WoRMS taxon details
original description
Martínez, María José; San Martín, Guillermo. (2020). Syllidae (Annelida) from East Timor and the Philippines (Pacific Ocean), with the description of three new species of <em>Syllis</em> Savigny <em>in</em> Lamarck, 1818. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4834(2): 231-263., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4834.2.5 page(s): 239-242, figs. 3-4 [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype AM W.45801, geounit East Timor [details]
Paratype AM W.53023, geounit East Timor [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 5-21 m. [details]
Distribution Southwestern Pacific Ocean: East Timor (Strait of Wetar, Banda Sea). [details]
Etymology "The specific name refers to the shape of its dorsal cirri (cambuk is an Indonesian word for “whip”). East Timor is one of the two independent states that constitute the island of Timor, where Indonesian, among other languages, is spoken. Therefore, it seemed appropriate that the etymology of this new species described had a meaning in Indonesian" (Martínez & San Martín, 2020: 242). [details]
Habitat Dead coral rubble, 5-21 m depth. [details]
Type locality Secret Garden reef, east of Metinaro, East Timor, Strait of Wetar, Banda Sea, Southwestern Pacific Ocean (-8.4875°, 125.8314°). [details]
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