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Original name (Basionym): Staurocephalus australiensis McIntosh 1885
Described from: Australia
Type locality: Moncoeur Island, Bass Strait, offshore
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)
Source: McIntosh, W.C. 1885 : Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76 Report of the Scientific Results of the Exploring Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873-76 12: 1-554.
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