Polychaeta name details
Gnathosyllis diplodonta Schmarda, 1861
328152 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:328152)
uncertain > nomen dubium
Species
Gnathosyllis Schmarda, 1861 accepted as Syllis Lamarck, 1818
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 69, text-figs. a-f on page 69, plate XXVIII fig. 220 [details]
page(s): 69, text-figs. a-f on page 69, plate XXVIII fig. 220 [details]
Note Atlantic Ocean: "Atlantisches Meer, unter...
Depth range Intertidal.
Distribution Atlantic Ocean. Further details concerning the location not known.
Etymology The specific epithet diplodonta is composed by the Greek prefix diplo-, meaning 'double', and the Greek word donta, meaning...
Status Hartman (1959: 225) considered that the species belonged to the genus Syllis, being however indeterminable to species....
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution Atlantic Ocean. Further details concerning the location not known.
Distribution Atlantic Ocean. Further details concerning the location not known. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet diplodonta is composed by the Greek prefix diplo-, meaning 'double', and the Greek word donta, meaning...
Etymology The specific epithet diplodonta is composed by the Greek prefix diplo-, meaning 'double', and the Greek word donta, meaning 'tooth', and refers to the described presence of a pair of bidentate jaws in the anterior region of the pharynx. [details]
Status Hartman (1959: 225) considered that the species belonged to the genus Syllis, being however indeterminable to species....
Status Hartman (1959: 225) considered that the species belonged to the genus Syllis, being however indeterminable to species. Licher (1999) also considered the species as being a nomen dubium. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Gnathosyllis diplodonta Schmarda, 1861. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328152 on 2025-05-06
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Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 69, text-figs. a-f on page 69, plate XXVIII fig. 220 [details]
basis of record Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 69, text-figs. a-f on page 69, plate XXVIII fig. 220 [details]
basis of record Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Depth range Intertidal. [details]Distribution Atlantic Ocean. Further details concerning the location not known. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet diplodonta is composed by the Greek prefix diplo-, meaning 'double', and the Greek word donta, meaning 'tooth', and refers to the described presence of a pair of bidentate jaws in the anterior region of the pharynx. [details]
Habitat Under rocks, in the tidal limits. [details]
Status Hartman (1959: 225) considered that the species belonged to the genus Syllis, being however indeterminable to species. Licher (1999) also considered the species as being a nomen dubium. [details]
Type locality Atlantic Ocean: "Atlantisches Meer, unter Steinen an der Grenze der Ebbe (Schmarda, 1861: 69). A more detailed location was not provided. [details]
Type material Not found by Licher (1999), probably lost. [details]
