Biology of Pectinaria australis

(Relevant references with species biology information)

Estcourt, I.N. (1974).
  Population study of Pectinaria australis (Polychaeta) in Tasman Bay. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 8: 283-289.
 Relevant content: Population study at an offshore site

Miller, M.; Batt, G. (1973).
  Reef and beach life of New Zealand. An introduction.. first edition. Collins, Auckland, NZ. : 1-141.
 Relevant content: Colour photo of Pectinaria fig.140

Morton, J.;Miller, M. (1968).
  The New Zealand sea shore. Collins, Lond. Auckland (2nd ed. 1973 pagination unchanged) : 653.
 Relevant content: Biology notes on pages 500 (sandy flats), 525, 532 (fig. 197), 548-9 (fig 203 Zostera bed).

Wear, R.G. (1966).
  Physiological and Ecological Studies on the Bivalve Mollusk Arthritica bifurca (Webster, 1908) Living Commensally with the Tubicolous Polychaete Pectinaria australis (Ehlers, 1905). Biological Bulletin 130: 141-149.
 Relevant content: Biology and population cycle notes on an intertidal population at Petone, Wellington.

Some biological information might be found in the Pectinaria australis taxonomic literature.

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