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WoRMS name detailsOpisthosyllis papillosa Hartmann-Schröder, 1960
209745 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209745)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine,
recent only
Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1960. Polychaeten aus dem Roten Meer. Kieler Meeresforschungen, 16(1): 69-125., available online at http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001489/148944mo.pdf
page(s): 87-88, plate 8 figs. 59, 61, plate 9 figs. 60, 62 [details] Available for editors  [request]
Holotype ZMH, geounit Red Sea
Holotype ZMH, geounit Red Sea [details] From editor or global species database
Type locality Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, Farasan Archipelago, Sarso (= Saso) Island (geocoordinates not provided, but estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 16.84, long. 41.58). [details]
Depth range Eulittoral to 1.5 m.
Depth range Eulittoral to 1.5 m. [details] Distribution Red Sea: Egypt (Hurghada); Saudi Arabia (Sarso Island); Sudan (Sha'ab Anbar).
Distribution Red Sea: Egypt (Hurghada); Saudi Arabia (Sarso Island); Sudan (Sha'ab Anbar). [details] Etymology The specific epithet papillosa refers to the papillae with a distinctive shape covering the body of the species.
Etymology The specific epithet papillosa refers to the papillae with a distinctive shape covering the body of the species. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Opisthosyllis papillosa Hartmann-Schröder, 1960. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209745 on 2025-06-16
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1960. Polychaeten aus dem Roten Meer. Kieler Meeresforschungen, 16(1): 69-125., available online at http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001489/148944mo.pdf page(s): 87-88, plate 8 figs. 59, 61, plate 9 figs. 60, 62 [details] Available for editors [request]basis of record Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Taxonomysource of synonymy
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): 35, figs. 26E-F, 27A-G, 28A-F, 29A-B [details]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype ZMH, geounit Red Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Eulittoral to 1.5 m. [details]Distribution Red Sea: Egypt (Hurghada); Saudi Arabia (Sarso Island); Sudan (Sha'ab Anbar). [details] Etymology The specific epithet papillosa refers to the papillae with a distinctive shape covering the body of the species. [details] Habitat On the corals Pocillopora and Stylophora, and amongst algae on fossil coral reefs, at shallow water. [details] Type locality Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, Farasan Archipelago, Sarso (= Saso) Island (geocoordinates not provided, but estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 16.84, long. 41.58). [details] |
