WoRMS name details
Spermosyllis Claparède, 1864
129676 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129676)
unaccepted
Genus
- Species Spermosyllis capensis Day, 1953
- Species Spermosyllis confusa Hartmann-Schröder, 1960
- Species Spermosyllis torulosa Claparède, 1864 accepted as Exogone (Exogone) torulosa (Claparède, 1864) (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Claparède, Édouard. (1864). Glanures zootomiques parmi les annélides de Port-Vendres (Pyrénées Orientales). <em>Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève.</em> 17(2): 463-600, plates I-VIII., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.1972
page(s): 552 [details]
page(s): 552 [details]
Etymology Not stated. The generic name Spermosyllis seems to refer to the small size of the median antenna (the single one present),...
Etymology Not stated. The generic name Spermosyllis seems to refer to the small size of the median antenna (the single one present), being reduced to the dimensions of a granule: "L'antenne impaire, seule présente, est elle-même réduite à un simple granule qui a donné lieu au nom du genre" (Claparède, 1864: 553). From the Latin sperm, meaning 'seed' or 'germ', and Syllis, the type genus of the family. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Spermosyllis Claparède, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129676 on 2024-04-23
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Claparède, Édouard. (1864). Glanures zootomiques parmi les annélides de Port-Vendres (Pyrénées Orientales). <em>Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève.</em> 17(2): 463-600, plates I-VIII., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.1972
page(s): 552 [details]
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 647 [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
source of synonymy San Martín, G. (2003). Annelida, Polychaeta II: Syllidae. <em>In: Ramos MA et al. (eds) Fauna Iberica, Vol 21, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. CSIC, Madrid.</em> p 1-554. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 538 [details]
page(s): 552 [details]
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 647 [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
source of synonymy San Martín, G. (2003). Annelida, Polychaeta II: Syllidae. <em>In: Ramos MA et al. (eds) Fauna Iberica, Vol 21, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. CSIC, Madrid.</em> p 1-554. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 538 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Claparède (1864: 552): ''Syllidés à lobes frontaux très-saillants, soudés ensemble, séparés l'un de l'autre par un sillon médian. Pharynx rectiligne, armé d'une seule aiguille. Une seule antenne, impaire, réduite à l'état d'une simple protubérance en forme de granule. Une paire de cirres tentaculaires. A chaque segment une paire de cirres dorsaux rudimentaires. Pas de cirres ventraux. Vraisemblablement pas de génération alternante.''[details]
Etymology Not stated. The generic name Spermosyllis seems to refer to the small size of the median antenna (the single one present), being reduced to the dimensions of a granule: "L'antenne impaire, seule présente, est elle-même réduite à un simple granule qui a donné lieu au nom du genre" (Claparède, 1864: 553). From the Latin sperm, meaning 'seed' or 'germ', and Syllis, the type genus of the family. [details]
