WoRMS taxon details

Odontosyllis enopla Verrill, 1900

330066  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330066)

accepted
Species
Autolytus bidens Treadwell, 1941 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Verrill, A.E. 1900. Additions to the Turbellaria, Nemertina, and Annelida of the Bermudas, with revisions of some New England genera and species. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 10(2): 595-671., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27731368
page(s): 627-628 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Note Atlantic Ocean, Bermuda.  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Bermuda. [details]
Distribution Bermuda Archipelago, Bahamas, Atlantic coast of the USA (Georgia), and Gulf of Mexico (Florida and Texas).   
Distribution Bermuda Archipelago, Bahamas, Atlantic coast of the USA (Georgia), and Gulf of Mexico (Florida and Texas).  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet enopla is the neuter plural of the Latin word enoplos, meaning 'armed' and making reference to the...  
Etymology The specific epithet enopla is the neuter plural of the Latin word enoplos, meaning 'armed' and making reference to the "ventral row of six stout, recurved, hook-like teeth" that arms anteriorly the pharynx, besides the median dorsal tooth.  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Odontosyllis enopla Verrill, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330066 on 2024-03-19
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original description Verrill, A.E. 1900. Additions to the Turbellaria, Nemertina, and Annelida of the Bermudas, with revisions of some New England genera and species. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 10(2): 595-671., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27731368
page(s): 627-628 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

original description  (of Autolytus bidens Treadwell, 1941) Treadwell, Aaron L. (1941). Plankton of the Bermuda Oceanographic Expeditions. X. Polychaetous annelids from Bermuda plankton, with eight shore species, and four from Haiti. <em>Zoologica; scientific contributions of the New York Zoological Society.</em> 26(1, no. 7): 25-30., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50977684
page(s): 28-29, fig. 9 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

context source (Bermuda) Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Hartman, Olga. (1956). Polychaetous annelids erected by Treadwell, 1891 to 1948, together with a brief chronology. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 109(2): 239-310., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1145 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Galloway, T. W.; Welch, P. S. (1911). Studies on a phosphorescent Bermudan annelid, <i>Odontosyllis enopla</i> Verrill. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 30(1): 13-39, plates I-V., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27094607#page/19/mode/1up
page(s): 13-33, plates I-V [details]   

additional source Huntsman, A. G. (1948). <i>Odontosyllis</i> at Bermuda and lunar periodicity. <em>Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada.</em> 7(6): 363-369., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f47-028 [details]   

additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Distribution Bermuda Archipelago, Bahamas, Atlantic coast of the USA (Georgia), and Gulf of Mexico (Florida and Texas).  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet enopla is the neuter plural of the Latin word enoplos, meaning 'armed' and making reference to the "ventral row of six stout, recurved, hook-like teeth" that arms anteriorly the pharynx, besides the median dorsal tooth.  [details]

Habitat Probably in dead corals at shallow water, but common swimming at the surface of the water when mating.  [details]

Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Bermuda. [details]
LanguageName 
English Bermuda fireworm  [details]