Deep-Sea name details
Syllis (Ehlersia) heterochaeta Moore, 1909
338209 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338209)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Moore, J. Percy. (1909). The polychaetous annelids dredged by the U.S.S. "Albatross" off the coast of southern California in 1904. I. Syllidae, Sphaerodoridae, Hesionidae and Phyllodocidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 61: 321-351, plates XV-XVI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1816604
page(s): 322-325, pl. XV figs. 1-4 [details]
page(s): 322-325, pl. XV figs. 1-4 [details]
Holotype USNM 17400, geounit Southern California
, Note Pacific Ocean, California, off San Nicholas...
Holotype USNM 17400, geounit Southern California [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Pacific Ocean, California, off San Nicholas Island ("from San Diego, Cal., through Santa Catalina and Santa Barbara, E. Point San Nicolas Island, S. 7.6 miles"; geocoordinates not provided, but estimated to be approximately lat. 33.182636º, long. -119.319507º). [details]
Type material Holotype deposited at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM 17400). [details]
Depth range From shelf to slope and canyon depths: 30-1335 m.
Distribution From Western Canada to Southern California.
Etymology The specific epithet heterochaeta refers to the different types of chaetae occurring in the species.
Taxonomy Moved to different genus
Depth range From shelf to slope and canyon depths: 30-1335 m. [details]
Distribution From Western Canada to Southern California.
Distribution From Western Canada to Southern California. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet heterochaeta refers to the different types of chaetae occurring in the species.
Etymology The specific epithet heterochaeta refers to the different types of chaetae occurring in the species. [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Syllis (Ehlersia) heterochaeta Moore, 1909. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338209 on 2024-04-20
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Syllis (Ehlersia) heterochaeta Moore, 1909. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338209 on 2024-04-20
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Moore, J. Percy. (1909). The polychaetous annelids dredged by the U.S.S. "Albatross" off the coast of southern California in 1904. I. Syllidae, Sphaerodoridae, Hesionidae and Phyllodocidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 61: 321-351, plates XV-XVI., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1816604
page(s): 322-325, pl. XV figs. 1-4 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Dorsey, John H. and Phillips, Charles A. 1987. A new species of Syllis (Ehlersia) (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from southern California, and description of the epitoke and atoke variation in S. (Ehlersia) heterochaeta Moore, 1909. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington 7: 152-161.
page(s): 153-156, fig. 1, table 1 [details]
source of synonymy Hartman, O. 1968. Atlas of the errantiate polychaetous annelids from California. 1-828. Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California. Los Angeles. [details]
new combination reference Moore, J. Percy. (1923). The polychaetous annelids dredged by the U.S.S. ''Albatross'' off the coast of southern California in 1904. IV. Spionidae to Sabellariidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 75: 179-259, plates XVII-XVIII., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.12425
page(s): 256; note: as Syllis heterochaeta [details]
new combination reference Licher, Frank 2000 (1999), Revision der Gattung Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879 (Polychaeta: Syllidae). Morphologie, Taxonomie und Phylogenie. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 551:1-336
page(s): 262-264, fig. 109 [details]
page(s): 322-325, pl. XV figs. 1-4 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Dorsey, John H. and Phillips, Charles A. 1987. A new species of Syllis (Ehlersia) (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from southern California, and description of the epitoke and atoke variation in S. (Ehlersia) heterochaeta Moore, 1909. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington 7: 152-161.
page(s): 153-156, fig. 1, table 1 [details]
source of synonymy Hartman, O. 1968. Atlas of the errantiate polychaetous annelids from California. 1-828. Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California. Los Angeles. [details]
new combination reference Moore, J. Percy. (1923). The polychaetous annelids dredged by the U.S.S. ''Albatross'' off the coast of southern California in 1904. IV. Spionidae to Sabellariidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 75: 179-259, plates XVII-XVIII., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.12425
page(s): 256; note: as Syllis heterochaeta [details]
new combination reference Licher, Frank 2000 (1999), Revision der Gattung Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879 (Polychaeta: Syllidae). Morphologie, Taxonomie und Phylogenie. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 551:1-336
page(s): 262-264, fig. 109 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 17400, geounit Southern California [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range From shelf to slope and canyon depths: 30-1335 m. [details]Distribution From Western Canada to Southern California. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet heterochaeta refers to the different types of chaetae occurring in the species. [details]
Habitat In mixed sediments (muddy sand, silty sand, sand, pebbles, shells, gravel). [details]
Neotype Dorsey & Phillips (1987) searched unsuccessfully for the holotype of Syllis (Ehlersia) heterochaeta at the collections of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP). As the type species was considered to be missing at the ANSP (Dr. Arthur E. Bogan, ANSP pers. comm. in Dorsey & Phillips, 1987) the authors decided to designate as a neotype a second specimen donated to the ANSP by Moore in 1916, to replace the missing holotype. This specimen had been collected on the same cruise as the type, but in Central California off Point Pinos, Monterey Bay, and fully agreed with the original description. However, and as stated by Moore (1909: 321), 'Types of new species are to be deposited in the National Museum, and sets of cotypes and duplicates, as far as possible, also in the coöperating Universities and this Academy [ANSP]". This way, the holotype of Syllis (Ehlersia) heterochaeta still existed, but at the collections of the USNM, where it was originally deposited by Moore, with the reference number USNM 17400. This finding had been first published by Loi (1980: 129), and later by Licher (1999: 262-264, 312), for which reason, and according to Article 75.8 of the ICZN, the rediscovered type USNM 17400 becomes again the name-bearing type of the species, while the neotype is set aside. Moreover, according to Licher (1999: 264) the neotype designated by Dorsey & Phillips (1987) is not identical with S. heterochaeta. [details]
Specimen Holotype USNM 17400: 9 mm long, 0.7 mm wide, 80 segments. [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, California, off San Nicholas Island ("from San Diego, Cal., through Santa Catalina and Santa Barbara, E. Point San Nicolas Island, S. 7.6 miles"; geocoordinates not provided, but estimated to be approximately lat. 33.182636º, long. -119.319507º). [details]
Type material Holotype deposited at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM 17400). [details]
From other sources
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
