WoRMS name details
Typosyllis heterocirra Hartmann-Schröder, 1960
332293 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332293)
unaccepted (specific epithet latinized incorrectly; correct form: heterocirrata)
Species
Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879 accepted as Syllis Lamarck, 1818
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1960. Polychaeten aus dem Roten Meer. Kieler Meeresforschungen, 16(1): 69-125., available online at http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001489/148944mo.pdf
page(s): 76-77, plate 2 fig. 21, plate 4 figs. 22-23 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype ZMH P-14665, geounit Red Sea
, Note Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, Farasan Archipelago,...
Holotype ZMH P-14665, geounit Red Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, Farasan Archipelago, Sarso (= Saso) Island (geocoordinates not provided, but estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 16.84º, long. 41.58º). [details]
Depth range 2 m.
Distribution Red Sea, Farasan Archipelago (Saudi Arabia), Sarso Island.
Etymology The specific epithet heterocirra refers to the difference of thickness between the tentacular cirri and the following much...
Nomenclature According to Licher (1999: 264, footnote) the correct latinization of the specific epithet is heterocirrata, instead of the...
Depth range 2 m. [details]
Distribution Red Sea, Farasan Archipelago (Saudi Arabia), Sarso Island.
Distribution Red Sea, Farasan Archipelago (Saudi Arabia), Sarso Island. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet heterocirra refers to the difference of thickness between the tentacular cirri and the following much...
Etymology The specific epithet heterocirra refers to the difference of thickness between the tentacular cirri and the following much thinner dorsal cirri. [details]
Nomenclature According to Licher (1999: 264, footnote) the correct latinization of the specific epithet is heterocirrata, instead of the...
Nomenclature According to Licher (1999: 264, footnote) the correct latinization of the specific epithet is heterocirrata, instead of the original heterocirra. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Typosyllis heterocirra Hartmann-Schröder, 1960. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332293 on 2025-05-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1960. Polychaeten aus dem Roten Meer. Kieler Meeresforschungen, 16(1): 69-125., available online at http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001489/148944mo.pdf
page(s): 76-77, plate 2 fig. 21, plate 4 figs. 22-23 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 76-77, plate 2 fig. 21, plate 4 figs. 22-23 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomy
redescription
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): 264-265, fig. 110 [details]
page(s): 264-265, fig. 110 [details]





Holotype ZMH P-14665, geounit Red Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 2 m. [details]Distribution Red Sea, Farasan Archipelago (Saudi Arabia), Sarso Island. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet heterocirra refers to the difference of thickness between the tentacular cirri and the following much thinner dorsal cirri. [details]
Habitat On Galaxea corals, at shallow water. [details]
Nomenclature According to Licher (1999: 264, footnote) the correct latinization of the specific epithet is heterocirrata, instead of the original heterocirra. [details]
Type locality Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, Farasan Archipelago, Sarso (= Saso) Island (geocoordinates not provided, but estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 16.84º, long. 41.58º). [details]