WoRMS taxon details

Sphaerosyllis tenuis Ding & Westheide, 2008

1544635  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1544635)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ding, Zhihu (Jeff); Westheide, Wilfried. (2008). Interstitial Exogoninae from the Chinese coast (Polychaeta, Syllidae). <em>Senckenbergiana biologica.</em> 88(2): 125-159., available online at http://www.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=946
page(s): 137-139, fig. 8A-M [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Holotype  SMF 17426, geounit Xiamen  
Holotype SMF 17426, geounit Xiamen [details]
Note In front of Xiamen (China), South China Sea...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality In front of Xiamen (China), South China Sea (24.45°, 118.0667°). [details]
Depth range 2-3 m.  
Depth range 2-3 m. [details]

Distribution South China Sea: China (Xiamen; Hong Kong).  
Distribution South China Sea: China (Xiamen; Hong Kong). [details]

Etymology "The specific name refers to the relatively slender body shape of the species (Latin tenuis, e = thin, narrow, delicate)"...  
Etymology "The specific name refers to the relatively slender body shape of the species (Latin tenuis, e = thin, narrow, delicate)" (Ding & Westheide, 2008: 137). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Sphaerosyllis tenuis Ding & Westheide, 2008. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1544635 on 2024-04-25
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original description Ding, Zhihu (Jeff); Westheide, Wilfried. (2008). Interstitial Exogoninae from the Chinese coast (Polychaeta, Syllidae). <em>Senckenbergiana biologica.</em> 88(2): 125-159., available online at http://www.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=946
page(s): 137-139, fig. 8A-M [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Holotype SMF 17426, geounit Xiamen [details]
Paratype SMF 17424, geounit Hong Kong [details]
Paratype SMF 17425, geounit Xiamen [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 2-3 m. [details]

Distribution South China Sea: China (Xiamen; Hong Kong). [details]

Etymology "The specific name refers to the relatively slender body shape of the species (Latin tenuis, e = thin, narrow, delicate)" (Ding & Westheide, 2008: 137). [details]

Habitat Interstitial in medium and coarse Amphioxus sand and muddy sand, in subtidal depths (2-3 m). [details]

Type locality In front of Xiamen (China), South China Sea (24.45°, 118.0667°). [details]