Sam,
The type locality of Abarenicola assimilis devia is Shoreham, Victoria, Australia, and of A. a. haswelli is Burnie, Tasmania.
Those were erected by the king of arenicolids, G P Wells, who, my memory aided by wikipedia believes was son of H G Wells, contemporary & colleague of another famed biologist, Julian Huxley, who, inter alia, wrote a paper on Sabella regeneration - must have a look at it sometime.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G_P_Wells
Wells, G.P. (1963). The lugworms of the southern cold temperate zone (Arenicolidae, Polychaeta). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 140(1): 121-159.
>>> On 3/12/2008 at 5:10 p.m., "Sam Davies" <davi0471 from flinders.edu.au> wrote:
> Hi fellow wormers,
> Last weekend I discovered what appears to be an Abareincolid sp. in a
> mangrove area.
> Does anyone have ANY information about Australian Abarenicolids, possible
> species, biology etc.?
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