WoRMS taxon details

Syllides caribica Licher, 1996

332368  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332368)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Licher, Frank. (1996). <i>Syllides caribica</i>, a new species from Aruba, the Netherlands Antilles, with a brief discussion of its subfamilial assignment. <em>Senckenbergiana biologica.</em> 76(1/2): 191-196.
page(s): 192-194, figs. 1-2 [details]   
Holotype  SMF 4971, geounit Caribbean Sea  
Holotype SMF 4971, geounit Caribbean Sea [details]
Note Caribbean Sea, Netherlands Antilles, west...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Caribbean Sea, Netherlands Antilles, west coast of Aruba Island, Eagle Beach (12.3ºN, 70.0ºW; geocoordinates slightly displaced from Eagle Beach, corrected here to lat. 12.547147º, long. -70.060032º).  [details]
Type material The SMF collection number of the holotype of Syllides caribica Licher, 1996 is SMF 4971, as stated in Licher (1996). The number SMF 5600, as appearing in Fiege & Wehe (2004), is a typographical error (Dieter Fiege, pers. comm. to João Gil, March 26 2015).  [details]
Depth range Intertidal, at high tide line, at 0.50 cm depth.   
Depth range Intertidal, at high tide line, at 0.50 cm depth.  [details]

Distribution Caribbean Sea, Aruba Island. Known only from the type locality.   
Distribution Caribbean Sea, Aruba Island. Known only from the type locality.  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet caribica refers to the type locality of the species, in the Caribbean Sea.   
Etymology The specific epithet caribica refers to the type locality of the species, in the Caribbean Sea.  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Syllides caribica Licher, 1996. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332368 on 2024-04-19
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2008-03-17 10:44:16Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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original description Licher, Frank. (1996). <i>Syllides caribica</i>, a new species from Aruba, the Netherlands Antilles, with a brief discussion of its subfamilial assignment. <em>Senckenbergiana biologica.</em> 76(1/2): 191-196.
page(s): 192-194, figs. 1-2 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Holotype SMF 4971, geounit Caribbean Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal, at high tide line, at 0.50 cm depth.  [details]

Distribution Caribbean Sea, Aruba Island. Known only from the type locality.  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet caribica refers to the type locality of the species, in the Caribbean Sea.  [details]

Habitat Chalky coarse sand of coral riffs, intertidal.  [details]

Type locality Caribbean Sea, Netherlands Antilles, west coast of Aruba Island, Eagle Beach (12.3ºN, 70.0ºW; geocoordinates slightly displaced from Eagle Beach, corrected here to lat. 12.547147º, long. -70.060032º).  [details]

Type material The SMF collection number of the holotype of Syllides caribica Licher, 1996 is SMF 4971, as stated in Licher (1996). The number SMF 5600, as appearing in Fiege & Wehe (2004), is a typographical error (Dieter Fiege, pers. comm. to João Gil, March 26 2015).  [details]