WoRMS taxon details
Odontosyllis polycera (Schmarda, 1861)
209753 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209753)
accepted
Species
Odontosyllis suteri Benham, 1915 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Procome polycera (Schmarda, 1861) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Syllis polycera Schmarda, 1861 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Trypanosyllis occipitalis Hutton, 1904 in Augener, 1913 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Syllis polycera Schmarda, 1861) Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 72, two unnumbered text-figs. on top of page 72, plate XXVIII fig. 219 [details]
page(s): 72, two unnumbered text-figs. on top of page 72, plate XXVIII fig. 219 [details]
Type locality contained in Table Bay
type locality contained in Table Bay [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Odontosyllis polycera (Schmarda, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209753 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Odontosyllis suteri Benham, 1915) Benham, W. B. (1915). Notes on some New Zealand polychaetes. <em>Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 47: 161-170., available online at https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TPRSNZ1914-47.2.4.1.20
page(s): 161, text figures 1-2; note: collected at Portobello, in Otago Harbour, and at Port Pegasus, in Stewart Island, [details]
original description (of Syllis polycera Schmarda, 1861) Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 72, two unnumbered text-figs. on top of page 72, plate XXVIII fig. 219 [details]
original description (of Trypanosyllis occipitalis Hutton, 1904 in Augener, 1913) Augener, Hermann. (1913). Polychaeta I. Errantia. 65-304. IN: Michaelsen, W. and Hartmeyer, R. (Ed.). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. <em>Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Gustav Fischer, Jena.</em> 4(5): 65-304, plates II-III., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7160888 [details]
basis of record Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
page(s): 161, text figures 1-2; note: collected at Portobello, in Otago Harbour, and at Port Pegasus, in Stewart Island, [details]
original description (of Syllis polycera Schmarda, 1861) Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 72, two unnumbered text-figs. on top of page 72, plate XXVIII fig. 219 [details]
original description (of Trypanosyllis occipitalis Hutton, 1904 in Augener, 1913) Augener, Hermann. (1913). Polychaeta I. Errantia. 65-304. IN: Michaelsen, W. and Hartmeyer, R. (Ed.). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. <em>Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Gustav Fischer, Jena.</em> 4(5): 65-304, plates II-III., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7160888 [details]
basis of record Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
Other
additional source
Augener, Hermann. (1918). Polychaeta. <em>Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meeresfauna Westafrikas.</em> 2(2): 67-625, plates II-VII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7172280 [details]
additional source Augener, Hermann. (1922). Revision der australischen Polychaeten-Typen von Kinberg. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> 14(8): 1-42., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6413310 [details]
additional source Augener, Hermann. (1924). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. XVIII. Polychaeta II. Polychaeten von Neuseeland. I. Errantia. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i København.</em> 75: 241-441., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27905496 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Augener, Hermann. (1922). Revision der australischen Polychaeten-Typen von Kinberg. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> 14(8): 1-42., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6413310 [details]
additional source Augener, Hermann. (1924). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. XVIII. Polychaeta II. Polychaeten von Neuseeland. I. Errantia. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i København.</em> 75: 241-441., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27905496 [details] Available for editors

additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors






To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Odontosyllis polycera)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Odontosyllis suteri) (from synonym Odontosyllis suteri Benham, 1915)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Odontosyllis suteri Benham, 1915)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (75 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Odontosyllis polycera)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Odontosyllis suteri) (from synonym Odontosyllis suteri Benham, 1915)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Odontosyllis suteri Benham, 1915)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (75 records)
To ITIS