Lizard Island Polychaete Workshop: sampling sites and a checklist of polychaetes 

Abstract

In August 2013, a two week polychaete workshop was held at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef. Twenty-one sites representing 121 collection events were sampled for polychetes around Lizard and on the Outer Barrier. Workshop participants sorted polychaetes to family and each participant received on loan selected families to work up. This Zootaxa monograph describes 91 new species, 67 new records for Lizard Island, and 19 for Australia. Details regarding the habitats and locations are provided in Table 2 together with two maps (Figs 1, 2) showing sampling locations. In this paper we also list previously collected polychaete material from the region together with any published records for families which are not included in this volume.

Terebellidae (Annelida, Terebelliformia) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

“…During the workshop (12-23 August, 2013), collections were made daily by snorkelling and SCUBA diving, from the intertidal zone to ~30 m deep, covering most types of habitats found in the Lizard Island and surrounding areas, including coral reefs, mangroves and sandy beaches, with sandy and coral rubble bottoms (see Ribas & Hutchings, 2015, Zootaxa 4019, for location of sampling sites and their co-ordinates). Coral rubble and coral pieces were broken up by using a hammer, polychaetes were sorted alive under a stereomicroscope, relaxed in magnesium chloride solution and selected specimens of some species were photographed alive by Alexander Semenov; those photos are included in .…”

Syllidae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

“…For collection details of specimens collected during the 2013 (Aug-Sep) International Polychaete Workshop (MI QLD 2329-MI QLD 2449) see Ribas & Hutchings (2015). Collection details for other specimens are provided in full under Material examined sections for each species.…”

The Oweniidae (Annelida; Polychaeta) from Lizard Island (Great Barrier Reef, Australia) with the description of two new species of Owenia Delle Chiaje, 1844

“…The list of the examined material provided for each species includes the museum registration number, the ID of sampling localities and locality descriptions. Locality descriptions of material collected during the August 2013 collection trip (MI QLD 2329 -MI QLD 2449) are listed in Ribas & Hutchings (2015). Number of specimens under each registration number is one unless otherwise specified.…”