WoRMS name details
Syllis sexoculata Ehlers, 1864
155114 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155114)
uncertain > nomen dubium
Species
Ehlersia oculata Quatrefages, 1866 · unaccepted (superfluous replacement name &...)
superfluous replacement name & alternative spelling for Syllis sexoculata
Ehlersia sexoculata (Ehlers, 1864) · unaccepted
Typosyllis (Ehlersia) sexoculata (Ehlers, 1864) · unaccepted (Following classification in Fauchald)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ehlers, E. H. (1864). Die Borstenwürmer (Annelida Chaetopoda) nach systematischen und anatomischen Untersuchungen dargestellt. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1985759
page(s): 241-244, plate X figs. 5, 7-8 [details]
page(s): 241-244, plate X figs. 5, 7-8 [details]
Note Caribbean Sea, Martinique Island (?)
From other sources
Type locality Caribbean Sea, Martinique Island (?) [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Syllis sexoculata Ehlers, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155114 on 2024-04-23
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original description
Ehlers, E. H. (1864). Die Borstenwürmer (Annelida Chaetopoda) nach systematischen und anatomischen Untersuchungen dargestellt. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1985759
page(s): 241-244, plate X figs. 5, 7-8 [details]
original description (of Ehlersia oculata Quatrefages, 1866) 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): 33; note: superfluous new spelling for Syllis sexoculata of Ehlers, 1864 [details]
taxonomy 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): 33; note: Syllis sexoculata Ehlers is listed as the sole species in Ehlersia, but Quatrefages appears to rename it as Ehlersia oculata [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
page(s): 82; note: Syllis sexoculata Ehlers, 1864 is listed as the type species of Ehlersia Quatrefages [details]
source of synonymy 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
page(s): 537; note: Langerhans placed Syllis sexoculata as a synonym of Syllis cornuta as Ehlersia (Syllis) cornuta, an impossible combination taken literally (Langerhans was presenting Ehlersia as a subgenus of Syllis) [details]
status source Licher, Frank 2000 (1999), Revision der Gattung Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879 (Polychaeta: Syllidae). Morphologie, Taxonomie und Phylogenie. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 551:1-336 [details]
page(s): 241-244, plate X figs. 5, 7-8 [details]
original description (of Ehlersia oculata Quatrefages, 1866) 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): 33; note: superfluous new spelling for Syllis sexoculata of Ehlers, 1864 [details]
taxonomy 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): 33; note: Syllis sexoculata Ehlers is listed as the sole species in Ehlersia, but Quatrefages appears to rename it as Ehlersia oculata [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
page(s): 82; note: Syllis sexoculata Ehlers, 1864 is listed as the type species of Ehlersia Quatrefages [details]
source of synonymy 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
page(s): 537; note: Langerhans placed Syllis sexoculata as a synonym of Syllis cornuta as Ehlersia (Syllis) cornuta, an impossible combination taken literally (Langerhans was presenting Ehlersia as a subgenus of Syllis) [details]
status source Licher, Frank 2000 (1999), Revision der Gattung Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879 (Polychaeta: Syllidae). Morphologie, Taxonomie und Phylogenie. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 551:1-336 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
