WoRMS name details
Sphaerosyllis kerguelensis McIntosh, 1885
334823 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:334823)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 206-207, pl. XXIX fig. 5, pl. XXXIII fig. 10, pl. XVA fig. 22 [details]
page(s): 206-207, pl. XXIX fig. 5, pl. XXXIII fig. 10, pl. XVA fig. 22 [details]
Holotype NHMUK 1885.12.1.155, geounit Kerguelen Islands
, Note Kerguelen Islands, off Clumberland Bay...
Holotype NHMUK 1885.12.1.155, geounit Kerguelen Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Kerguelen Islands, off Clumberland Bay (48º45'S, 69º14'E). [details]
Depth range 232 m.
Distribution Kerguelen Islands.
Etymology The specific epithet kerguelensis refers to the type locality of the species, Kerguelen Islands.
Depth range 232 m. [details]
Distribution Kerguelen Islands.
Distribution Kerguelen Islands. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet kerguelensis refers to the type locality of the species, Kerguelen Islands.
Etymology The specific epithet kerguelensis refers to the type locality of the species, Kerguelen Islands. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sphaerosyllis kerguelensis McIntosh, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=334823 on 2025-12-19
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Nomenclature
original description
McIntosh, W.C. [M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426
page(s): 206-207, pl. XXIX fig. 5, pl. XXXIII fig. 10, pl. XVA fig. 22 [details]
basis of record Hartman, O. 1964. Polychaeta Errantia of Antarctica. Antarctic Research Series, 3: 1-131., available online at https://doi.org/10.1029/AR003 [details] Available for editors
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new combination reference San Martín, Guillermo; Rozbaczylo, Nicolás; Díaz-Díaz, Oscar. (2017). Guía y claves para el reconocimiento de las subfamilias, géneros y especies de Syllidae registradas a lo largo de la costa de Chile, Archipiélago Juan Fernández e Isla de Pascua (Annelida: Phyllodocida: Syllidae). [Guide and keys for the identification of the subfamilies, genera and species of Syllidae registered along the Chilean coast, the Juan Fernández Archipelago and Easter Island (Annelida: Phyllodocida: Syllidae)]. <em>Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia (Chile).</em> 45(2): 7-50 [44pp]., available online at https://www.analesdelinstitutodelapatagonia.cl/index.php/analespatagonia/article/view/756
page(s): 31; note: the authors expressed doubts concerning the proposed new combination; type material was not revised, the new combination was based only on the original description [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 206-207, pl. XXIX fig. 5, pl. XXXIII fig. 10, pl. XVA fig. 22 [details]
basis of record Hartman, O. 1964. Polychaeta Errantia of Antarctica. Antarctic Research Series, 3: 1-131., available online at https://doi.org/10.1029/AR003 [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference San Martín, Guillermo; Rozbaczylo, Nicolás; Díaz-Díaz, Oscar. (2017). Guía y claves para el reconocimiento de las subfamilias, géneros y especies de Syllidae registradas a lo largo de la costa de Chile, Archipiélago Juan Fernández e Isla de Pascua (Annelida: Phyllodocida: Syllidae). [Guide and keys for the identification of the subfamilies, genera and species of Syllidae registered along the Chilean coast, the Juan Fernández Archipelago and Easter Island (Annelida: Phyllodocida: Syllidae)]. <em>Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia (Chile).</em> 45(2): 7-50 [44pp]., available online at https://www.analesdelinstitutodelapatagonia.cl/index.php/analespatagonia/article/view/756
page(s): 31; note: the authors expressed doubts concerning the proposed new combination; type material was not revised, the new combination was based only on the original description [details] Available for editors
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Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NHMUK 1885.12.1.155, geounit Kerguelen Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 232 m. [details]Distribution Kerguelen Islands. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet kerguelensis refers to the type locality of the species, Kerguelen Islands. [details]
Habitat Volcanic mud. [details]
New combination San Martín et al. (2017: 31) expressed doubts concerning the proposed new combination, expressed as Prosphaerosyllis (?) kerguelensis. The type material was not revised, and the new combination was based only on the original description, stated to be 'very incomplete'. [details]
Type locality Kerguelen Islands, off Clumberland Bay (48º45'S, 69º14'E). [details]
