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Clavisyllis Knox, 1957

325034  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325034)

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Knox, G. A. (1957). <i>Clavisyllis alternata</i> gen. et sp. nov., a new polychaete from New Zealand. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Series 12, 10(115): 493-496., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222935708655989
page(s): 493 [details]   
Etymology Not clear, clavi is the plural of the Latin word clavus, meaning 'nail'or 'screw'. It could refer to the sinuous shaped...  
Etymology Not clear, clavi is the plural of the Latin word clavus, meaning 'nail'or 'screw'. It could refer to the sinuous shaped nuchal epaulettes. Gender: feminine.  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Clavisyllis Knox, 1957. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325034 on 2024-03-19
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2008-03-05 14:39:51Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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2011-10-21 01:12:16Z
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2019-11-26 17:35:33Z
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2023-02-20 23:56:05Z
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original description Knox, G. A. (1957). <i>Clavisyllis alternata</i> gen. et sp. nov., a new polychaete from New Zealand. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Series 12, 10(115): 493-496., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222935708655989
page(s): 493 [details]   

taxonomy source Cejp, Benjamin; Jimi, Naoto; Aguado, M. Teresa. (2023). Another piece for the syllid puzzle: A new species from Japan and its mitochondrial genome reveal the enigmatic <em>Clavisyllis </em>(Phyllodocida: Syllidae) as a member of Eusyllinae. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5244(4): 341-360., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5244.4.2 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

redescription Aguado, M.T.; San Martín, G. (2008). Re-description of some enigmatic genera of Syllidae (Phyllodocida: Polychaeta). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 88(01): 35-56., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S002531540800026X
page(s): 43 [details]   

redescription Watson, C. (2009). A new species of <i>Clavisyllis</i> Knox, 1957 (Polychaeta: Syllidae): a genus with the unusual distribution of New Zealand and the Great Barrier Reef, Northern Queensland, Australia. <em>The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory.</em> 25, 79-85., available online at http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=945046650393005;res=IELHSS
page(s): 79-80 [details]   
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Diagnosis Prostomium with four eyes, three antennae, and a pair of palps fused at the base. Two pairs of tentacular cirri. Two prominent nuchal epaulettes with a nuchal digitiform cirrus between their anterior ends. Rim of pharynx smooth with a single mid-dorsal tooth and a crown of soft papillae. Tantacular and dorsal cirri large, ovoid, inflated; ventral cirri ovoid. Chaetae compound heterogomph falcigers.  [details]

Etymology Not clear, clavi is the plural of the Latin word clavus, meaning 'nail'or 'screw'. It could refer to the sinuous shaped nuchal epaulettes. Gender: feminine.  [details]