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Prosphaerosyllis longicauda (Webster & Benedict, 1887) 
AphiaID: 238251

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Aciculata (Subclass) > Phyllodocida (Order) > Nereidiformia (Suborder) > Syllidae (Family) > Exogoninae (Subfamily) > Prosphaerosyllis (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Prosphaerosyllis San Martín, 1984
Synonymised
taxa
  Sphaerosyllis longicauda Webster & Benedict, 1887
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]

from synonym: Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta, available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Pettibone, Marian H. 1963. Marine polychaete worms of the New England region. I. Aphroditidae through Trochochaetidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 227(1): 1-356. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Webster, Henry E. and Benedict, James E. 1887. The Annelida Chaetopoda, from Eastport, Maine. Annual Report of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Washington, 1885: 707-758. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Fauchald, K., A. Granados-Barba, and V. Solís-Weiss. 2009. Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine
Fossil range recent only
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) (not certain) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
Note  Distribution: This species has been reported in some ecological list from the European waters but, since no taxonomic redescription for the area is available, its presence in considered uncertain [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:238251
Taxonomic
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2007-03-12 17:37:15Z  created  Musco, Luigi
  
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  Citation: Musco, L. (2013). Prosphaerosyllis longicauda (Webster & Benedict, 1887). 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=238251 on 2013-05-25
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