WoRMS source details
Clavisyllis yongei Watson, 2009 (original description)
Eurysyllis japonica Imajima, 2003 (basis of record)
Eurysyllis japonicum Imajima, 2003 accepted as Eurysyllis japonica Imajima, 2003 (additional source)
Paratype NTM W.022994, geounit Australia, identified as Clavisyllis yongei Watson, 2009
Holotype NTM W.022995, geounit Australia, identified as Clavisyllis yongei Watson, 2009
Nontype NTM W.022996, geounit Australia, identified as Eurysyllis japonica Imajima, 2003
Nontype NTM W.022997, geounit Australia, identified as Eurysyllis japonica Imajima, 2003
Nontype NTM W.023223, geounit Australia, identified as Clavisyllis yongei Watson, 2009
Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef (Yonge Reef and Sykes Reef). [details]
Pacific Ocean: Japan; Australia (north Queensland: Great Barrier Reef). [details]
Not clear, clavi is the plural of the Latin word clavus, meaning 'nail'or 'screw'. It could refer to the sinuous ... [details]
"The species is named yongei after Charles Maurice Yonge, eminent marine biologist and leader of the Great Barrier ... [details]
Gender of the genus: feminine. Adapted from Syllis, which is feminine. [details]
Coarse coral rubble at 2-30 m (Australia). Habitat unknown in Japan. [details]
Holotype (NTM W.22995) a complete specimen with 51 segments, 5.1 mm long, 1.5 mm wide. [details]
Watson (2009) emended the specific epithet from japonicum to japonica, in agreement with the gender of the genus ... [details]
Watson (2009) emends the specific epithet to Eurysyllis japonica, in agreement with the gender of the genus (feminine). [details]
Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef, Yonge Reef, 14°36’S, 145°37’E (-14.6°, 145.6167°), coarse coral ... [details]