WoRMS name details
Syllides japonica edentata Westheide, 1974
238424 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:238424)
unaccepted
Subspecies
marine
Westheide, Wilfried 1974. Interstitielle Fauna von Galapagos. XI. Pisionidae, Hesionidae, Pilargidae, Syllidae (Polychaeta). Mikrofauna des Meeresbodens, 44: 1-146.
page(s): 81-83, fig. 36E, 37 [details]
page(s): 81-83, fig. 36E, 37 [details]
Holotype ZMH P-13623, geounit Galapagos
, Note Pacific Ocean, Galapagos Islands, Santa Cruz...
Holotype ZMH P-13623, geounit Galapagos [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Galapagos Islands, Santa Cruz Island, Bahía de la Academia, northern side, immediately in front of Darwin Station (geocoordinates not provided, but estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -0.743332º, long. -90.304801º). [details]
Depth range Sublittoral.
Distribution Pacific Ocean, Galapagos Islands, Santa Cruz Island, Bahía de la Academia.
Etymology The subspecific epithet edentata is the Latin word for 'toothless', and refers to the absence of a pharyngeal tooth in the...
Depth range Sublittoral. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean, Galapagos Islands, Santa Cruz Island, Bahía de la Academia.
Distribution Pacific Ocean, Galapagos Islands, Santa Cruz Island, Bahía de la Academia. [details]
Etymology The subspecific epithet edentata is the Latin word for 'toothless', and refers to the absence of a pharyngeal tooth in the...
Etymology The subspecific epithet edentata is the Latin word for 'toothless', and refers to the absence of a pharyngeal tooth in the subspecies in relation to what was described for the Japanese stem species, Syllides japonicus Imajima, 1966. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Syllides japonica edentata Westheide, 1974. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238424 on 2025-05-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Westheide, Wilfried 1974. Interstitielle Fauna von Galapagos. XI. Pisionidae, Hesionidae, Pilargidae, Syllidae (Polychaeta). Mikrofauna des Meeresbodens, 44: 1-146.
page(s): 81-83, fig. 36E, 37 [details]
page(s): 81-83, fig. 36E, 37 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
San Martín Peral, Guillermo. (1984). [Thesis] Estudio biogeográfico, faunístico y sistemático de Los Poliquetos de la familia Silidos (Syllidae: Polychaeta) en Baleares. <em>Publicaciones de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Colección Tesis Doctorales.</em> 187/84: i-xxii + 1-529., available online at https://eprints.ucm.es/53162/ [details] Available for editors 
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype ZMH P-13623, geounit Galapagos [details]
Paratype SMF 10783 [details]
Paratype SMF 10784 [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Sublittoral. [details]Distribution Pacific Ocean, Galapagos Islands, Santa Cruz Island, Bahía de la Academia. [details]
Etymology The subspecific epithet edentata is the Latin word for 'toothless', and refers to the absence of a pharyngeal tooth in the subspecies in relation to what was described for the Japanese stem species, Syllides japonicus Imajima, 1966. [details]
Habitat Under stones at the surf zone. [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Galapagos Islands, Santa Cruz Island, Bahía de la Academia, northern side, immediately in front of Darwin Station (geocoordinates not provided, but estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -0.743332º, long. -90.304801º). [details]
