WoRMS taxon details
Opisthosyllis arboricola Hartmann-Schröder, 1959
330225 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330225)
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): 116-118, figs. 61-63 [details]
page(s): 116-118, figs. 61-63 [details]
Holotype ZMH 14485, geounit El Salvador
, Type locality contained in El Salvador Exclusive Economic Zone , Note Pacific Ocean, El Salvador, Estero Jaltepeque,...
Holotype ZMH 14485, 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 Jaltepeque, Herradura (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer and accompanying map to be approximately lat. 13.3251º, long. -88.9304º). [details]
Type material The description of the species was based mainly on a specimen collected from the shell of a hermit crab, collected in an intertidal mangrove mudflat at Herradura, Estero Jaltepeque, El Salvador (Station 8 of Hartmann-Schröder, 1959). [details]
Depth range Intertidal.
Distribution East Pacific Ocean: El Salvador (Estero Jaltepeque, Herradura); Ecuador (Bunche Beach and Cabo San Francisco).
Etymology The specific epithet arboricola is composed by the Latin word arbor, meaning 'tree' and the suffix -cola, meaning...
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution East Pacific Ocean: El Salvador (Estero Jaltepeque, Herradura); Ecuador (Bunche Beach and Cabo San Francisco).
Distribution East Pacific Ocean: El Salvador (Estero Jaltepeque, Herradura); Ecuador (Bunche Beach and Cabo San Francisco). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet arboricola is composed by the Latin word arbor, meaning 'tree' and the suffix -cola, meaning...
Etymology The specific epithet arboricola is composed by the Latin word arbor, meaning 'tree' and the suffix -cola, meaning 'inhabitant', and refers to the fact that most of the specimens of the new species were found associated to an old tree trunk lying on the mudflat. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Opisthosyllis arboricola Hartmann-Schröder, 1959. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330225 on 2025-05-08
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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): 116-118, figs. 61-63 [details]
page(s): 116-118, figs. 61-63 [details]
Other
additional source
Trovant, Berenice; Elías, Rodolfo; Diez, María E.; de León-González, Jesús A. (2012). New records of polychaetes (Annelida) for northern Ecuador. <em>Marine Biodiversity Records.</em> 5: e32 p1-5., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1755267211001059
page(s): 6, fig. 2L [details]
page(s): 6, fig. 2L [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype ZMH 14485, geounit El Salvador [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal. [details]Distribution East Pacific Ocean: El Salvador (Estero Jaltepeque, Herradura); Ecuador (Bunche Beach and Cabo San Francisco). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet arboricola is composed by the Latin word arbor, meaning 'tree' and the suffix -cola, meaning 'inhabitant', and refers to the fact that most of the specimens of the new species were found associated to an old tree trunk lying on the mudflat. [details]
Habitat Intertidal mangrove mudflats, associated to hard substrates, such as old tree trunks lying on the mud, hermit crab shells, or Rhizophora root systems (salinity 25.7-27.8‰ temperature 27-28ºC). [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, El Salvador, Estero Jaltepeque, Herradura (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer and accompanying map to be approximately lat. 13.3251º, long. -88.9304º). [details]
Type material The description of the species was based mainly on a specimen collected from the shell of a hermit crab, collected in an intertidal mangrove mudflat at Herradura, Estero Jaltepeque, El Salvador (Station 8 of Hartmann-Schröder, 1959). [details]
