WoRMS name details
Syllis uncinigera Grube, 1878
339748 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:339748)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Grube, Adolph-Eduard. (1878). Annulata Semperiana. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Annelidenfauna der Philippinen nach den von Herrn Prof. Semper mitgebrachten Sammlungen. <em>Mémoires l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.- Pétersbourg.</em> (série 7) 25(8): 1-300., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45379218
page(s): 113-114 [no figures] [details]
page(s): 113-114 [no figures] [details]
Holotype ZMB Verm. F. 1977, geounit Philippines
, Type locality contained in Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone , Note Philippine Islands, Bohol Island...
Holotype ZMB Verm. F. 1977, geounit Philippines [details]
type locality contained in Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Depth range Unknown.
Distribution Philippine Islands (Bohol Island).
Etymology The specific epithet uncinigera is a Latin composed word meaning 'carrying hooks' (uncinus meaning 'hook', and the Latin...
Taxonomy Current taxon moved to another genus. The species was synonymized with H. djiboutiensis Gravier, 1900 by Augener (1913:...
Depth range Unknown. [details]
Distribution Philippine Islands (Bohol Island).
Distribution Philippine Islands (Bohol Island). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet uncinigera is a Latin composed word meaning 'carrying hooks' (uncinus meaning 'hook', and the Latin...
Etymology The specific epithet uncinigera is a Latin composed word meaning 'carrying hooks' (uncinus meaning 'hook', and the Latin root ger- meaning 'to bear' or 'to carry'), and refers to the strong short bidentate chaetae of the species. [details]
Taxonomy Current taxon moved to another genus. The species was synonymized with H. djiboutiensis Gravier, 1900 by Augener (1913:...
Taxonomy Current taxon moved to another genus. The species was synonymized with H. djiboutiensis Gravier, 1900 by Augener (1913: 213). Lattig & Martin (2009) revised the type material and considered it to be a valid Haplosyllis species. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Syllis uncinigera Grube, 1878. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=339748 on 2025-09-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Grube, Adolph-Eduard. (1878). Annulata Semperiana. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Annelidenfauna der Philippinen nach den von Herrn Prof. Semper mitgebrachten Sammlungen. <em>Mémoires l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.- Pétersbourg.</em> (série 7) 25(8): 1-300., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45379218
page(s): 113-114 [no figures] [details]
new combination reference Lattig, Patricia; Martin, Daniel. (2009). A taxonomic revision of the genus <i>Haplosyllis</i> Langerhans, 1887 (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Syllinae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2220: 1-40., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2009/zt02220.html
page(s): 32-34, fig. 23A-J [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 113-114 [no figures] [details]
new combination reference Lattig, Patricia; Martin, Daniel. (2009). A taxonomic revision of the genus <i>Haplosyllis</i> Langerhans, 1887 (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Syllinae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2220: 1-40., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2009/zt02220.html
page(s): 32-34, fig. 23A-J [details] Available for editors

Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Augener, Hermann. (1913). Polychaeta I. Errantia. 65-304. IN: Michaelsen, W. and Hartmeyer, R. (Ed.). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. <em>Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Gustav Fischer, Jena.</em> 4(5): 65-304, plates II-III., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7160888 [details]





Holotype ZMB Verm. F. 1977, geounit Philippines [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Unknown. [details]Distribution Philippine Islands (Bohol Island). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet uncinigera is a Latin composed word meaning 'carrying hooks' (uncinus meaning 'hook', and the Latin root ger- meaning 'to bear' or 'to carry'), and refers to the strong short bidentate chaetae of the species. [details]
Habitat Unknown. [details]
Taxonomy Current taxon moved to another genus. The species was synonymized with H. djiboutiensis Gravier, 1900 by Augener (1913: 213). Lattig & Martin (2009) revised the type material and considered it to be a valid Haplosyllis species. [details]
Type locality Philippine Islands, Bohol Island (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 9.89, long. 124.25). [details]
Type material Holotype deposited at the ZMB (Verm. F. 1977). [details]