WoRMS taxon details
Amblyosyllis enigmatica San Martín & Hutchings, 2006
390187 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:390187)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
San Martín G. and Hutchings P.A.. 2006. Eusyllinae (Polychaeta, Syllidae) from Australia with the description of a new genus and fifteen new species. Records of the Australian Museum. 58. 257-370., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.58.2006.1466
page(s): 261-262, figs. 1A-C, 2A-E [details]
page(s): 261-262, figs. 1A-C, 2A-E [details]
Holotype AM W28943, geounit Australia
, Note Australia, New South Wales, NW corner of Bowen...
Holotype AM W28943, geounit Australia [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Australia, New South Wales, NW corner of Bowen Island, Jervis Bay. [details]
Depth range Intertidal to 13 m.
Distribution Australia (New South Wales; Queensland; Western Australia).
Etymology The name of the species is referred to the enigmatic structure found in the cirrophores of the holotype (curved digitiform...
Depth range Intertidal to 13 m. [details]
Distribution Australia (New South Wales; Queensland; Western Australia).
Distribution Australia (New South Wales; Queensland; Western Australia). [details]
Etymology The name of the species is referred to the enigmatic structure found in the cirrophores of the holotype (curved digitiform...
Etymology The name of the species is referred to the enigmatic structure found in the cirrophores of the holotype (curved digitiform fleshy dark structure arising from cirrophores from chaetiger 6 onwards). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Amblyosyllis enigmatica San Martín & Hutchings, 2006. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=390187 on 2025-12-12
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Nomenclature
original description
San Martín G. and Hutchings P.A.. 2006. Eusyllinae (Polychaeta, Syllidae) from Australia with the description of a new genus and fifteen new species. Records of the Australian Museum. 58. 257-370., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.58.2006.1466
page(s): 261-262, figs. 1A-C, 2A-E [details]
page(s): 261-262, figs. 1A-C, 2A-E [details]
Other
additional source
Aguado, María Teresa; Murray, Anna; Hutchings, Patricia A. (2015). Syllidae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 35-60., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.5
page(s): 37 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 37 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AM W28943, geounit Australia [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal to 13 m. [details]Distribution Australia (New South Wales; Queensland; Western Australia). [details]
Etymology The name of the species is referred to the enigmatic structure found in the cirrophores of the holotype (curved digitiform fleshy dark structure arising from cirrophores from chaetiger 6 onwards). [details]
Habitat In sand, algae and colonial bryozoans, in intertidal and shallow waters. [details]
Type locality Australia, New South Wales, NW corner of Bowen Island, Jervis Bay. [details]
