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Westheidesyllis San Martín, López & Aguado, 2009

731116  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:731116)

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San Martín, G.; López, E.; Aguado, M.T. 2009. Revision of the genus <i>Pionosyllis</i> (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Eusyllinae), with a cladistic analysis, and the description of five new genera and two new species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 89(7): 1455-1498
page(s): 1492 [details]   
Etymology The genus is named in honour of Dr. Wilfried Westheide, author of important contributions to the knowledge of the family...  
Etymology The genus is named in honour of Dr. Wilfried Westheide, author of important contributions to the knowledge of the family Syllidae and other interstitial polychaetes.  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Westheidesyllis San Martín, López & Aguado, 2009. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=731116 on 2024-03-19
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2013-05-25 05:02:28Z
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2014-05-11 09:06:11Z
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2024-03-14 01:02:17Z
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original description San Martín, G.; López, E.; Aguado, M.T. 2009. Revision of the genus <i>Pionosyllis</i> (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Eusyllinae), with a cladistic analysis, and the description of five new genera and two new species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 89(7): 1455-1498
page(s): 1492 [details]   

identification resource Nascimento, Rodolfo Leandro; Fukuda, Marcelo Veronesi; Paiva, Paulo Cesar de. (2024). Two new 'incertae sedis' syllids (Annelida: Syllidae) from Brazilian oceanic islands. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 925: 46-66., available online at https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/2449
page(s): 54; note: key to the four species known [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
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Etymology The genus is named in honour of Dr. Wilfried Westheide, author of important contributions to the knowledge of the family Syllidae and other interstitial polychaetes.  [details]

Grammatical gender Feminine, following the second part of the compound name, which is a major genus in Syllidae. Syllis is a Greek female name. The type species is Eusyllis heterocirrata and the feminine suffix was correctly kept unchanged in the recombination. [details]