WoRMS name details
original description
Langerhans, Paul. (1879). Die Wurmfauna von Madeira [part I]. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 32(4): 513-592, plates XXXI-XXXIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45240737 page(s): 528-529 [details]
source of synonymy
San Martín, G. (2003). Annelida, Polychaeta II: Syllidae. <em>In: Ramos MA et al. (eds) Fauna Iberica, Vol 21, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. CSIC, Madrid.</em> p 1-554. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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Etymology The subgeneric name Typosyllis is composed by the prefix of Greek origin typ-, meaning 'stamp' or 'model', and the name of the stem genus Syllis Lamarck, 1818, which is also the type genus of the family Syllidae, and seems to refer to the fact that when described it was the most common of all four subgenera in which the genus Syllis was divided. [details]
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