WoRMS name details
Syllis closterobranchia Schmarda, 1861
209729 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209729)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 72, three unnumbered text-figs. on bottom of page 72 [details]
page(s): 72, three unnumbered text-figs. on bottom of page 72 [details]
Note South Africa, Cape of Good Hope, Table Bay...
From editor or global species database
Type locality South Africa, Cape of Good Hope, Table Bay (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -33.88º, long. 18.45º). [details]
Depth range Not stated in the original description.
Distribution South Africa: Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope. Japan, Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Indian Ocean, and Red Sea...
Etymology The specific epithet closterobranchia is composed by the prefix clostero- derived from the Greek word kloster and meaning...
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed.
Depth range Not stated in the original description. [details]
Distribution South Africa: Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope. Japan, Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Indian Ocean, and Red Sea...
Distribution South Africa: Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope. Japan, Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Indian Ocean, and Red Sea (Fauvel, 1953). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet closterobranchia is composed by the prefix clostero- derived from the Greek word kloster and meaning...
Etymology The specific epithet closterobranchia is composed by the prefix clostero- derived from the Greek word kloster and meaning 'spindle', and the Latin noun branchia, meaning 'gill', and refers to the spindle shape of the dorsal cirri (referred by Schmarda as being branchiae). [details]
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed.
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Syllis closterobranchia Schmarda, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209729 on 2026-05-30
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2000-08-02 07:34:33Z
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Vermaercke, Sigrid
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Nomenclature
original description
Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 72, three unnumbered text-figs. on bottom of page 72 [details]
page(s): 72, three unnumbered text-figs. on bottom of page 72 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Fauvel, P. (1953). Annélides polychètes des Îles Kerguélen, recueillies par M. Patrice Paulian, en 1951. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique de Monaco.</em> 1026: 1-19.
page(s): 5 [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) [details]
source of synonymy 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]
source of synonymy Day, J.H. (1967). A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. British Museum (Natural History). London. vol 1 & vol 2, 1-878., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
page(s): 5 [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) [details]
source of synonymy 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]
source of synonymy Day, J.H. (1967). A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. British Museum (Natural History). London. vol 1 & vol 2, 1-878., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [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 Ehlers, Ernst. (1907). Neuseeländische Anneliden. II. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen. Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse. Neue Folge.</em> 5(4): 3-31., available online at http://goo.gl/Jpqjvv
page(s): 7 [details]
additional source Ehlers, Ernst. (1907). Neuseeländische Anneliden. II. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen. Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse. Neue Folge.</em> 5(4): 3-31., available online at http://goo.gl/Jpqjvv
page(s): 7 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Depth range Not stated in the original description. [details]Distribution South Africa: Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope. Japan, Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Indian Ocean, and Red Sea (Fauvel, 1953). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet closterobranchia is composed by the prefix clostero- derived from the Greek word kloster and meaning 'spindle', and the Latin noun branchia, meaning 'gill', and refers to the spindle shape of the dorsal cirri (referred by Schmarda as being branchiae). [details]
Habitat Not stated in the original description. [details]
Taxonomy Current taxon junior synonym of species listed. [details]
Type locality South Africa, Cape of Good Hope, Table Bay (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -33.88º, long. 18.45º). [details]
Unreviewed
Remark Typosyllis is a subgenus. [details]
