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Polychaeta taxon details

Syllis caeca Monro, 1933

1044361  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1044361)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, terrestrial
recent only
Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1933). The Polychaeta Errantia collected by Dr. C. Crossland at Colón, in the Panama region, and the Galapagos Islands during the Expedition of the S.Y. 'St. George'. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 103(1): 1-96., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb01578.x
page(s): 30-32, fig. 13; note: senior homonym of Syllis caeca (Katzmann, 1973) [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Note Syntypes from two localities: a) Taboga...  
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Type locality Syntypes from two localities: a) Taboga Island, from floats of the stage at the end of the hotel pier (presumably the now gone Hotel Aspinwall, which had a floating wharf), Panama, Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate 8.7922°, -79.5512°); b) south side of Tagus Cove, Albemarle Island (= Isla Isabela), Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate -0.2645°, -91.3705°). [details]
Depth range Intertidal to shallow water.  
Depth range Intertidal to shallow water. [details]

Distribution Pacific Ocean: Taboga Island (Panama); Albemarle (= Isabela) Island (Galápagos Islands).  
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Taboga Island (Panama); Albemarle (= Isabela) Island (Galápagos Islands). [details]

Etymology Not explicitly stated, but the specific epithet caeca, Latin adjective meaning 'blind', refers to the absence of eyes in...  
Etymology Not explicitly stated, but the specific epithet caeca, Latin adjective meaning 'blind', refers to the absence of eyes in the species: "No trace of eyes can be found, even after careful clearing" (Monro, 1933: 31). [details]

Homonymy Syllis caeca Monro, 1933 is a senior homonym of Syllis caeca (Katzmann, 1973).  
Homonymy Syllis caeca Monro, 1933 is a senior homonym of Syllis caeca (Katzmann, 1973). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Syllis caeca Monro, 1933. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1044361 on 2024-03-28
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original description Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1933). The Polychaeta Errantia collected by Dr. C. Crossland at Colón, in the Panama region, and the Galapagos Islands during the Expedition of the S.Y. 'St. George'. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 103(1): 1-96., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb01578.x
page(s): 30-32, fig. 13; note: senior homonym of Syllis caeca (Katzmann, 1973) [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Syntype NHMUK 1932.12.24.209-215, geounit Taboga Island [details]
Syntype NHMUK 1932.12.24.216-217, geounit Taboga Island [details]
Syntype NHMUK 1932.12.24.218, geounit Albemarle [details]
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Depth range Intertidal to shallow water. [details]

Distribution Pacific Ocean: Taboga Island (Panama); Albemarle (= Isabela) Island (Galápagos Islands). [details]

Etymology Not explicitly stated, but the specific epithet caeca, Latin adjective meaning 'blind', refers to the absence of eyes in the species: "No trace of eyes can be found, even after careful clearing" (Monro, 1933: 31). [details]

Habitat On hard surfaces, such as floats of piers and rock shelfs, at intertidal to subtidal depths. [details]

Homonymy Syllis caeca Monro, 1933 is a senior homonym of Syllis caeca (Katzmann, 1973). [details]

Type locality Syntypes from two localities: a) Taboga Island, from floats of the stage at the end of the hotel pier (presumably the now gone Hotel Aspinwall, which had a floating wharf), Panama, Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate 8.7922°, -79.5512°); b) south side of Tagus Cove, Albemarle Island (= Isla Isabela), Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate -0.2645°, -91.3705°). [details]