WoRMS taxon details
Haplosyllis gula Treadwell, 1924
340033 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:340033)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Treadwell, Aaron L. (1924). Polychaetous annelids collected by the Barbados-Antigua Expedition from the University of Iowa in 1918. <em>University of Iowa Studies in Natural History.</em> 10(4): 3-23, plates I-II., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15291771 [details]
Note Caribbean Sea, West Indies, Barbados, Shoal...
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Type locality Caribbean Sea, West Indies, Barbados, Shoal Bank, about 3 miles W. of Needham Point (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 13.07º, long. -59.66º). [details]
Depth range 45.5-73 m.
Distribution Caribbean Sea: Barbados, West Indies.
Etymology The specific epithet gula, the Latin word for 'gluttony', refers to the fact that most of the type material was found...
Taxonomy The current taxon was considered a junior synonym of Haplosyllis spongicola (Grube, 1855) since the synonymy made by Monro...
Depth range 45.5-73 m. [details]
Distribution Caribbean Sea: Barbados, West Indies.
Distribution Caribbean Sea: Barbados, West Indies. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet gula, the Latin word for 'gluttony', refers to the fact that most of the type material was found...
Etymology The specific epithet gula, the Latin word for 'gluttony', refers to the fact that most of the type material was found attached by the pharynx to the body surface of other polychaetes: "They were usually attached to the body wall rather than to cirri and evidently held in place by a strong sucking action of the pharynx for when pulled loose the point of attachment on the body wall showed as a very distinct papilla" (Treadwell, 1924: 11). [details]
Taxonomy The current taxon was considered a junior synonym of Haplosyllis spongicola (Grube, 1855) since the synonymy made by Monro...
Taxonomy The current taxon was considered a junior synonym of Haplosyllis spongicola (Grube, 1855) since the synonymy made by Monro (1933), but was shown to be a valid species by Lattig & Martin (2009). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Haplosyllis gula Treadwell, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=340033 on 2024-04-16
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original description
Treadwell, Aaron L. (1924). Polychaetous annelids collected by the Barbados-Antigua Expedition from the University of Iowa in 1918. <em>University of Iowa Studies in Natural History.</em> 10(4): 3-23, plates I-II., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15291771 [details]
source of synonymy Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1933). The Polychaeta Errantia collected by Dr. C. Crossland at Colón, in the Panama region, and the Galapagos Islands during the Expedition of the S.Y. 'St. George'. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 103(1): 1-96., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb01578.x [details] Available for editors
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redescription Lattig, Patricia; Martin, Daniel. (2009). A taxonomic revision of the genus <i>Haplosyllis</i> Langerhans, 1887 (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Syllinae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2220: 1-40., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2009/zt02220.html
page(s): 20-23, figs. 13A-I, 14A-H [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1933). The Polychaeta Errantia collected by Dr. C. Crossland at Colón, in the Panama region, and the Galapagos Islands during the Expedition of the S.Y. 'St. George'. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 103(1): 1-96., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb01578.x [details] Available for editors
[request] redescription Lattig, Patricia; Martin, Daniel. (2009). A taxonomic revision of the genus <i>Haplosyllis</i> Langerhans, 1887 (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Syllinae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2220: 1-40., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2009/zt02220.html
page(s): 20-23, figs. 13A-I, 14A-H [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype USNM 20327, geounit Caribbean Sea [details]
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Association Lattig & Martin (2009: 23) suggest that the species Haplosyllis gula could be an ectoparasitic polychaete, with the broad pharynx of the species being an adaptation to this mode of life. However, the fact that most of the type specimens were attached to other polychaetes seems to be circumstantial, as stated by Treadwell (1924: 11) in his description of the species: "[Specimens were] attached to the surface of fragments of Leodice longicirrata Webster; to a small Glycerid, and to another Syllid, thought most of the specimens were on the Leodice. They were usually attached to the body rather than to cirri [...]. Eisig (1906 page 180) and Potts (1911, page 410) have described the ferocity with which syllids attack other annelids and it is possible that the attachment took place in the close confinement of the collecting dishes rather than in the open ocean. [...] In the specimens here described there was no evidence of anything more than temporary attachment." Instead of being ectoparasitic of other polychaetes, it seems more probable that the specimens lived as symbionts of one or more of the sponges that covered the dredged bottom, becoming attached to the polychaetes during the manipulation of the sampled material. [details]Depth range 45.5-73 m. [details]
Distribution Caribbean Sea: Barbados, West Indies. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet gula, the Latin word for 'gluttony', refers to the fact that most of the type material was found attached by the pharynx to the body surface of other polychaetes: "They were usually attached to the body wall rather than to cirri and evidently held in place by a strong sucking action of the pharynx for when pulled loose the point of attachment on the body wall showed as a very distinct papilla" (Treadwell, 1924: 11). [details]
Habitat Dredged from a sponge bottom. The specimens of Haplosyllis gula were "attached to the surface of fragments of Leodice longicirrata Webster; to a small Glycerid, and to another Syllid, thought most of the specimens were on the Leodice" (Treadwell, 1924: 11). [details]
Reproduction Unknown. [details]
Taxonomy The current taxon was considered a junior synonym of Haplosyllis spongicola (Grube, 1855) since the synonymy made by Monro (1933), but was shown to be a valid species by Lattig & Martin (2009). [details]
Type locality Caribbean Sea, West Indies, Barbados, Shoal Bank, about 3 miles W. of Needham Point (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 13.07º, long. -59.66º). [details]
