WoRMS name details
Syllis (Typosyllis) lunaris minima Ben-Eliahu, 1977
335730 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:335730)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Subspecies
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ben-Eliahu, M. Nechama. (1977). Polychaete cryptofauna from rims of similar intertidal vermetid reefs on the Mediterranean coast of Israel and in the Gulf of Elat: Syllinae and Eusyllinae (Polychaeta Errantia: Syllidae). Israel Journal of Zoology. 26: 1-58., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00212210.1977.10688440#.VE_LcjTF_Ss
page(s): 26-29, fig. 9a-j [details]
page(s): 26-29, fig. 9a-j [details]
Holotype BMNH 1976.356, geounit Gulf of Aqaba
, Note Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba, Egypt, South Sinai,...
Holotype BMNH 1976.356, geounit Gulf of Aqaba [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba, Egypt, South Sinai, northern flank of the Wadi Kabila alluvial fan (latitude given by Ben-Eliahu & Safriel (1982) as 28º16'00"N, longitude estimated with gazetteer to be 34º24'35"E). [details]
Depth range Intertidal.
Distribution Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba.
Etymology The subspecific epithet minima refers to the small size of the subspecies in relation to the stem species, Syllis lunaris...
Depth range Intertidal. [details]
Distribution Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba.
Distribution Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba. [details]
Etymology The subspecific epithet minima refers to the small size of the subspecies in relation to the stem species, Syllis lunaris...
Etymology The subspecific epithet minima refers to the small size of the subspecies in relation to the stem species, Syllis lunaris Imajima, 1966. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Syllis (Typosyllis) lunaris minima Ben-Eliahu, 1977. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=335730 on 2025-05-05
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Nomenclature
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Ben-Eliahu, M. Nechama. (1977). Polychaete cryptofauna from rims of similar intertidal vermetid reefs on the Mediterranean coast of Israel and in the Gulf of Elat: Syllinae and Eusyllinae (Polychaeta Errantia: Syllidae). Israel Journal of Zoology. 26: 1-58., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00212210.1977.10688440#.VE_LcjTF_Ss
page(s): 26-29, fig. 9a-j [details]
page(s): 26-29, fig. 9a-j [details]





Holotype BMNH 1976.356, geounit Gulf of Aqaba [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal. [details]Distribution Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba. [details]
Etymology The subspecific epithet minima refers to the small size of the subspecies in relation to the stem species, Syllis lunaris Imajima, 1966. [details]
Habitat Low-midlittoral vermetid reefs of Dendropoma cf. meroclista Hadfield & Kay, 1972 on wave-battered beachrock slabs. [details]
Type locality Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba, Egypt, South Sinai, northern flank of the Wadi Kabila alluvial fan (latitude given by Ben-Eliahu & Safriel (1982) as 28º16'00"N, longitude estimated with gazetteer to be 34º24'35"E). [details]