Deep-Sea taxon details
original description
Webster, H. E.: Benedict, J. E. (1884). The Annelida Chaetopoda from Provincetown and Wellfleet, Massachusetts. <em>Annual Report of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Washington.</em> 1881: 699-747., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11203280 page(s): 714-715, pl. III figs. 24-30 [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
source of synonymy
Pettibone, Marian H. (1963). Marine polychaete worms of the New England region. I. Aphroditidae through Trochochaetidae. <i>Bulletin of the United States National Museum</i>. 227(1): 1-356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7870746 [details]
redescription
Riser, Nathan W. (1982). Observations on some poorly known syllid polychaetes from the Gulf of Maine. <em>Canadian Journal of Zoology.</em> 60(2): 105-111., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z82-013 page(s): 108-111, figs. 3-6 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype USNM 420, geounit Massachusetts [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal-64 m. [details]
Distribution Atlantic coast of North America. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet brevifrons refers to the short frontal region (palpi and prostomium) of the species. [details]
Habitat Sandy sediments, coarse sand to gravel, and shelly sand. [details]
Taxonomy Current taxon probably belonging to genus Erinaceusyllis. [details]
Taxonomy Sphaerosyllis brevifrons was synonymized with S. erinaceus (now in the genus Erinaceusyllis) by Pettibone (1963), but was posteriorly considered to be valid by Riser (1982). [details]
Type locality Northwest Atlantic Ocean, USA, Massachusetts, Cape Cod Bay, Provincetown (geocoordinates not provided, but estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 42.0463°, long. -70.1879°). [details]
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