WoRMS taxon details
Eusyllis spirocirrata Hartmann-Schröder, 1959
327935 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:327935)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1959). Zur Ökologie der Polychaeten des Mangrove‐Estero‐Gebietes von El Salvador. <em>Beitrage zur Neotropischen Fauna.</em> 1(2): 69-183., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01650525909380612
page(s): 121-123, figs. 67-69 [details]
page(s): 121-123, figs. 67-69 [details]
Holotype ZMH, geounit El Salvador
, Type locality contained in El Salvador Exclusive Economic Zone , Note Pacific Ocean, El Salvador, Estero Jiquilisco,...
Holotype ZMH, geounit El Salvador [details]
type locality contained in El Salvador Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Pacific Ocean, El Salvador, Estero Jiquilisco, Isla Pajarita (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer and accompanying map to be approximately lat. 13.2047º, long. -88.4696º). [details]
Depth range Recorded from a dry sandbank, probably supralittoral to upper eulittoral.
Distribution East Pacific Ocean: El Salvador (Estero Jiquilisco, Isla Pajarita).
Etymology The specific epithet spirocirrata is composed by the Latin prefix with Greek origin spiro, meaning 'coil', and the Latin...
Depth range Recorded from a dry sandbank, probably supralittoral to upper eulittoral. [details]
Distribution East Pacific Ocean: El Salvador (Estero Jiquilisco, Isla Pajarita).
Distribution East Pacific Ocean: El Salvador (Estero Jiquilisco, Isla Pajarita). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet spirocirrata is composed by the Latin prefix with Greek origin spiro, meaning 'coil', and the Latin...
Etymology The specific epithet spirocirrata is composed by the Latin prefix with Greek origin spiro, meaning 'coil', and the Latin word cirrata, meaning 'fringed', and refers to the coiled long dorsal cirri present in the type material of the species. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Eusyllis spirocirrata Hartmann-Schröder, 1959. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=327935 on 2025-09-25
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Nomenclature
original description
Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1959). Zur Ökologie der Polychaeten des Mangrove‐Estero‐Gebietes von El Salvador. <em>Beitrage zur Neotropischen Fauna.</em> 1(2): 69-183., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01650525909380612
page(s): 121-123, figs. 67-69 [details]
page(s): 121-123, figs. 67-69 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype ZMH, geounit El Salvador [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Recorded from a dry sandbank, probably supralittoral to upper eulittoral. [details]Distribution East Pacific Ocean: El Salvador (Estero Jiquilisco, Isla Pajarita). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet spirocirrata is composed by the Latin prefix with Greek origin spiro, meaning 'coil', and the Latin word cirrata, meaning 'fringed', and refers to the coiled long dorsal cirri present in the type material of the species. [details]
Habitat Supra to upper eulittoral sand (salinity 31.4-28.7‰; temperature 26-29ºC). [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, El Salvador, Estero Jiquilisco, Isla Pajarita (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer and accompanying map to be approximately lat. 13.2047º, long. -88.4696º). [details]
