WoRMS taxon details
Syllides convolutus Webster & Benedict, 1884
131406 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131406)
accepted
Species
Syllides convoluta Webster & Benedict, 1884 · unaccepted (incorrect gender agreement of...)
incorrect gender agreement of specific epithet; corrected to convolutus
Syllides convulota Webster & Benedict, 1884 · unaccepted (Lapsus calami)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Syllides convoluta Webster & Benedict, 1884) Webster, H. E.: Benedict, J. E. (1884). The Annelida Chaetopoda from Provincetown and Wellfleet, Massachusetts. <em>Annual Report of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Washington.</em> 1881: 699-747., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11203280
page(s): 709-711, plate II figs. 12-16 [details]
page(s): 709-711, plate II figs. 12-16 [details]
Type locality contained in Massachusetts
type locality contained in Massachusetts [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution amphi-Atlantic
Distribution amphi-Atlantic [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Syllides convolutus Webster & Benedict, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131406 on 2026-03-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Syllides convoluta Webster & Benedict, 1884) Webster, H. E.: Benedict, J. E. (1884). The Annelida Chaetopoda from Provincetown and Wellfleet, Massachusetts. <em>Annual Report of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Washington.</em> 1881: 699-747., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11203280
page(s): 709-711, plate II figs. 12-16 [details]
page(s): 709-711, plate II figs. 12-16 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Maciolek, Nancy J. (2026). Anoplosyllinae Aguado & San Martín, 2009 (Annelida: Syllidae) from shelf and slope depths in the northwest Atlantic Ocean, primarily off New England, slope depths in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana, and shallow water in British Columbia in the Northeast Pacific. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5758(1): 1-78., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5758.1.1
page(s): 62, figures 26-27; note: description of new records from off Massachusetts [details] Available for editors
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redescription San Martín, G. (2003). Annelida, Polychaeta II: Syllidae. <em>In: Ramos MA et al. (eds) Fauna Iberica, Vol 21, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. CSIC, Madrid.</em> p 1-554. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 62, figures 26-27; note: description of new records from off Massachusetts [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription San Martín, G. (2003). Annelida, Polychaeta II: Syllidae. <em>In: Ramos MA et al. (eds) Fauna Iberica, Vol 21, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. CSIC, Madrid.</em> p 1-554. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS)
note: checklist listing [details]
additional source Musco, Luigi; Giangrande, Adriana. (2005). Mediterranean Syllidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) revisited: biogeography, diversity and species fidelity to environmental features. <em>Marine Ecology Progress Series.</em> 304: 143-153 + 4 pp. Supplementary appendix., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps304143 [details] Available for editors [request]
note: checklist listing [details]
additional source Musco, Luigi; Giangrande, Adriana. (2005). Mediterranean Syllidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) revisited: biogeography, diversity and species fidelity to environmental features. <em>Marine Ecology Progress Series.</em> 304: 143-153 + 4 pp. Supplementary appendix., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps304143 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Syllides convoluta Webster & Benedict, 1884) USNM 412, geounit Massachusetts [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Syllides convoluta Webster & Benedict, 1884)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Syllides convolutus)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Syllides convulota Webster & Benedict, 1884)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (11 records) (from synonym Syllides convoluta Webster & Benedict, 1884)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Syllides convoluta Webster & Benedict, 1884)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Syllides convolutus)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Syllides convulota Webster & Benedict, 1884)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (11 records) (from synonym Syllides convoluta Webster & Benedict, 1884)
