Polychaeta name details
Sphaerosyllis magnoculata Hartmann-Schröder, 1986
332014 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332014)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1986). Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Südküste Australiens (zwischen Wallaroo im Westen und Port MacDonnell im Osten). IN: Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa; Hartmann, Gerd. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. Teil 12. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 83: 31-70.
page(s): 45, figs. 29-31 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 45, figs. 29-31 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype ZMH P-18627, geounit Australia
, Type locality contained in South Australia (state) , Note Australia, South Australia, Wallaroo, Point...
Holotype ZMH P-18627, geounit Australia [details]
type locality contained in South Australia (state) [details]
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Type locality Australia, South Australia, Wallaroo, Point Riley (not 'Port Riley'), north Wallaroo Bay (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -33.8786º long. 137.5994º). [details]
Depth range Eulittoral.
Distribution Australia: South Australia (Wallaroo: Point Riley).
Etymology The specific epithet magnoculata is formed by the Latin words magno, inflection of magnus and meaning 'large' or 'great',...
Depth range Eulittoral. [details]
Distribution Australia: South Australia (Wallaroo: Point Riley).
Distribution Australia: South Australia (Wallaroo: Point Riley). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet magnoculata is formed by the Latin words magno, inflection of magnus and meaning 'large' or 'great',...
Etymology The specific epithet magnoculata is formed by the Latin words magno, inflection of magnus and meaning 'large' or 'great', and oculata, feminine of oculato and meaning 'having eyes', and refers to the presence of 4 very big eyes, one pair on each side of the prostomium. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Sphaerosyllis magnoculata Hartmann-Schröder, 1986. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332014 on 2025-05-31
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Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1986). Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Südküste Australiens (zwischen Wallaroo im Westen und Port MacDonnell im Osten). IN: Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa; Hartmann, Gerd. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. Teil 12. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 83: 31-70.
page(s): 45, figs. 29-31 [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference San Martín, Guillermo. (2005). Exogoninae (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from Australia with the description of a new genus and twenty-two new species. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 57(1): 39-152., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1438
page(s): 69-70, figs. 24A-G, 25A-C [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 45, figs. 29-31 [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference San Martín, Guillermo. (2005). Exogoninae (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from Australia with the description of a new genus and twenty-two new species. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 57(1): 39-152., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1438
page(s): 69-70, figs. 24A-G, 25A-C [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype ZMH P-18627, geounit Australia [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Eulittoral. [details]Distribution Australia: South Australia (Wallaroo: Point Riley). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet magnoculata is formed by the Latin words magno, inflection of magnus and meaning 'large' or 'great', and oculata, feminine of oculato and meaning 'having eyes', and refers to the presence of 4 very big eyes, one pair on each side of the prostomium. [details]
Habitat Amongst algae on blocks, in shallow water. [details]
Type locality Australia, South Australia, Wallaroo, Point Riley (not 'Port Riley'), north Wallaroo Bay (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -33.8786º long. 137.5994º). [details]
