Polychaeta name details
original description
Verrill, A.E. 1900. Additions to the Turbellaria, Nemertina, and Annelida of the Bermudas, with revisions of some New England genera and species. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 10(2): 595-671., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27731368 page(s): 619, 635 [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy
Hartman, O. (1942). A review of the types of polychaetous annelids at the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University. <em>Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection, Yale University.</em> 8(1): 1-98. page(s): 45-46; note: with Haplosyllis Langerhans, 1879 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Etymology The generic name Hemisyllis derives from the Latin prefix hemi-, meaning half, and the generic name Syllis, making reference to the large palps fused for about half their length. [details]
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