Depth range
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Intertidal to 21 m.
Nogueira, Joao M. de Matos; Hutchings, Pat A.; Carrerette, Orlemir. (2015). Polycirridae (Annelida, Terebelliformia) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Zootaxa. 4019(1): 437-483.
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Distribution
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Australia: Lizard Island region (Great Barrier Reef, Queensland).
Nogueira, Joao M. de Matos; Hutchings, Pat A.; Carrerette, Orlemir. (2015). Polycirridae (Annelida, Terebelliformia) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Zootaxa. 4019(1): 437-483.
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Environment
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The specific epithet rubrointestinalis is composed by the Latin rubro, a form of Latin adjective ruber and meaning 'red', and the Latin adjective intestinalis, meaning 'intestinal' or 'pertaining to the intestine', and refers to the red anterior half of the digestive tract, distinctive of the species.
Nogueira, Joao M. de Matos; Hutchings, Pat A.; Carrerette, Orlemir. (2015). Polycirridae (Annelida, Terebelliformia) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Zootaxa. 4019(1): 437-483.
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Habitat
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Coral rubble, muddy sand, and among algae scrapped from stones and corals, at subtidal depths.
Nogueira, Joao M. de Matos; Hutchings, Pat A.; Carrerette, Orlemir. (2015). Polycirridae (Annelida, Terebelliformia) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Zootaxa. 4019(1): 437-483.
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