WoRMS taxon details

Sphaerosyllis levantina Faulwetter, Chatzigeorgiou, Galil, Nicolaidou & Arvanitidis, 2011

598905  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:598905)

accepted
Species
marine
Faulwetter, S.; Chatzigeorgiou, G.; Galil, B. S.; Nicolaidou, A.; Arvanitidis, C. (2011). <i>Sphaerosyllis levantina</i> sp. n. (Annelida) from the eastern Mediterranean, with notes on character variation in <i>Sphaerosyllis hystrix</i> Claparède, 1863. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 150, 327-345., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.150.1877
page(s): 330-335, figs. 1-4 [details]   
Holotype  USNM 1160540, geounit Haifa Bay  
Holotype USNM 1160540, geounit Haifa Bay [details]
Note Eastern Mediterranean Sea, Levantine Basin,...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Eastern Mediterranean Sea, Levantine Basin, Israel, Haifa Bay, Stn. ALA-IL-7 (32º54.533'N, 35º04.071ºE), 10.5 m deep in fine to medium sand. [details]
Depth range 10.5 m.  
Depth range 10.5 m. [details]

Distribution Eastern Mediterranean Sea, Levantine Basin: Israel (Haifa Bay).   
Distribution Eastern Mediterranean Sea, Levantine Basin: Israel (Haifa Bay).  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet levantina is a neo-Latin adjective meaning 'pertaining to the region where the Sun raises', and...  
Etymology The specific epithet levantina is a neo-Latin adjective meaning 'pertaining to the region where the Sun raises', and derives from the type locality, the Levantine Basin. It has a feminine declination in accordance with the genus name, as Syllis was a river nymph in the Greek mythology, and thus female.  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Sphaerosyllis levantina Faulwetter, Chatzigeorgiou, Galil, Nicolaidou & Arvanitidis, 2011. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598905 on 2024-03-28
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2012-05-29 10:36:09Z
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original description Faulwetter, S.; Chatzigeorgiou, G.; Galil, B. S.; Nicolaidou, A.; Arvanitidis, C. (2011). <i>Sphaerosyllis levantina</i> sp. n. (Annelida) from the eastern Mediterranean, with notes on character variation in <i>Sphaerosyllis hystrix</i> Claparède, 1863. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 150, 327-345., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.150.1877
page(s): 330-335, figs. 1-4 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Holotype USNM 1160540, geounit Haifa Bay [details]
Paratype USNM 1160541-1160573, geounit Haifa Bay [details]
Paratype ZMTAU AN 25006, geounit Haifa Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 10.5 m. [details]

Distribution Eastern Mediterranean Sea, Levantine Basin: Israel (Haifa Bay).  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet levantina is a neo-Latin adjective meaning 'pertaining to the region where the Sun raises', and derives from the type locality, the Levantine Basin. It has a feminine declination in accordance with the genus name, as Syllis was a river nymph in the Greek mythology, and thus female.  [details]

Habitat Fine to medium sands in shallow waters (about 10 m).  [details]

Holotype Holotype (USNM 1160540) is a complete specimen with 25 chaetigers, 1.9 mm long with palps but without anal cirri, 250 µm wide without parapodia and 300 µm with parapodia, at the 6th chaetiger.  [details]

Type locality Eastern Mediterranean Sea, Levantine Basin, Israel, Haifa Bay, Stn. ALA-IL-7 (32º54.533'N, 35º04.071ºE), 10.5 m deep in fine to medium sand. [details]