

Dorvillea australiensis as:    Stauronereis australiensis
  Name used as: Record for New Zealand by:  Augener 1924 (pages 433-435, illus. no figures.)
  Record locality: Paterson Inlet, Stewart I; Queen Charlotte Sound; Tiri Tiri; North Cape
  Remarks:
  [Basionym for this record: Staurocephalus australiensis McIntosh 1885]

Dorvillea australiensis as:    Dorvillea australiensis
  Name used as: Record for World (extralimital) by:  Glasby 1984 (pages 104-105, illus. Fig.4.)
  Record locality: Australia, mainly eastern coasts
  Remarks: Jaw apparatus is stated to be highly distinctive of the speccies
  [Basionym for this record: Staurocephalus australiensis McIntosh 1885]

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