WoRMS taxon details
Alcyonosyllis glasbyi San Martín & Nishi, 2003
326264 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326264)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
San Martín, G. and Nishi, Eijiroh 2003. A new species of <i>Alcyonosyllis</i> Glasby and Watson, 2001 (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Syllinae) from Shimoda, Japan, commensal with the gorgonian <i>Melithaea flabellifera</i>. Zoological Science, Tokyo 20(3): 371-375. [details]
Holotype CMNH ZW01399, geounit Japanese part of the...
, Note Japan (marine), Honshu, Shizuoka, southern...
Holotype CMNH ZW01399, geounit Japanese part of the Philippine Sea [details]
Depth range 3-15 m.
Distribution Japanese coast of the Philippine Sea, Izu Peninsula, Ohura Bay. Known only from the type locality.
Etymology Species named after Dr. Chris Glasby, from the Museum and Art gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Australia, who...
Depth range 3-15 m. [details]
Distribution Japanese coast of the Philippine Sea, Izu Peninsula, Ohura Bay. Known only from the type locality.
Distribution Japanese coast of the Philippine Sea, Izu Peninsula, Ohura Bay. Known only from the type locality. [details]
Etymology Species named after Dr. Chris Glasby, from the Museum and Art gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Australia, who...
Etymology Species named after Dr. Chris Glasby, from the Museum and Art gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Australia, who made important contributions to the knowledge of the polychaetes in general and syllids in particular, and also participated in the description of the genus Alcyonosyllis, to which the new species belongs. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Alcyonosyllis glasbyi San Martín & Nishi, 2003. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326264 on 2025-02-16
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San Martín, G. and Nishi, Eijiroh 2003. A new species of <i>Alcyonosyllis</i> Glasby and Watson, 2001 (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Syllinae) from Shimoda, Japan, commensal with the gorgonian <i>Melithaea flabellifera</i>. Zoological Science, Tokyo 20(3): 371-375. [details]
additional source Kumagai, N.H. & A.A. Masakazu. (2003). Seasonal changes in the epifaunal community on the shallow-water gorgonian Melithaea flabellifera. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 83(6): 1221-1222., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S002531540300852X [details] Available for editors
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additional source Kumagai, N.H. & A.A. Masakazu. (2003). Seasonal changes in the epifaunal community on the shallow-water gorgonian Melithaea flabellifera. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 83(6): 1221-1222., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S002531540300852X [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype CMNH ZW01399, geounit Japanese part of the Philippine Sea [details]
From editor or global species database
Association The species lives associated with the gorgonian Melithaea flabellifera (Kükenthal, 1908), as a commensal. [details]Depth range 3-15 m. [details]
Distribution Japanese coast of the Philippine Sea, Izu Peninsula, Ohura Bay. Known only from the type locality. [details]
Etymology Species named after Dr. Chris Glasby, from the Museum and Art gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Australia, who made important contributions to the knowledge of the polychaetes in general and syllids in particular, and also participated in the description of the genus Alcyonosyllis, to which the new species belongs. [details]
Habitat The species lives as a commensal of the gorgonian Melithaea flabellifera (Kükenthal, 1908). [details]
Type locality Japan (marine), Honshu, Shizuoka, southern part of Izu Peninsula, Shimoda, Ohura Bay (= Nabeta Bay) (34º57'N, 138º57'E). [details]
Type material Paratype deposited at the Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, POLY TYPE 1378. [details]
