Polychaeta taxon details
original description
(of Sphaerosyllis bilineata Kudenov & Harris, 1995) Kudenov, Jerry D. and Harris, Leslie H. 1995. Family Syllidae Grube, 1850. pages 1-97. IN: Blake, James A.; Hilbig, Brigitte; and Scott, Paul H. Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. 5 - The Annelida Part 2. Polychaeta: Phyllodocida (Syllidae and scale-bearing families), Amphinomida, and Eunicida. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Santa Barbara page(s): 31-33, fig. 1.9 [details]
taxonomy source
Faulwetter, S.; Chatzigeorgiou, G.; Galil, B.S.; Arvanitidis, C. (2011). An account of the taxonomy and distribution of Syllidae (Annelida, Polychaetes) in the eastern Mediterranean, with notes on the genus Prosphaerosyllis San Martín, 1984 in the Mediterranean. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 150(0): 281., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.150.2146 page(s): 301; note: usage of the combination Prosphaerosyllis bilineata, comparing to Prosphaerosyllis longipapillata [details] 
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy San Martin (2005: 63) used a recombination of Sphaerosyllis bilineata into Prosphaerosyllis in text flow, not formally signified as a new usage, when discussing his recombination of Hartmann-Schröder's, 1979 Australian Sphaerosyllis species, as Prosphaerosyllis longipapillata. It is evident that if Prosphaerosyllis is recognised as a full genus (it was a subgenus of Sphaerosyllis), then that is where Sphaerosyllis bilineatea should be placed.
Faulwetter et al. (2011: 301) compared Prosphaerosyllis bilineata with Prosphaerosyllis longipapillata (Israel specimens, originally described from Australia) and infer they are very similar, a conclusion in line with discussions by previous authors. They state that: "To determine the identity of the Mediterranean material and whether P. bilineata and P. longipapillata are different species or not, careful examination of all type material is needed." [details]
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