WoRMS taxon details
Odontosyllis gibba Claparède, 1863
131328 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131328)
accepted
Species
Odontosyllis brevicornis (Grube, 1863) · unaccepted (superseded recombination of...)
superseded recombination of subjective synonym
Odontosyllis brevirornis [database misspelling] · unaccepted (lapsus calami; database artifact,...)
lapsus calami; database artifact, unpublished misspelling of recombined subjective synonym
Odontosyllis brevirornisi [auct. misspelling] · unaccepted (misspelling for 'brevicornis' in...)
misspelling for 'brevicornis' in recombined subjective synonym
Syllis brevicornis Grube, 1863 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Odontosyllis gibba robertianae McIntosh, 1908
- Subspecies Odontosyllis gibba gravieri Fauvel, 1951 accepted as Odontosyllis gravieri Fauvel, 1951 (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Claparède, A. R. É. (1863). Beobachtungen über Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte wirbelloser Thiere: an der Küste von Normandie angestellt. [Observations on the anatomy and evolution of invertebrates: made on the coast of Normandy.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 1-120, 18 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10030 [details] 
Type locality contained in Normandy , Note Atlantic Ocean, Normandie, France
type locality contained in Normandy [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Normandie, France [details]
Distribution Indo-Atlantic-Mediterranean
Distribution Indo-Atlantic-Mediterranean [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Odontosyllis gibba Claparède, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131328 on 2026-05-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Claparède, A. R. É. (1863). Beobachtungen über Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte wirbelloser Thiere: an der Küste von Normandie angestellt. [Observations on the anatomy and evolution of invertebrates: made on the coast of Normandy.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 1-120, 18 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10030 [details]
original description (of Syllis brevicornis Grube, 1863) Grube, A.E. (1863). Beschreibung neuer oder wenig bekannter Anneliden. Sechster Beitrag. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 29: 37-69, and plates 4-6., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7071934
page(s): 44-45, plate IV fig. 7 [details]
original description (of Syllis brevicornis Grube, 1863) Grube, A.E. (1863). Beschreibung neuer oder wenig bekannter Anneliden. Sechster Beitrag. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin.</em> 29: 37-69, and plates 4-6., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7071934
page(s): 44-45, plate IV fig. 7 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
McIntosh, W. C. (1908). A monograph of British Annelids. <em>Ray Society of London, II. Part I. Polychaeta. Nephthydidae to Syllidae.</em> 2: 1-232., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/monographBritis2McInA
page(s): 183; note: extensive description and notes [details]
redescription 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) [details]
page(s): 183; note: extensive description and notes [details]
redescription 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) [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]
additional source Cognetti Giuseppe. (1957). I Sillidi del golfo di Napoli. <em>Publicazzioni della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli.</em> 30: 1-100. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Southern, R. (1914). Clare Island Survey. Archiannelida and Polychaeta. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy.</em> 31(47): 1-160., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34773787
page(s): 32-33 [details]
additional source Çinar, M. E.; Ergen, Z. (2003). Eusyllinae and Syllinae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from northen Cyprus (Eastern Mediterranean Sea) with a checklist of species reported from the Levant Sea. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 72(3): 769-793. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Dewarumez, Jean-Marie (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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 Musco, Luigi; Giangrande, Adriana. (2005). Mediterranean Syllidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) revisited: biogeography, diversity and species fidelity to environmental features. <em>Marine Ecology Progress Series.</em> 304: 143-153 + 4 pp. Supplementary appendix., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps304143 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Langerhans, Paul. (1879). Die Wurmfauna von Madeira [part I]. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 32(4): 513-592, plates XXXI-XXXIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45240737 [details]
additional source Cognetti Giuseppe. (1957). I Sillidi del golfo di Napoli. <em>Publicazzioni della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli.</em> 30: 1-100. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Southern, R. (1914). Clare Island Survey. Archiannelida and Polychaeta. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy.</em> 31(47): 1-160., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34773787
page(s): 32-33 [details]
additional source Çinar, M. E.; Ergen, Z. (2003). Eusyllinae and Syllinae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from northen Cyprus (Eastern Mediterranean Sea) with a checklist of species reported from the Levant Sea. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 72(3): 769-793. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Dewarumez, Jean-Marie (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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 Musco, Luigi; Giangrande, Adriana. (2005). Mediterranean Syllidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) revisited: biogeography, diversity and species fidelity to environmental features. <em>Marine Ecology Progress Series.</em> 304: 143-153 + 4 pp. Supplementary appendix., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps304143 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Langerhans, Paul. (1879). Die Wurmfauna von Madeira [part I]. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 32(4): 513-592, plates XXXI-XXXIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45240737 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Authority de Claparède, 1863 [details]Bioclimatic category eurythermic [details]
Distribution Indo-Atlantic-Mediterranean [details]
Specimen types not retained [details]
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Normandie, France [details]
To Barcode of Life (24 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Odontosyllis gibba)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Syllis brevicornis Grube, 1863)
To PESI (from synonym Odontosyllis brevirornis [database misspelling])
To PESI (from synonym Odontosyllis brevirornisi [auct. misspelling])
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (2 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Odontosyllis gibba)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Syllis brevicornis Grube, 1863)
To PESI (from synonym Odontosyllis brevirornis [database misspelling])
To PESI (from synonym Odontosyllis brevirornisi [auct. misspelling])
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (2 records)
To ITIS
