WoRMS taxon details
original description
Knox, G. A. (1957). <i>Clavisyllis alternata</i> gen. et sp. nov., a new polychaete from New Zealand. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Series 12, 10(115): 493-496., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222935708655989 page(s): 493 [details]
taxonomy source
Cejp, Benjamin; Jimi, Naoto; Aguado, M. Teresa. (2023). Another piece for the syllid puzzle: A new species from Japan and its mitochondrial genome reveal the enigmatic <em>Clavisyllis </em>(Phyllodocida: Syllidae) as a member of Eusyllinae. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5244(4): 341-360., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5244.4.2 [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription
Aguado, M.T.; San Martín, G. (2008). Re-description of some enigmatic genera of Syllidae (Phyllodocida: Polychaeta). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 88(01): 35-56., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S002531540800026X page(s): 43 [details]
redescription
Watson, C. (2009). A new species of <i>Clavisyllis</i> Knox, 1957 (Polychaeta: Syllidae): a genus with the unusual distribution of New Zealand and the Great Barrier Reef, Northern Queensland, Australia. <em>The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory.</em> 25, 79-85., available online at http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=945046650393005;res=IELHSS page(s): 79-80 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Prostomium with four eyes, three antennae, and a pair of palps fused at the base. Two pairs of tentacular cirri. Two prominent nuchal epaulettes with a nuchal digitiform cirrus between their anterior ends. Rim of pharynx smooth with a single mid-dorsal tooth and a crown of soft papillae. Tantacular and dorsal cirri large, ovoid, inflated; ventral cirri ovoid. Chaetae compound heterogomph falcigers. [details]
Etymology Not clear, clavi is the plural of the Latin word clavus, meaning 'nail'or 'screw'. It could refer to the sinuous shaped nuchal epaulettes. Gender: feminine. [details]
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