The type material, one single specimen, was stated as having been collected at 'greater depths' (aus grösserer ... [details]
New diagnosis by San Martín et al. (2009: 1470): "Body small, fragile, of meiofaunal size. Segments not fused. ... [details]
Lesser Antilles, Barbados, Six Men's Bay. Known only from the type locality. [details]
Atlantic coasts of North and South America, from North Carolina to Venezuela; Brazil (São Paulo State). [details]
The name of the genus derives from the Greek basidios meaning 'club', and Syllis, in reference to the club-shaped ... [details]
The species is dedicated to Dr. María Victoria Díaz Castañeda, Mexican polychaetologist, who provided the single ... [details]
The name of the genus is a compound referring to the short dorsal cirri of members of the genus, combined with ... [details]
The species is dedicated to Dr. David Russell, who allowed the authors to describe the species as new. [details]
The genus is named in honour of Dr. Thomas H. Perkins, for his important contribution to the knowledge of the ... [details]
Rathke (1843: 182, footnote) explains the derivation of Scalibregma as follows (translated): "The name is composed ... [details]
The name of the genus is derived from the Greek words Syn, fused, and Mero, parts, in reference to the fusing of ... [details]
The genus is named in honour of Dr. Wilfried Westheide, author of important contributions to the knowledge of the ... [details]
Feminine. The authors do not state the gender but it is feminine following the feminine gender of 'Syllis' which is ... [details]
Feminine, following the second part of the compound name, which is a major genus in Syllidae. Syllis is a Greek ... [details]
In the coral Montastrea annularis (Ellis and Solander, 1786), at shallow depth. [details]
Habitat of type material from Madeira Island not known. Otherwise, the species occurs interstitially in coarse and ... [details]
In Thalassia testidinum Banks ex Königbeds, and in coarse to fine or very fine sand, and silty sand. [details]
The species was only tentatively considered to belong to the genus Paraehlersia by San Martín et al. (2009). [details]
West coast of Barbados, Six Men's Bay (geocoordinates not provided, but estimated with gazetteer to be ... [details]
Venezuela, Morrocoy National Park (geocoordinates not provided but estimated with gazetteer to be approximately ... [details]