WoRMS taxon details
Brachysyllis Imajima & Hartman, 1964
325031 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325031)
accepted
Genus
Brachysyllis japonica Imajima & Hartman, 1964 (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Imajima, Minoru & Hartman, Olga. (1964). The polychaetous annelids of Japan. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 26(1-2): 1-452 [issued in 2 parts]., available online at http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll82/id/18946
page(s): 108 [details]
page(s): 108 [details]
Etymology The name of the genus derives from the combination of the Latin word brachy, meaning short, with Syllis, and makes...
Taxonomy The genus Brachysyllis Imajima & Hartman, 1964 was synonymized with Dioplosyllis Gidholm, 1962 by Imajima (1966), but was...
Etymology The name of the genus derives from the combination of the Latin word brachy, meaning short, with Syllis, and makes reference to the short body of the type species of the genus, Brachysyllis japonica. [details]
Taxonomy The genus Brachysyllis Imajima & Hartman, 1964 was synonymized with Dioplosyllis Gidholm, 1962 by Imajima (1966), but was...
Taxonomy The genus Brachysyllis Imajima & Hartman, 1964 was synonymized with Dioplosyllis Gidholm, 1962 by Imajima (1966), but was later considered to be valid by Aguado & San Martín (2008). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Brachysyllis Imajima & Hartman, 1964. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325031 on 2024-09-22
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original description
Imajima, Minoru & Hartman, Olga. (1964). The polychaetous annelids of Japan. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 26(1-2): 1-452 [issued in 2 parts]., available online at http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll82/id/18946
page(s): 108 [details]
source of synonymy Imajima, Minoru. (1966). The Syllidae (polychaetous annelids) from Japan. III. Eusyllinae. <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 14(2): 85-116., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2433/175434
page(s): 88 [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Aguado, M.T.; San Martín, G. (2008). Re-description of some enigmatic genera of Syllidae (Phyllodocida: Polychaeta). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 88(01): 35-56., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S002531540800026X
page(s): 38-40 [details]
page(s): 108 [details]
source of synonymy Imajima, Minoru. (1966). The Syllidae (polychaetous annelids) from Japan. III. Eusyllinae. <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 14(2): 85-116., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2433/175434
page(s): 88 [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Aguado, M.T.; San Martín, G. (2008). Re-description of some enigmatic genera of Syllidae (Phyllodocida: Polychaeta). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 88(01): 35-56., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S002531540800026X
page(s): 38-40 [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology The name of the genus derives from the combination of the Latin word brachy, meaning short, with Syllis, and makes reference to the short body of the type species of the genus, Brachysyllis japonica. [details]Identification Aguado & San Martín (2008) provide a dichotomic key for the species of the genus. [details]
Taxonomy The genus Brachysyllis Imajima & Hartman, 1964 was synonymized with Dioplosyllis Gidholm, 1962 by Imajima (1966), but was later considered to be valid by Aguado & San Martín (2008). [details]