WoRMS name details
original description
Grube, Adolph-Eduard. (1878). Annulata Semperiana. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Annelidenfauna der Philippinen nach den von Herrn Prof. Semper mitgebrachten Sammlungen. <em>Mémoires l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.- Pétersbourg.</em> (série 7) 25(8): 1-300., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45379218 page(s): 121-123, plate VII fig. 5 [details]
status source
Licher, Frank 2000 (1999), Revision der Gattung Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879 (Polychaeta: Syllidae). Morphologie, Taxonomie und Phylogenie. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 551:1-336 page(s): 305 [details]
Holotype MPW No. 393, geounit Philippines [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 1.6-2.2 m (3-4 fathoms). [details]
Distribution Philippines Islands (Panglao Island). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet erythropis is a form of the Latin word erythropus, meaning 'having reddish legs', and refers to the red irregular corpuscles present in the core of the articles of the anterior dorsal cirri. [details]
Habitat Unknown. [details]
Taxonomy Licher (1999) considered the species as a nomen dubium, as the type material did not enable a redescription. [details]
Type locality Philippine Islands, Panglao (= Pangloo) Island, SW Bohol Island (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 9.6, long. 123.8). [details]
Type material Holotype deposited at the MPW (No. 393). The specimen dried (Wiktor, 1980), and Licher (1999) considered the species as a nomen dubium, as the type material did not enable a redescription. [details]
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