CaRMS taxon details
original description
Riser, N.W. (1997). <i>Syllides eburneus</i>, a new species, with notes on other members of the genus (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from the coast of New England and New Brunswick. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 110(1): 143-149., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35458165 page(s): 143-147, figs. 1-5, 7 [details]
basis of record
Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
Holotype USNM 054107, geounit Nahant Bay [details]
Paratype USNM 054108, geounit Nahant Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 7-30 m. [details]
Distribution Northwestern Atlantic Ocean: Northern Gulf of Maine and Nahant Bay. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet eburneus, is a Latin adjective meaning 'like ivory' or 'ivory colored', from the Latin ebur, meaning 'ivory', and refers to the ivory colored vacuoles in the dorsal cirri of the species. [details]
Habitat Subtidal (7-30 m) coarse shelly sand kicked out from under rocks by lobsters. [details]
Type locality Northwest Atlantic Ocean, USA, Massachusetts, Nahant Bay, north side of Egg Rock (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 42.436º, long. -70.897º); coarse shelly sand, 10 m. [details]From other sources
Taxonomy Subfamily: Eusyllinae, according to Trott (2004). [details]
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