WoRMS name details
Typosyllis crassicirrata Treadwell, 1925
852357 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:852357)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879 accepted as Syllis Lamarck, 1818
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Treadwell, Aaron L. 1925. Polychaetous annelids of tropical central Pacific. Bulletin of the Bernice P.Bishop Museum, 27(Tanager Expedition Publication no. 1): 113-119.
page(s): 113-115, fig. 10 [details]
page(s): 113-115, fig. 10 [details]
Holotype BPBM R-230, geounit Hawaiian Islands
, Note Pacific Ocean, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands,...
Holotype BPBM R-230, geounit Hawaiian Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Laysan Island (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 25.775º, long. -171.741º) [details]
Depth range Shallow water and 53-115 m.
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Hawaiian Islands; Polynesia; NW Australia.
Etymology The specific epithet crassicirrata derives from the combination of the Latin adjective crassi, masculine plural of crasso...
Depth range Shallow water and 53-115 m. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Hawaiian Islands; Polynesia; NW Australia.
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Hawaiian Islands; Polynesia; NW Australia. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet crassicirrata derives from the combination of the Latin adjective crassi, masculine plural of crasso...
Etymology The specific epithet crassicirrata derives from the combination of the Latin adjective crassi, masculine plural of crasso and meaning 'coarse' or 'thick', and the Latin adjective cirrata, feminine of cirratus and meaning 'having cirri', and refers to the thick and large dorsal cirri of the species. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Typosyllis crassicirrata Treadwell, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=852357 on 2025-06-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Treadwell, Aaron L. 1925. Polychaetous annelids of tropical central Pacific. Bulletin of the Bernice P.Bishop Museum, 27(Tanager Expedition Publication no. 1): 113-119.
page(s): 113-115, fig. 10 [details]
new combination reference Alós, C. and San Martín, G. (1987). Descripcion de <i>Syllis ferrani</i> n. sp.: nuevo Syllidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) en el Mediterráneo. <em>Publicaciones del Departamento de Zoología, Universidad de Barcelona Facultad de Biologia.</em> 13: 35-44., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46767637
page(s): 43 [details]
page(s): 113-115, fig. 10 [details]
new combination reference Alós, C. and San Martín, G. (1987). Descripcion de <i>Syllis ferrani</i> n. sp.: nuevo Syllidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) en el Mediterráneo. <em>Publicaciones del Departamento de Zoología, Universidad de Barcelona Facultad de Biologia.</em> 13: 35-44., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46767637
page(s): 43 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Licher, Frank 2000 (1999), Revision der Gattung Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879 (Polychaeta: Syllidae). Morphologie, Taxonomie und Phylogenie. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 551:1-336
page(s): 196-199, fig. 85; note: Redescription from holotype. Apparently no other material examined was found to be a match, although several literature records are treated as being this species by Licher. [details]
page(s): 196-199, fig. 85; note: Redescription from holotype. Apparently no other material examined was found to be a match, although several literature records are treated as being this species by Licher. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype BPBM R-230, geounit Hawaiian Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Shallow water and 53-115 m. [details]Distribution Pacific Ocean: Hawaiian Islands; Polynesia; NW Australia. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet crassicirrata derives from the combination of the Latin adjective crassi, masculine plural of crasso and meaning 'coarse' or 'thick', and the Latin adjective cirrata, feminine of cirratus and meaning 'having cirri', and refers to the thick and large dorsal cirri of the species. [details]
Habitat On seaweeds. [details]
Spelling Specific epithet originally written as crassi-cirrata. [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Laysan Island (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 25.775º, long. -171.741º) [details]
