WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
San Martín, G.; Hutchings Pat, A.; Aguado, M.T. 2008. Syllinae (Polychaeta, Syllidae) from Australia. Part. 2. Genera <i>Inermosyllis</i>, <i>Megasyllis</i> n. gen., <i>Opisthosyllis</i>, and <i>Trypanosyllis</i>. Zootaxa 1840: 1-53 page(s): 5 [details]
Otheradditional source
San Martín, Guillermo; Aguado, María Teresa; Álvarez-Campos, Patricia. 2014. Revision of the genus Megasyllis (Annelida, Syllidae) with descriptions of four new species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 94(02): 331-351 page(s): 333; note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology The name of the genus derives from the Greek word mega-, meaning "large", "great", and the genotype of the family Syllidae, Syllis. [details]
Identification Dichotomic key for the genus in San Martín et al. (2014). [details]
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