WoRMS name details

Syllis (Ehlersia) nitida Verrill, 1900

340052  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:340052)

 unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
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): 612 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Holotype  YPM 2975  
Holotype YPM 2975 [details]
Note Atlantic Ocean, Bermuda. Further details not...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Bermuda. Further details not provided. [details]
Distribution Bermuda.   
Distribution Bermuda.  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet nitida, feminine gender for the Latin word nitidus, meaning bright, refers to the plain yellowish...  
Etymology The specific epithet nitida, feminine gender for the Latin word nitidus, meaning bright, refers to the plain yellowish white colour in formalin of the single specimen collected.  [details]

Taxonomy Current taxon synonym of species listed.  
Taxonomy Current taxon synonym of species listed. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Syllis (Ehlersia) nitida Verrill, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=340052 on 2024-04-19
Date
action
by
2008-03-18 12:55:09Z
created
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
2014-09-01 15:09:24Z
changed
2021-05-26 22:23:41Z
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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): 612 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

context source (Bermuda) Pocklington, P. (2007). Polychaetes in the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo Collection: Phase II. A Curatorial Report (unpublished), 11 [details]   

source of synonymy Hartman, O. (1942). A review of the types of polychaetous annelids at the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University. <em>Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection, Yale University.</em> 8(1): 1-98. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype YPM 2975 [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution Bermuda.  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet nitida, feminine gender for the Latin word nitidus, meaning bright, refers to the plain yellowish white colour in formalin of the single specimen collected.  [details]

Habitat Probably in dead corals.  [details]

Synonymy San Martín (1992) revised the type material and considered the species to be a synonym of Branchiosyllis exilis (Gravier, 1900), confirming the synonymy established previously by Hartman (1942).  [details]

Taxonomy Current taxon synonym of species listed. [details]

Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Bermuda. Further details not provided. [details]