WoRMS taxon details
original description
McIntosh, William C. (1879). On a remarkably branched <i>Syllis</i>, dredged by H.M.S. 'Challenger'. <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society, Series Zoology.</em> 14(80): 720-724., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31858805 page(s): 720-724 [details]
additional source
Crossland, Cyril. (1933). Distribution of the polychaete worm, Syllis ramosa McIntosh. <em>Nature.</em> 31 (February 18, 1933): 242., available online at https://www.nature.com/articles/131242a0 note: (purported) record of new material from a sponge in the northern Red Sea, just south of the entrance to the Gulf of Suez. [details]
additional source
Tizard, T.H., Moseley H.N., Buchanan J.Y. & Murray J. (1885). Narrative of the cruise of H.M.S. Challenger, with a general account of the scientific results of the Expedition. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876.</em> 1(1-2): i-liv, 1-1110, figs. 1-340, pls. a-n, 1-35, maps, tabs., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49431318 page(s): 630, figure 215; note: overview of McIntosh's information on Syllis ramosa, and published at almost the same time as the McIntosh monograph [details]
additional source
Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription
McIntosh, W.C. [as M'Intosh]. (1885). Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 12 (part 34): i-xxxvi, 1-554, pl. 1-55, 1A-39A, & Annelida stations map., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50688426 page(s): 198-205, pl. XXXI fig. 1, pl. XXXIII figs. 11-14, pl. XVA figs. 18-19, pl. XVIA fig. 1, pl. XXXIVA figs. 8-10, 12-13 [details]
biology source
Oka, Asajiro. (1895). Über die Knospungsweise bei Syllis ramosa. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 18(490): 462-464., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9728805 note: observations on budding of a live specimen from a Crateromorpha meyeri sponge [details]
biology source
Read, Geoffrey B. (2001). A first non-tropical Southern Hemisphere occurrence of 'Syllis ramosa,' the rare branching polychaete commensal of sponges, together with its swimming stolons, in a Tasman Sea deep-sea hexactinellid. <em>[Conference Poster, unpublished].</em> 7th International Polychaete conference, 2-6 July, 2001, Reykjavík Iceland. note: probably not Syllis ramosa but as yet unnamed [details] Available for editors [request]
biology source
Read, Geoffrey B. (2001). Unique branching worm found in New Zealand. <em>Biodiversity Update (NIWA).</em> 4: 1 of 1., available online at http://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/BU4.pdf page(s): 1; note: probably not Syllis ramosa but as yet unnamed [details] Available for editors [request]
Nontype NHMUK, geounit Banda Sea [details]
Syntype NHMUK 1885.12.1.149-154, geounit Cebu Island [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 95-140 fathoms (= about 174-256 m). [details]
Distribution Indo-Pacific: Banda Sea; Bohol Sea. [details]
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet ramosa is a Latin adjective meaning 'branching', and refers to the body of the species, formed by a multitude of branches. [details]
Habitat Inside the canals of hexactinellid sponges on blue mud, at shelf depths. [details]
Type locality Near Zebu (= Cebu) Island, Cebu Strait, Philippine Islands, Bohol Sea (10.2333°, 123.9°). [details]
Type material Syntypes deposited at the Natural History Museum, London, UK (NHMUK 1885.12.1.149-154). [details]
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