WoRMS name details
Syllis remex Chamberlin, 1919
332423 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332423)
uncertain > nomen dubium
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 175-176, plate 21 fig. 5, plate 22 figs. 4-6 [details]
page(s): 175-176, plate 21 fig. 5, plate 22 figs. 4-6 [details]
Holotype USNM 19479, geounit Gilbert Islands
, Note Pacific Ocean, Kiribati, northern Gilbert...
Holotype USNM 19479, geounit Gilbert Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Kiribati, northern Gilbert Islands, off Apaiang (= Abaiang) (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 1.675º, long. 172.992º), surface, taken at night by electric light. [details]
Type material Holotype of Syllis remex (USNM 19479) is an epitokous specimen. [details]
Depth range Surface, taken at night by electric light.
Distribution Central Pacific Ocean: Kiribati, northern Gilbert Islands (off Abaiang). Only known from the type locality.
Etymology The specific epithet remex is the Latin noun for 'oarsman'or 'rower', and refers to the "broad, thin, natatory dorsal setae...
Taxonomy According to Licher (1999: 307) the species is not a syllid, being the holotype an epitoke form with hypertrophied eyes...
Depth range Surface, taken at night by electric light. [details]
Distribution Central Pacific Ocean: Kiribati, northern Gilbert Islands (off Abaiang). Only known from the type locality.
Distribution Central Pacific Ocean: Kiribati, northern Gilbert Islands (off Abaiang). Only known from the type locality. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet remex is the Latin noun for 'oarsman'or 'rower', and refers to the "broad, thin, natatory dorsal setae...
Etymology The specific epithet remex is the Latin noun for 'oarsman'or 'rower', and refers to the "broad, thin, natatory dorsal setae which are unlike any I have found described for other species" (Chamberlin, 1919: 176). [details]
Taxonomy According to Licher (1999: 307) the species is not a syllid, being the holotype an epitoke form with hypertrophied eyes...
Taxonomy According to Licher (1999: 307) the species is not a syllid, being the holotype an epitoke form with hypertrophied eyes which taxonomy is unclear. In the original description Chamberlin (1919: 176) already states that "The generic position of the form is very doubtful since the character of any armature in the pharynx, if present, was not successfully elucidated in the single type-specimen and because comparatively so few of the pelagic or sexual forms in the family have been described. The presence of tentacular cirri makes the position of the species in Syllis more doubtful, as the known sexual forms in that genus generally lack these processes." [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Syllis remex Chamberlin, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332423 on 2024-04-19
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
original description
Chamberlin, Ralph V. (1919). The Annelida Polychaeta [Albatross Expeditions]. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 48: 1-514., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/memoirsofmuseumo4801harv
page(s): 175-176, plate 21 fig. 5, plate 22 figs. 4-6 [details]
status source Licher, Frank 2000 (1999), Revision der Gattung Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879 (Polychaeta: Syllidae). Morphologie, Taxonomie und Phylogenie. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 551:1-336
page(s): 307 [details]
page(s): 175-176, plate 21 fig. 5, plate 22 figs. 4-6 [details]
status source Licher, Frank 2000 (1999), Revision der Gattung Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879 (Polychaeta: Syllidae). Morphologie, Taxonomie und Phylogenie. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 551:1-336
page(s): 307 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 19479, geounit Gilbert Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Surface, taken at night by electric light. [details]Distribution Central Pacific Ocean: Kiribati, northern Gilbert Islands (off Abaiang). Only known from the type locality. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet remex is the Latin noun for 'oarsman'or 'rower', and refers to the "broad, thin, natatory dorsal setae which are unlike any I have found described for other species" (Chamberlin, 1919: 176). [details]
Habitat The only known specimen was collected at the surface, at night by electric night. It was an epitokous specimen, and the atokous form and its habitat are unknown. [details]
Taxonomy According to Licher (1999: 307) the species is not a syllid, being the holotype an epitoke form with hypertrophied eyes which taxonomy is unclear. In the original description Chamberlin (1919: 176) already states that "The generic position of the form is very doubtful since the character of any armature in the pharynx, if present, was not successfully elucidated in the single type-specimen and because comparatively so few of the pelagic or sexual forms in the family have been described. The presence of tentacular cirri makes the position of the species in Syllis more doubtful, as the known sexual forms in that genus generally lack these processes." [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Kiribati, northern Gilbert Islands, off Apaiang (= Abaiang) (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 1.675º, long. 172.992º), surface, taken at night by electric light. [details]
Type material Holotype of Syllis remex (USNM 19479) is an epitokous specimen. [details]
