Polychaeta name details
original description
Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1965. Zur Kenntnis der eulitoralen Polychaetenfauna von Hawaii, Palmyra und Samoa. Naturwissenschaflichen Vereins in Hamburg, Abhandlungen und Verhandlungen, Supplement 9: 81-161. page(s): 103-106, figs. 28-31 [details]
additional source
Álvarez-Campos, Patricia; Riesgo, Ana; Hutchings, Pat A.; San Martín, Guillermo. (2015). The genus <em>Syllis </em>Savigny <em>in </em>Lamarck, 1818 (Annelida, Syllidae) from Australia. Molecular analysis and re-description of some poorly-known species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4052(3): 297-331., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4052.3.2 page(s): 306, 309 [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy
Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1978). Einige Sylliden-Arten (Polychaeta) von Hawaii und aus dem Karibischen Meer. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 75: 49-61. page(s): 53-55, figs. 8-10, table 2; note: synonymy with Typosyllis (Typosyllis) crassicirrata Treadwell, 1925 [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference
Alós, C. and San Martín, G. (1987). Descripcion de <i>Syllis ferrani</i> n. sp.: nuevo Syllidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) en el Mediterráneo. <em>Publicaciones del Departamento de Zoología, Universidad de Barcelona Facultad de Biologia.</em> 13: 35-44., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46767637 page(s): 43 [details]
Holotype ZMH P-14471, geounit Hawaiian Islands [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Eulittoral. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Hawaiian Islands. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet magnapalpa refers to the characteristic wide palps of the species. [details]
Habitat Among eulittoral algae and Mytilus on coral lime. [details]
Taxonomy Hartmann-Schröder (1978) synonymised the species with Syllis crassicirrata (Treadwell, 1925) (as Typosyllis (Typosyllis) crassicirrata). This synonymy was followed by other authors, such as Licher (1999) and Bailey-Brock (1987). Álvarez-Campos et al. (2015) revised the holotype of Typosyllis (Typosyllis) magnapalpa, considered under the genus Syllis, and determined that the synonymy was not valid, since the chaetae is distinctly bidentate in S. crassicirrata, while in S. magnapalpa it is almost unidentate. [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Southeastern Hawaiian Islands, Maui, near Paiia (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 20.917º, long. -156.383º). [details]
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