WoRMS name details
Syllis (Ehlersia) hyperioni Dorsey & Phillips, 1987
334890 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:334890)
unaccepted (superseded original representation; subgeneric rank abandoned)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Dorsey, John H. and Phillips, Charles A. 1987. A new species of Syllis (Ehlersia) (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from southern California, and description of the epitoke and atoke variation in S. (Ehlersia) heterochaeta Moore, 1909. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington 7: 152-161.
page(s): 156-159, figs. 2-3, table 2 [details]
page(s): 156-159, figs. 2-3, table 2 [details]
Holotype AHF Poly 1436, geounit Southern California Bight
, Note Pacific Ocean, Southern California (USA),...
Holotype AHF Poly 1436, geounit Southern California Bight [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Southern California (USA), Santa Monica Bay (33º52'27"N, 118º34'12"W). [details]
Depth range 21-116 m.
Distribution Southern California Bight, along shelf depths in fine sediments.
Etymology The species is named for the Hyperion Sewage Treatment Plant, City of Los Angeles, for the support and encouragement of...
Depth range 21-116 m. [details]
Distribution Southern California Bight, along shelf depths in fine sediments.
Distribution Southern California Bight, along shelf depths in fine sediments. [details]
Etymology The species is named for the Hyperion Sewage Treatment Plant, City of Los Angeles, for the support and encouragement of...
Etymology The species is named for the Hyperion Sewage Treatment Plant, City of Los Angeles, for the support and encouragement of their managing staff, especially Mr. Frank Wada and Dr. Sam Cheng, to the ecological and taxonomic research related to monitoring studies in Santa Monica Bay. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Syllis (Ehlersia) hyperioni Dorsey & Phillips, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=334890 on 2025-05-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Dorsey, John H. and Phillips, Charles A. 1987. A new species of Syllis (Ehlersia) (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from southern California, and description of the epitoke and atoke variation in S. (Ehlersia) heterochaeta Moore, 1909. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington 7: 152-161.
page(s): 156-159, figs. 2-3, table 2 [details]
page(s): 156-159, figs. 2-3, table 2 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Licher, Frank 2000 (1999), Revision der Gattung Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879 (Polychaeta: Syllidae). Morphologie, Taxonomie und Phylogenie. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 551:1-336 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AHF Poly 1436, geounit Southern California Bight [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 21-116 m. [details]Distribution Southern California Bight, along shelf depths in fine sediments. [details]
Etymology The species is named for the Hyperion Sewage Treatment Plant, City of Los Angeles, for the support and encouragement of their managing staff, especially Mr. Frank Wada and Dr. Sam Cheng, to the ecological and taxonomic research related to monitoring studies in Santa Monica Bay. [details]
Habitat Fine sediments (sandy silt, silty sand, sandy mud) at shelf depths. [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Southern California (USA), Santa Monica Bay (33º52'27"N, 118º34'12"W). [details]
