WoRMS name details
Gnathosyllis Schmarda, 1861
238539 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:238539)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Genus
Gnathosyllis diplodonta Schmarda, 1861 (type by monotypy)
- Species Gnathosyllis zonata Haswell, 1886 accepted as Syllis prolifera Krohn, 1852 (subjective synonym)
- Species Gnathosyllis diplodonta Schmarda, 1861 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 69 [details]
page(s): 69 [details]
Etymology The name of the genus Gnathosyllis is composed by the Greek prefix gnatho-, meaning 'jaw', and the name of the genus...
Etymology The name of the genus Gnathosyllis is composed by the Greek prefix gnatho-, meaning 'jaw', and the name of the genus Syllis, the type genus of the family Syllidae, and refers to the described presence of a pair of bidentate jaws in the anterior region of the pharynx. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Gnathosyllis Schmarda, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238539 on 2024-03-19
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Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 69 [details]
source of synonymy San Martín, G. (2003). Annelida, Polychaeta II: Syllidae. <em>In: Ramos MA et al. (eds) Fauna Iberica, Vol 21, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. CSIC, Madrid.</em> p 1-554. (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
page(s): 207 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 69 [details]
source of synonymy San Martín, G. (2003). Annelida, Polychaeta II: Syllidae. <em>In: Ramos MA et al. (eds) Fauna Iberica, Vol 21, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. CSIC, Madrid.</em> p 1-554. (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
page(s): 207 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis "Tentacula tria, cirri tentaculares et branchiae moniliformes. Maxillae duae, dentibus duobus" (Schmarda, 1861: 69). [details]Etymology The name of the genus Gnathosyllis is composed by the Greek prefix gnatho-, meaning 'jaw', and the name of the genus Syllis, the type genus of the family Syllidae, and refers to the described presence of a pair of bidentate jaws in the anterior region of the pharynx. [details]