Eunice tribranchiata McIntosh, 1885

Zanol, Joana, Hutchings, Pat A. & Fauchald, Kristian, 2020, Eunice sensu latu (Annelida: Eunicidae) from Australia: description of seven new species and comments on previously reported species of the genera Eunice, Leodice and Nicidion, Zootaxa 4748 (1), pp. 1-43 : 6

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4748.1.1
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scientific name	Eunice tribranchiata McIntosh, 1885
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Eunice tribranchiata McIntosh, 1885 View in CoL

Eunice tribranchiata McIntosh, 1885: 297 View in CoL .— Fauchald 1986: 258.— Fauchald 1992: 323.

Material examined. Challenger stn 186, Torres Strait , 10°30’S, 142°18’E, 14.6 m, coral sand, BM(NH)ZK.1885.12.1.205 (HOLOTYPE) GoogleMaps ; BM (NH)ZK.1885.12.1.193 syntypes of Eunice torresiensis .

Remarks. Species not reported since it was first described. Holotype is a posterior fragment. McIntosh (1885) also described Eunice torresiensis from the same locality. Eunice tribranchiata re-descriptions ( Fauchald 1986: 1992) are based on anterior ends present among the types of E. torresiensis considered to match up well with E. tribranchiata’ s posterior end. However, we observed differences in the shape of branchiae and of subacicular hooks, which do not justify considering them as the same species. Thus, re-descriptions of E. tribranchiata are here considered invalid, and the species is indeterminable.

Type locality. Torres Strait , Australia .