“…The bitentaculate genera are widespread in all habitats including the deep sea, whereas the multitentaculates are more or less limited to nearshore habitats. With the advent of offshore surveys and monitoring programs, numerous species of bitentaculate cirratulids have been described globally as part of studies conducted over the past two decades (Blake, 1996(Blake, , 2006(Blake, , 2015(Blake, , 2016(Blake, , 2018(Blake, , 2019(Blake, , 2021(Blake, , 2022Blake & Dean, 2019;Chambers, 2000;Chambers & Woodham, 2003;Doner & Blake, 2009;Dean & Blake, 2007, 2016Elías & Rivero, 2008, 2011Elías et al, 2017;Magalhães & Brock, 2013;Grosse et al, 2021). However, despite these studies and others, there have been few reports on bitentaculate cirratulids from Australia.…”