The specific epithet gracilis is a Latin word meaning 'slender' or 'slim', and refers to the body shape of the species. [details]
As Lumbriconereis is a mistaken junior spelling variant, not an intentional new genus, taxon authors names should ... [details]
Grube named Siphonostomum papillosum and in the process 'corrected' Otto's Siphonostoma to Siphonostomum, for ... [details]
Not stated explicitly, but by inference the Mediterranean-Adriatic. [details]
Gulf of Naples, Mediterranean Sea. The type locality of Syllis gracilis is many times considered as being the ... [details]