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Polychaeta name details

Spermosyllis torulosa Claparède, 1864

131374  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131374)

 unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Claparède, Édouard. (1864). Glanures zootomiques parmi les annélides de Port-Vendres (Pyrénées Orientales). <em>Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève.</em> 17(2): 463-600, plates I-VIII., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.1972
page(s): 553-554, plate VI fig. 5 [details]   
Note Port-Vendres, France, Mediterranean Sea...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Port-Vendres, France, Mediterranean Sea (gazetteer estimate 42.519º, 03.109º).
 [details]
Depth range Not stated, unknown. Probably shallow water.  
Depth range Not stated, unknown. Probably shallow water. [details]

Distribution Mediterranean Sea, France, Port-Vendres.  
Distribution Mediterranean Sea, France, Port-Vendres. [details]

Etymology The specific epithet torulosa derives from the Latin word torulus, diminuitive of torus, meaning 'protuberance' or...  
Etymology The specific epithet torulosa derives from the Latin word torulus, diminuitive of torus, meaning 'protuberance' or 'swelling', and the suffix -osus in the feminine form, -osa, which added to a noun forms an adjective indicating an abundance of that noun, and refers to the great development of the palps of the species: "Ce nom fait allusion au grand développement des lobes ou tores frontaux" (Claparède, 1874: 553).  [details]

Taxonomy From the examination of Claparède's 1864 drawings, reproduced in Fauvel (1923), the species may be ascribed to Exogone...  
Taxonomy From the examination of Claparède's 1864 drawings, reproduced in Fauvel (1923), the species may be ascribed to Exogone subg. Exogone[details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Spermosyllis torulosa Claparède, 1864. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131374 on 2024-03-28
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
2007-03-29 10:21:37Z
checked
2007-05-10 12:20:54Z
changed
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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2014-09-30 17:41:19Z
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original description Claparède, Édouard. (1864). Glanures zootomiques parmi les annélides de Port-Vendres (Pyrénées Orientales). <em>Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève.</em> 17(2): 463-600, plates I-VIII., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.1972
page(s): 553-554, plate VI fig. 5 [details]   

basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ
page(s): 648 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

new combination reference Musco, Luigi (look up in IMIS[details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Depth range Not stated, unknown. Probably shallow water. [details]

Distribution Mediterranean Sea, France, Port-Vendres. [details]

Etymology The specific epithet torulosa derives from the Latin word torulus, diminuitive of torus, meaning 'protuberance' or 'swelling', and the suffix -osus in the feminine form, -osa, which added to a noun forms an adjective indicating an abundance of that noun, and refers to the great development of the palps of the species: "Ce nom fait allusion au grand développement des lobes ou tores frontaux" (Claparède, 1874: 553).  [details]

Habitat Not stated, unknown. [details]

Specimen Types not retained.  [details]

Taxonomy From the examination of Claparède's 1864 drawings, reproduced in Fauvel (1923), the species may be ascribed to Exogone subg. Exogone[details]

Type locality Port-Vendres, France, Mediterranean Sea (gazetteer estimate 42.519º, 03.109º).
 [details]