WoRMS taxon details
Eusyllis maxima (Monro, 1930)
817988 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:817988)
accepted
Species
Pionosyllis anops Hartman, 1953 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Pionosyllis epipharynx Hartman, 1953 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Pionosyllis maxima Monro, 1930 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine
recent only
(of Pionosyllis maxima Monro, 1930) Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1930). Polychaete worms. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 2: 1-222., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15904801
page(s): 92, fig. 29 [details]
page(s): 92, fig. 29 [details]
Type locality contained in South Georgian part of the Southern Ocean
, Note East of Jason Light, South Georgia.
type locality contained in South Georgian part of the Southern Ocean [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality East of Jason Light, South Georgia. [details]
Depth range Intertidal to 900 m.
Distribution South Georgia: East of Jason Light, May Bay, Cumberland Bay, and nearby localities; Antarctic; Southern Argentina.
Depth range Intertidal to 900 m. [details]
Distribution South Georgia: East of Jason Light, May Bay, Cumberland Bay, and nearby localities; Antarctic; Southern Argentina.
Distribution South Georgia: East of Jason Light, May Bay, Cumberland Bay, and nearby localities; Antarctic; Southern Argentina. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Eusyllis maxima (Monro, 1930). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=817988 on 2025-05-23
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pionosyllis anops Hartman, 1953) Hartman, Olga. (1953). Non-pelagic Polychaeta of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901‒1903. <em>Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901‒1903 under the direction of Dr. Otto Nordenskjöld.</em> 4(11): 1-83., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62372341
page(s): 24, fig. 6a-c [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Pionosyllis epipharynx Hartman, 1953) Hartman, Olga. (1953). Non-pelagic Polychaeta of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901‒1903. <em>Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901‒1903 under the direction of Dr. Otto Nordenskjöld.</em> 4(11): 1-83., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62372341
page(s): 23-24, figs. 3a-c, 4a-d [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Pionosyllis maxima Monro, 1930) Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1930). Polychaete worms. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 2: 1-222., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15904801
page(s): 92, fig. 29 [details]
new combination reference Jiménez, M.; San Martín, G. ; López, E. (1995). <i>Pionosyllis maxima</i> Monro, 1930, <i>P. anops</i> Hartman, 1953, and <i>P. epipharynx</i> Hartman, 1953, redescribed as <i>Eusyllis maxima</i> (Monro, 1930), a new combination (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Eusyllinae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 108(3): 496-501., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/44851
page(s): 496-500, figs. 1-2 [details]
page(s): 24, fig. 6a-c [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Pionosyllis epipharynx Hartman, 1953) Hartman, Olga. (1953). Non-pelagic Polychaeta of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901‒1903. <em>Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901‒1903 under the direction of Dr. Otto Nordenskjöld.</em> 4(11): 1-83., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62372341
page(s): 23-24, figs. 3a-c, 4a-d [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Pionosyllis maxima Monro, 1930) Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1930). Polychaete worms. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 2: 1-222., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15904801
page(s): 92, fig. 29 [details]
new combination reference Jiménez, M.; San Martín, G. ; López, E. (1995). <i>Pionosyllis maxima</i> Monro, 1930, <i>P. anops</i> Hartman, 1953, and <i>P. epipharynx</i> Hartman, 1953, redescribed as <i>Eusyllis maxima</i> (Monro, 1930), a new combination (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Eusyllinae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 108(3): 496-501., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/44851
page(s): 496-500, figs. 1-2 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Pionosyllis anops Hartman, 1953) SMNH 607, geounit South Georgia [details]
Syntype (of Pionosyllis epipharynx Hartman, 1953) SMNH 611, geounit South Georgia [details]
Syntype (of Pionosyllis epipharynx Hartman, 1953) SMNH 622, geounit South Georgia [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal to 900 m. [details]Distribution South Georgia: East of Jason Light, May Bay, Cumberland Bay, and nearby localities; Antarctic; Southern Argentina. [details]
Habitat Intertidal amongst algae to 900 m depth in grey mud. [details]
Type locality East of Jason Light, South Georgia. [details]
