WoRMS name details
Synelmis ewingi Wolf, 1986
332437 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332437)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Wolf, Paul S. (1986). Three new species of Pilargidae (Annelida:Polychaeta) from the east coast of Florida, Puerto Rico and the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 99(3): 464-471., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34595935
page(s): 469-471, fig. 3 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 469-471, fig. 3 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype USNM 98769, geounit Florida
, Note Gulf of Mexico, USA, Florida, off Tampa Bay...
Holotype USNM 98769, geounit Florida [details]
Depth range 21-24 m.
Distribution East and west coast of Florida (Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico).
Etymology The species is named in honor of Mr. R. Michal Ewing, Old Dominion University, "a friend, colleague, and talented...
Depth range 21-24 m. [details]
Distribution East and west coast of Florida (Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico).
Distribution East and west coast of Florida (Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico). [details]
Etymology The species is named in honor of Mr. R. Michal Ewing, Old Dominion University, "a friend, colleague, and talented...
Etymology The species is named in honor of Mr. R. Michal Ewing, Old Dominion University, "a friend, colleague, and talented polychaetologist" (Wolf, 1986: 471). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Synelmis ewingi Wolf, 1986. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332437 on 2025-08-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Wolf, Paul S. (1986). Three new species of Pilargidae (Annelida:Polychaeta) from the east coast of Florida, Puerto Rico and the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 99(3): 464-471., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34595935
page(s): 469-471, fig. 3 [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference Licher, F.; Westheide, W. (1994). The phylogenetic position of the Pilargidae with a cladistic analysis of the taxon - facts and ideas. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Zoologie.</em> 162: 223-235.
page(s): 233 [details]
page(s): 469-471, fig. 3 [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference Licher, F.; Westheide, W. (1994). The phylogenetic position of the Pilargidae with a cladistic analysis of the taxon - facts and ideas. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Zoologie.</em> 162: 223-235.
page(s): 233 [details]
Other
additional source
Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 98769, geounit Florida [details]
Nontype Private, geounit Florida [details]
Nontype USNM 86988, geounit Florida [details]
Nontype USNM 86989, geounit Florida [details]
Paratype USNM 98770, geounit Florida [details]
Paratype USNM 98771, geounit Florida [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 21-24 m. [details]Distribution East and west coast of Florida (Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico). [details]
Etymology The species is named in honor of Mr. R. Michal Ewing, Old Dominion University, "a friend, colleague, and talented polychaetologist" (Wolf, 1986: 471). [details]
Habitat Sand and medium fine sand, at subtidal depths. [details]
Type locality Gulf of Mexico, USA, Florida, off Tampa Bay (27º25.36'N, 83º03.12'W), sand, at 22 m. [details]
Type material Holotype (USNM 98769) and paratypes (USNM 98770, USNM 98771) deposited at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USA). [details]
