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Polychaeta taxon details

Megasyllis corruscans (Haswell, 1886)

747197  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:747197)

accepted
Species
Eusyllis brevicirrata Knox & Cameron, 1971 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Odontosyllis corruscans (Haswell, 1886) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Syllis (Typosyllis) corruscans (Haswell, 1886) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Syllis (Typosyllis) coruscans Haswell, 1886 · unaccepted (superseded recombination, also...)  
superseded recombination, also misspelling
Syllis corruscans Haswell, 1886 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine
recent only
(of Syllis corruscans Haswell, 1886) Haswell, William A. (1886). Observation on some Australian Polychaeta. Part I. [ section headings: I. Syllidae. II. Staurocephalus. III. Eulalia. IV. Psamathe. IV. Siphonostoma. V. Halla.]. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 10(4): 733-756, plates L-LV., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6598060
page(s): 734-739, plate L figs. 1-3, plate LV fig. 5 [details]   
Type locality contained in Port Jackson  
type locality contained in Port Jackson [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Note The type material is lost.   
From editor or global species database
Type material The type material is lost.  [details]
Depth range Intertidal to about 27.8 m.   
Depth range Intertidal to about 27.8 m.  [details]

Distribution East Australia (New South Wales) and South Australia; probably also in other Australian seas.   
Distribution East Australia (New South Wales) and South Australia; probably also in other Australian seas.  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Megasyllis corruscans (Haswell, 1886). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=747197 on 2024-04-19
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2014-01-27 08:34:19Z
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original description  (of Eusyllis brevicirrata Knox & Cameron, 1971) Knox, G. A. and Cameron, D. B. 1971. Port Phillip Bay Survey 1957-1963, Victoria, Australia. Part 2(4) Polychaeta. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, 32: 21-42., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39191497
page(s): 25-26, figs. 11-14 [details]   

original description  (of Syllis corruscans Haswell, 1886) Haswell, William A. (1886). Observation on some Australian Polychaeta. Part I. [ section headings: I. Syllidae. II. Staurocephalus. III. Eulalia. IV. Psamathe. IV. Siphonostoma. V. Halla.]. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 10(4): 733-756, plates L-LV., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6598060
page(s): 734-739, plate L figs. 1-3, plate LV fig. 5 [details]   

additional source San Martín, Guillermo; Aguado, María Teresa; Álvarez-Campos, Patricia. 2014. Revision of the genus Megasyllis (Annelida, Syllidae) with descriptions of four new species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 94(02): 331-351
page(s): 337, figure 1A-E [details]   

new combination reference 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): 6-8, fig. 2A-E, 3A-C, 4A-E, 5A-F, 6A-F, 7A-F, 8A-F [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal to about 27.8 m.  [details]

Distribution East Australia (New South Wales) and South Australia; probably also in other Australian seas.  [details]

Habitat Sediments (sand, mud), algae.  [details]

Publication date San Martín et al (2008) use the date of 1885 for Haswell, but the paper appears to be published in 1886.  [details]

Type material The type material is lost.  [details]