WoRMS name details
Halosydna zeylanica Willey, 1905
339675 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:339675)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Willey, Arthur. (1905). Report on the Polychaeta collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar by W.A. Herdman, with supplementary reports upon the Marine Biology of Ceylon, by Other Naturalists. Part IV. Supplementary Reports.</em> 30: 243-324, plates I-VIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1936112
page(s): 250-251, plate I figures 12, 13 [details]
page(s): 250-251, plate I figures 12, 13 [details]
Type locality contained in Sri Lankan Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka
type locality contained in Sri Lankan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka [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. Halosydna zeylanica Willey, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=339675 on 2026-01-25
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Nomenclature
original description
Willey, Arthur. (1905). Report on the Polychaeta collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar by W.A. Herdman, with supplementary reports upon the Marine Biology of Ceylon, by Other Naturalists. Part IV. Supplementary Reports.</em> 30: 243-324, plates I-VIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1936112
page(s): 250-251, plate I figures 12, 13 [details]
page(s): 250-251, plate I figures 12, 13 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Pettibone, Marian H. 1969. Review of some species referred to Scalisetosus McIntosh (Polychaeta, Polynoidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 82: 1-30., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3412 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
