Polychaeta taxon details
Syllis attenuata Knox, 1960
1807228 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1807228)
accepted
Species
Syllis (Typosyllis) attenuata Knox, 1960 · unaccepted (Typosyllis as subgenus and genus...)
Typosyllis as subgenus and genus is now unused
Typosyllis attenuata (Knox, 1960) · unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded subsequent combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Syllis (Typosyllis) attenuata Knox, 1960) Knox, George A. (1960). Biological Results of the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition. Part 3. Polychaeta errantia. <em>New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin.</em> 139(3): 77-143., available online at https://archive.org/details/nzoimemoir00061960
page(s): 101, figures 98-101; note: Mernoo Bank, Chatham Rise, New Zealand, -43.16833, 175.6083, 75 m [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 101, figures 98-101; note: Mernoo Bank, Chatham Rise, New Zealand, -43.16833, 175.6083, 75 m [details] Available for editors

Holotype (of Syllis (Typosyllis) attenuata Knox, 1960)...
Holotype (of Syllis (Typosyllis) attenuata Knox, 1960) CMNZ type missing, geounit Chatham Rise [details]
Status Licher 2000:297 placed as species inquirenda in Typosyllis (now disused), possibly because the type could not be found.
Status Licher 2000:297 placed as species inquirenda in Typosyllis (now disused), possibly because the type could not be found. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Syllis attenuata Knox, 1960. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1807228 on 2025-05-06
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(of Syllis (Typosyllis) attenuata Knox, 1960) Knox, George A. (1960). Biological Results of the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition. Part 3. Polychaeta errantia. <em>New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin.</em> 139(3): 77-143., available online at https://archive.org/details/nzoimemoir00061960
page(s): 101, figures 98-101; note: Mernoo Bank, Chatham Rise, New Zealand, -43.16833, 175.6083, 75 m [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 101, figures 98-101; note: Mernoo Bank, Chatham Rise, New Zealand, -43.16833, 175.6083, 75 m [details] Available for editors





Holotype (of Syllis (Typosyllis) attenuata Knox, 1960) CMNZ type missing, geounit Chatham Rise [details]
From editor or global species database
Status Licher 2000:297 placed as species inquirenda in Typosyllis (now disused), possibly because the type could not be found. [details]