WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Glasby, Christopher J.; Schroeder, Paul C.; Aguado, Maria Teresa. 2012. Branching out: a remarkable new branching syllid (Annelida) living in a Petrosia sponge (Porifera: Demospongiae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 164(3): 481-497.
page(s): 483 [details]
Otheradditional source
Aguado, M. Theresa; Glasby, Christopher J.; Schroeder, Paul C.; Weigert, Anne; Bleidorn, Christoph. (2015). The making of a branching annelid: an analysis of complete mitochondrial genome and ribosomal data of Ramisyllis multicaudata. <em>Scientific Reports (Nature).</em> 5: 12072 (13 pp)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/srep12072 [details]
biology source
Ponz-Segrelles, Guillermo; Glasby, Christopher J.; Helm, Conrad; Beckers, Patrick; Hammel, Jörg U.; Ribeiro, Rannyele P.; Aguado, M. Teresa. (2021). Integrative anatomical study of the branched annelid Ramisyllis multicaudata (Annelida, Syllidae). <em>Journal of Morphology.</em> 282(6): 900-916., available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jmor.21356 note: Specimens from Darwin Harbour, Australia [details]
Holotype NTM W23745, geounit Darwin Harbour [details]
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Classification Aguado et al (2015) discovered 18S molecular sequences in Glasby et al (2012) were contaminated, and, using new sequences, produced new trees showing different sister taxa [details]
Depth range Low water spring tide level to at least 20 m. [details]
Distribution Coastal waters of the ‘Top End’ of northern Australia. [details]
Etymology Name derived from the Latin, multus for many, and caudata, feminine, for tailed. [details]
Habitat An endosymbiont of Petrosia sp. sponges (purple and white forms), in depth range from low water spring tide to at least 20 m. [details]
Type locality Channel Island, Darwin Harbour, Australia, about 200 m north of bridge, 12° 33.2' S, 130° 52.4' E (-12.553333° 130.873333°). [details]
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