WoRMS taxon details
Opisthosyllis Langerhans, 1879
AphiaID: 129662
AphiaID: 129662
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Nereidiformia (Suborder) > Syllidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Opisthosyllis brunnea Langerhans, 1879 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Syllidae Grube, 1850 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 214-231 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Day, J.H. (1967). Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. 458 & xxix pp. [details] basis of record: Fauvel, P. (1953). The fauna of India including Pakistan, Ceylon, Burma and Malaya : Annelida, Polychaeta. The Indian Press, Ltd, Allahabad. xii and 507 p., available online at http://archive.org/details/FBIPolychaeta [details] basis of record: Langerhans P (1879) Die Würmfauna von Madeira. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 33: 513-592. [details] additional source: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] additional source: Fauchald, K. 1977. The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA) Science Series 28:1-188, available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details] redescription: San Martín G (2003) Annelida, Polychaeta II: Syllidae. In: Ramos MA et al. (eds) Fauna Iberica, Vol 21 Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. CSIC, Madrid, p 1-554 [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Opisthosyllis ankylochaeta Fauvel, 1921 Species Opisthosyllis arboricola Hartmann-Schröder, 1959 Species Opisthosyllis australis Augener, 1913 Species Opisthosyllis brevicirra Hartmann-Schröder, 1979 Species Opisthosyllis brunnea Langerhans, 1879 Species Opisthosyllis convexa Lee & Rho, 1994 Species Opisthosyllis corallicola Hartmann-Schröder, 1965 Species Opisthosyllis dorsoaciculata Hartmann-Schröder, 1991 Species Opisthosyllis japonica Imajima, 1966 Species Opisthosyllis laevis Day, 1957 Species Opisthosyllis leslieharrisae Aguado, San Martin & Nygren, 2005 Species Opisthosyllis longicirrata Monro, 1939 Species Opisthosyllis longidentata San Martin, 1991 Species Opisthosyllis macroura (Schmarda, 1861) Species Opisthosyllis nuchalis Verrill, 1900 Species Opisthosyllis papillosa Species Opisthosyllis simpliseta Hartmann-Schröder, 1981 Species Opisthosyllis viridis Langerhans, 1879 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Type species: Type species O. brunnea Langerhans 1879 in Fauchald, 1977<246>. [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129662 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Fauchald, K.; Musco, L.; Bellan, G. (2013). Opisthosyllis Langerhans, 1879. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129662 on 2013-05-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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