WoRMS name details

Syllis (Typosyllis) pectinans Haswell, 1920

843120  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:843120)

 unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Haswell, W. A. (1920). Australian Syllidae, Eusyllidae and Autolytidae. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 45: 90-112, plates X-XIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3850630
page(s): 93-94, plate X figs. 3-6 [details]   
Holotype  AM W-509, geounit Australia  
Holotype AM W-509, geounit Australia [details]
Note Australia: Port Jackson (New South Wales:...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Australia: Port Jackson (New South Wales: geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -33.86º, long. 151.24º).  [details]
Depth range Intertidal.   
Depth range Intertidal.  [details]

Distribution Australia (New South Wales).   
Distribution Australia (New South Wales).  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet pectinans is the Latin word for 'combing', and refers to the fringe of unusually long spines present...  
Etymology The specific epithet pectinans is the Latin word for 'combing', and refers to the fringe of unusually long spines present along the cutting edge of the unidentate blades of the composed chaetae, resembling combs.  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Syllis (Typosyllis) pectinans Haswell, 1920. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=843120 on 2024-03-19
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original description Haswell, W. A. (1920). Australian Syllidae, Eusyllidae and Autolytidae. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 45: 90-112, plates X-XIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3850630
page(s): 93-94, plate X figs. 3-6 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Holotype AM W-509, geounit Australia [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal.  [details]

Distribution Australia (New South Wales).  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet pectinans is the Latin word for 'combing', and refers to the fringe of unusually long spines present along the cutting edge of the unidentate blades of the composed chaetae, resembling combs.  [details]

Habitat Amongst intertidal tubes of the serpulid Galeolaria hystrix.  [details]

Reproduction Ripe females with ovaries purple in colour and present about the 30th to the 40th segments, backwards the stolon, of about 20 to 25 segments, beginning at about segment 40th or 50th.
Ripe males with stolons of bright red, pink or scarlet colour, consisting of about 20 segments with dilated nephridia packed with sperms in rounded groups.  [details]

Type locality Australia: Port Jackson (New South Wales: geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -33.86º, long. 151.24º).  [details]