Wesenberg-Lund (1950:15) was uncertain if Hesiosyllis belonged in Syllidae, presumably hence the name. Fauchald ... [details]
Original diagnosis by Wesenberg-Lund (1950: 54): "Generic characters: About 70 segments. No gills. Capillary setae ... [details]
Arctic Ocean: southern part of Baffin Bay (Uummannaq Fjord). [details]
North Atlantic, off east Iceland. [details]
Wesenberg-Lund (1950) states that the single specimen on which the genus was based was "“in a very poor state of ... [details]
"The species has been dredged in the southern part of the Baffin Bay, hence its generic name" (Wesenberg-Lund, ... [details]
Not stated by Wesenberg-Lund. The specific epithet multisetosa is a New Latin adjective meaning 'having many (or ... [details]
Not stated. Although the species is named 'problematica' it seems the author was more uncertain about the genus, ... [details]
The generic name Hesiosyllis refers to the doubts of Wesenberg-Lund (1950: 15) concerning if the taxon should be ... [details]
The specific epithet enigmatica, Latin name for 'inexplicable' or 'baffling', refers to the original doubtful ... [details]
Type of sediment not stated, at bathyal depths. [details]
As far as is known the spelling error 'Glyphanostoma' was created and used only in the synonymy of Glyphanostomum ... [details]
Current taxon was considered as a junior synonym of Syllis cornuta Rathke, 1843 by Carus (1885: 228), Soulier ... [details]
Uummannaq Fjord, southern part of Baffin Bay, west of Greenland, Arctic Ocean (70.8167°, -53.2667°). [details]