WoRMS name details
Sphaerosyllis centroamericana Hartmann-Schröder, 1959
338824 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338824)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
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): 127-129, figs. 79-82; note: original spelling as 'centro-americana' [details]
page(s): 127-129, figs. 79-82; note: original spelling as 'centro-americana' [details]
Holotype ZMH, geounit El Salvador
, Type locality contained in El Salvador Exclusive Economic Zone , Note Pacific Ocean, El Salvador, Estero Jaltepeque,...
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 Jaltepeque, Herradura (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer and accompanying map to be approximately lat. 13.3251º, long. -88.9304º). [details]
Depth range Intertidal.
Distribution East Pacific Ocean: El Salvador (Estero Jaltepeque, Herradura).
Etymology The specific epithet centroamericana refers to the type locality of the species, El Salvador, in Central America.
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution East Pacific Ocean: El Salvador (Estero Jaltepeque, Herradura).
Distribution East Pacific Ocean: El Salvador (Estero Jaltepeque, Herradura). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet centroamericana refers to the type locality of the species, El Salvador, in Central America.
Etymology The specific epithet centroamericana refers to the type locality of the species, El Salvador, in Central America. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sphaerosyllis centroamericana Hartmann-Schröder, 1959. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338824 on 2025-08-23
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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): 127-129, figs. 79-82; note: original spelling as 'centro-americana' [details]
new combination reference San Martín, Guillermo. (2005). Exogoninae (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from Australia with the description of a new genus and twenty-two new species. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 57(1): 39-152., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1438
page(s): 78-79, fig. 33A-D [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 127-129, figs. 79-82; note: original spelling as 'centro-americana' [details]
new combination reference San Martín, Guillermo. (2005). Exogoninae (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from Australia with the description of a new genus and twenty-two new species. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 57(1): 39-152., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1438
page(s): 78-79, fig. 33A-D [details] Available for editors
[request]
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 Intertidal. [details]Distribution East Pacific Ocean: El Salvador (Estero Jaltepeque, Herradura). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet centroamericana refers to the type locality of the species, El Salvador, in Central America. [details]
Habitat Associated with an old tree trunk lying on the mud in an intertidal mangrove mudflat (salinity 25-28‰; temperature 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]
