WoRMS taxon details
Parasphaerosyllis indica Monro, 1937
131343 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131343)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Monro, C.C.A. (1937). Polychaeta. <em>The John Murray Expedition 1933-1934 Scientific Reports.</em> 4(8): 243-321., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49518757
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Holotype NHMUK 1937.9.2.156, geounit Arabian Sea
, Note West Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, South Arabian...
Holotype NHMUK 1937.9.2.156, geounit Arabian Sea [details]
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Type locality West Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, South Arabian coast, coast of Oman, Stn. 53 (19º22'36''N; 57º53'00''E), 13.5 m [details]
Depth range Intertidal to 13.5 m.
Distribution Circum-tropical to temperate waters. West Indian Ocean: Arabian Sea (coast of Oman); Red Sea (Egypt, Gulf of Aqaba)....
Etymology The specific epithet indica refers to the type locality of the species, the Indian Ocean.
Depth range Intertidal to 13.5 m. [details]
Distribution Circum-tropical to temperate waters. West Indian Ocean: Arabian Sea (coast of Oman); Red Sea (Egypt, Gulf of Aqaba)....
Distribution Circum-tropical to temperate waters. West Indian Ocean: Arabian Sea (coast of Oman); Red Sea (Egypt, Gulf of Aqaba). Australia (New South Wales; Queensland; Western Australia). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet indica refers to the type locality of the species, the Indian Ocean.
Etymology The specific epithet indica refers to the type locality of the species, the Indian Ocean. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Parasphaerosyllis indica Monro, 1937. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131343 on 2025-01-15
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Monro, C.C.A. (1937). Polychaeta. <em>The John Murray Expedition 1933-1934 Scientific Reports.</em> 4(8): 243-321., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49518757
page(s): 273-275, text-fig. 8 [details] Available for editors [request]
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 Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Ben-Eliahu, M. Nechama. (1977). Polychaete cryptofauna from rims of similar intertidal vermetid reefs on the Mediterranean coast of Israel and in the Gulf of Elat: Syllinae and Eusyllinae (Polychaeta Errantia: Syllidae). Israel Journal of Zoology. 26: 1-58., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00212210.1977.10688440#.VE_LcjTF_Ss
page(s): 47 [details]
additional source Núñez, Jorge; San Martín, Guillermo; Brito, María del Carmen. (1992). Syllinae (Polychaeta, Syllidae) de las Islas Canarias. <em>Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias.</em> 4(3-4): 109-129., available online at https://mdc.ulpgc.es/cdm/ref/collection/racc/id/153 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Aguado, María Teresa; Murray, Anna; Hutchings, Patricia A. (2015). Syllidae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 35-60., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.5
page(s): 49, fig. 5F [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 273-275, text-fig. 8 [details] Available for editors
[request]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 Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Ben-Eliahu, M. Nechama. (1977). Polychaete cryptofauna from rims of similar intertidal vermetid reefs on the Mediterranean coast of Israel and in the Gulf of Elat: Syllinae and Eusyllinae (Polychaeta Errantia: Syllidae). Israel Journal of Zoology. 26: 1-58., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00212210.1977.10688440#.VE_LcjTF_Ss
page(s): 47 [details]
additional source Núñez, Jorge; San Martín, Guillermo; Brito, María del Carmen. (1992). Syllinae (Polychaeta, Syllidae) de las Islas Canarias. <em>Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias.</em> 4(3-4): 109-129., available online at https://mdc.ulpgc.es/cdm/ref/collection/racc/id/153 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]
additional source Aguado, María Teresa; Murray, Anna; Hutchings, Patricia A. (2015). Syllidae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 35-60., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.5
page(s): 49, fig. 5F [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NHMUK 1937.9.2.156, geounit Arabian Sea [details]
Nontype HUJ AN.I.99, geounit Gulf of Aqaba [details]
Nontype NHMUK 1976.405-430, geounit Gulf of Aqaba [details]
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Depth range Intertidal to 13.5 m. [details]Distribution Circum-tropical to temperate waters. West Indian Ocean: Arabian Sea (coast of Oman); Red Sea (Egypt, Gulf of Aqaba). Australia (New South Wales; Queensland; Western Australia). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet indica refers to the type locality of the species, the Indian Ocean. [details]
Habitat Intertidal vermetid reefs of Dendropoma cf. meroclista Hadfield & Kay, 1972 on wave-battered beachrock slabs, and dead coral and algae, in intertidal to shallow subtidal depths. [details]
Type locality West Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, South Arabian coast, coast of Oman, Stn. 53 (19º22'36''N; 57º53'00''E), 13.5 m [details]
