WoRMS name details
Sylline rubropunctata Grube, 1860
238464 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:238464)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
Sylline Grube, 1860 accepted as Myrianida Milne Edwards, 1845
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Grube, A.E. (1860). Beschreibung neuer oder wenig bekannter Anneliden. Fünfter Beitrag. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin. 26 (1): 71-118, plates III-V., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7153453
page(s): 87-88, plate III fig. 8 [details]
page(s): 87-88, plate III fig. 8 [details]
Note Adriatic Sea, Croatia, Kraljevica (= Porto...
From editor or global species database
Type locality Adriatic Sea, Croatia, Kraljevica (= Porto Ré) (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 45.274º, long. 14.565º). [details]
Depth range Not stated in original description.
Distribution Adriatic Sea: Kraljevica (Croatia).
Etymology The specific epithet rubropunctata is composed by the Latin adjective rubro, meaning 'red', and the Latin adjective...
Taxonomy Moved to different genus.
Depth range Not stated in original description. [details]
Distribution Adriatic Sea: Kraljevica (Croatia).
Distribution Adriatic Sea: Kraljevica (Croatia). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet rubropunctata is composed by the Latin adjective rubro, meaning 'red', and the Latin adjective...
Etymology The specific epithet rubropunctata is composed by the Latin adjective rubro, meaning 'red', and the Latin adjective punctata, the feminine of punctatus and meaning 'punctuated' or 'pointed', and refers to the coloration of the live specimens, white with 2 to 4 reddish spots across each segment. [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus.
Taxonomy Moved to different genus. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Sylline rubropunctata Grube, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238464 on 2026-02-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Grube, A.E. (1860). Beschreibung neuer oder wenig bekannter Anneliden. Fünfter Beitrag. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin. 26 (1): 71-118, plates III-V., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7153453
page(s): 87-88, plate III fig. 8 [details]
new combination reference Malaquin, Alphonse. (1890). Sur la reproduction des Autolyteæ. <em>Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Science, Paris.</em> 111(25): 989-991., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4822028
page(s): 989; note: as Autolytus [details]
new combination reference Nygren, Arne. (2004). Revision of Autolytinae (Syllidae: Polychaeta). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 680: 1-314., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00680f.pdf
page(s): 156-157, fig. 79A-F; note: as Myrianida [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 87-88, plate III fig. 8 [details]
new combination reference Malaquin, Alphonse. (1890). Sur la reproduction des Autolyteæ. <em>Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Science, Paris.</em> 111(25): 989-991., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4822028
page(s): 989; note: as Autolytus [details]
new combination reference Nygren, Arne. (2004). Revision of Autolytinae (Syllidae: Polychaeta). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 680: 1-314., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00680f.pdf
page(s): 156-157, fig. 79A-F; note: as Myrianida [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype ZMB Q4380, geounit Kraljevica [details]
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Depth range Not stated in original description. [details]Distribution Adriatic Sea: Kraljevica (Croatia). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet rubropunctata is composed by the Latin adjective rubro, meaning 'red', and the Latin adjective punctata, the feminine of punctatus and meaning 'punctuated' or 'pointed', and refers to the coloration of the live specimens, white with 2 to 4 reddish spots across each segment. [details]
Habitat Not stated in original description. [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus. [details]
Type locality Adriatic Sea, Croatia, Kraljevica (= Porto Ré) (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 45.274º, long. 14.565º). [details]
