Polychaeta taxon details
original description
(of Sphaerosyllis semiverrucosa Ehlers, 1913) Ehlers, E. 1913. Die Polychaeten-Sammlungen der deutschen Südpolar- Expedition, 1901-1903. <i>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903 im Auftrage des Reichsamtes des innern herausgegeben von Erich von Drygalski Leiter Expedition</i>, 13(4): 397-598, plates XXVI-XLVI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2139283 page(s): 483, plate 32, figure 5-9; note: shoreline Simonstown, False Bay, South Africa [details]
additional source
San Martín, Guillermo; Lucas, Yolanda; Westheide, Wilfried. (2021). The hidden worms on the beach: interstitial Syllidae (Annelida) from the Indo-Pacific. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 134(1): 149-195., available online at https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324x-134.1.149 page(s): 157, figures 6D–F, 10A, B; note: Record and brief description for Tulear Reef, Madagascar [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference
Verdes, Aida; Aguado, M. Teresa; San Martín, Guillermo. (2013). Re-description of some poorly known species of the family Syllidae (Annelida). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 93(08): 2109-2122., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315413000660 page(s): 2114; note: Holotype description & recombined from Sphaerosyllis [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Verde et al (2013) appear to have examined only the original 4 specimens from Simonstown, South Africa. There were then no new records, and apparently no other records other than the type series from Simonstown, although the authors make no comment on this, or on the geographic distribution. They explain why they were examining this species with this general comment: "there are still many syllid species originally described from a limited number of specimens collected decades ago, with incomplete diagnoses and iconography. Additionally, some of them have been incorrectly classified and assigned to an inappropriate taxonomic level mainly due to past technological constraints." More recently San Martin, Lucas, Westheide (2021: 167, photo figs) place specimens from Tulear Reef, Madagascar, collected in 2002 as Prosphaerosyllis semiverrucosa. They state it is a very distinctive species, but the text (and figures) are not clear on why that statement is made. [details]
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