WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
San Martín, Guillermo; Lucas, Yolanda; Hutchings, Pat. (2023). The genus Syllis Savigny in Lamarck, 1881 [sic for 1818] (Annelida: Syllidae: Syllinae) from Australia (Part 3): new species and redescription of previously described species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5230(3): 251-295., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5230.3.1 page(s): 270, figures 10-11; note: Newport, NSW Australia, 33° 39’S, 151° 19’ E, described from 3 specimens [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype AM W.53780, geounit Newport [details]
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Etymology Authors: Syllis noolinga is named "from the aboriginal word meaning “dark”, in reference to its distinctive pigmentation pattern". Not stated but assumed to be a noun in apposition. [details]
Type locality Newport, NSW, Australia, -33.65°, 151.3167 (33° 39’S, 151° 19’ E), Corallina sp. in rock pools [Editor: the geolocation is incorrect, being terrestrial and appearing to be a gazetteer geolocation used for Newport town, rather than a shore location] [details]
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