Leodice bassensis (McIntosh 1885) n. comb. Eunice bassensis McIntosh, 1885: 298.— Benham 1915: 219.— Fauchald 1986: 245; 1992: 77. Eunice antennata.— Hartman 1959: 309 (in part, not Leodice antennata Savigny in Lamarck, 1818). Material examined. South Australia. N of Cape of Borda, Kangaroo Island, 72 m depth, coll. FIS Endeavour, id. W.B. Benham, AM E.4584 (1). Tasmania. East coast of Flinders Island, Bass Strait, 40°01’S, 148°02’E, FIS Endeavour, AM E.684 (4). Breaksea Island, Port Davey, 43°20’S, 145°57’E, coll. FIS Endeavour, AM E.5348 (l). Central Bass Strait, 23 km E of Cape Rochon, Three Hummock Island, 40°22.2’S, 145°17’ E, 40 m, coll. M. Gomon & Poore, 3 Nov 1980, MV F94326 (l), MV F94327 (3). Remarks. Leodice bassensis was described on a posterior fragment and has remained poorly known. The specimens observed agree with the type specimen in the structure of the notopodial cirri and branchiae near the posterior end and in the structure of both compound chaetae and subacicular hooks. Benham (1915: 219) redescribed the species based in part on material still present in the Australian Museum collections. However, one of Benham’s specimens is an anterior end of L. australis. This species has been considered a synonym of L. antennata (Savigny in Lamarck 1818; cf. Hartman 1959: 309), see remarks in the L. antennata section. Among other species known from Australia, L. bassensis also resembles L. torresiensis, see Remarks in the L. antennata section. The species may be more widely dispersed; this cannot be assessed without examination of specimens from the different localities. Since at least three species belonging to the same species group are known from Australia, published records may contain any of these three, and perhaps even additional taxa. Type locality. Bass Strait, South Australia.

Published as part of 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, pp. 1-43 in Zootaxa 4748 (1) on page 26, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4748.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3697522