WoRMS name details
original description
Haswell, William A. (1886). Observation on some Australian Polychaeta. Part I. [ section headings: I. Syllidae. II. Staurocephalus. III. Eulalia. IV. Psamathe. IV. Siphonostoma. V. Halla.]. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 10(4): 733-756, plates L-LV., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6598060 page(s): 741-742, plate L figs. 4-5 [details]
source of synonymy
Imajima, Minoru. (1966). The Syllidae (polychaetous annelids) from Japan. IV. Syllinae (1). <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 14(3): 219-252., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2433/175436 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Depth range "Depths of a few fathoms" (meters). [details]
Distribution Port Jackson (New South Wales), Australia. Later the species has been recorded from the New Zealand region (eg Knox, 1960: 105) [details]
Etymology The specific epithet taeniaeformis makes reference to the body shape of the species, being long and flattened into the form of a ribbon, like the body of a tapeworm (Taenia). [details]
Taxonomy Moved to a different genus. [details]
Type locality Australia, New South Wales, Port Jackson (geocoordinates not provided but estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -33.853º, long. 151.254º). [details]
Type material Not known to exist. According to Álvarez-Campos et al (2017) "The whereabouts of the type material of this species are unknown (Anna Murray, Australian Museum)" [details]
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