WoRMS taxon details
Typosyllis maculata Imajima, 1966
332298 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332298)
accepted
Species
Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879 accepted as Syllis Lamarck, 1818
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Imajima, Minoru. (1966). The Syllidae (Polychaetous Annelids) from Japan. V. Syllinae (2). <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 14(4): 253-294., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2433/175446
page(s): 277-279, fig. 59a-m [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 277-279, fig. 59a-m [details] Available for editors
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Holotype , geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Pacific Ocean, Japan. The species was...
Holotype, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Japan. The species was described with base on specimens from two different localities, Seto and Noto-ogi, both on Honshu. However the original description does not refer which of them is the type locality. [details]
Depth range Intertidal.
Distribution Southern Japan.
Etymology The specific epithet maculata, "spotted", makes reference to the pigmentation of antennae, tentacular cirri and dorsal...
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution Southern Japan.
Distribution Southern Japan. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet maculata, "spotted", makes reference to the pigmentation of antennae, tentacular cirri and dorsal...
Etymology The specific epithet maculata, "spotted", makes reference to the pigmentation of antennae, tentacular cirri and dorsal cirri, which have every third or fourth annulus black on the ventral side, while the dorsal side is not pigmented. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Typosyllis maculata Imajima, 1966. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332298 on 2025-08-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Imajima, Minoru. (1966). The Syllidae (Polychaetous Annelids) from Japan. V. Syllinae (2). <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 14(4): 253-294., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2433/175446
page(s): 277-279, fig. 59a-m [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 277-279, fig. 59a-m [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Licher, Frank 2000 (1999), Revision der Gattung Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879 (Polychaeta: Syllidae). Morphologie, Taxonomie und Phylogenie. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 551:1-336 [details]
Other
Holotype, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal. [details]Distribution Southern Japan. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet maculata, "spotted", makes reference to the pigmentation of antennae, tentacular cirri and dorsal cirri, which have every third or fourth annulus black on the ventral side, while the dorsal side is not pigmented. [details]
Habitat Intertidal zone. [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Japan. The species was described with base on specimens from two different localities, Seto and Noto-ogi, both on Honshu. However the original description does not refer which of them is the type locality. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | クロフシリス | [details] |
