WoRMS taxon details
Sphaerosyllis ovigera Langerhans, 1879
131390 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131390)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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): 567-568, plate XXXII fig. 23a-e [details]
page(s): 567-568, plate XXXII fig. 23a-e [details]
Note Northeastern Atlantic Ocean, Madeira Island...
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Type locality Northeastern Atlantic Ocean, Madeira Island (Portugal) (geocoordinates not provided, but estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 32.64º, long. -16.9º). [details]
Depth range Intertidal to shallow water.
Distribution Madeira Island. Considered to be Atlantic-Mediterranean.
Etymology The specific epithet ovigera, is the feminine of the Latin noun oviger, meaning 'bearing eggs' and composed by the Latin...
Depth range Intertidal to shallow water. [details]
Distribution Madeira Island. Considered to be Atlantic-Mediterranean.
Distribution Madeira Island. Considered to be Atlantic-Mediterranean. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet ovigera, is the feminine of the Latin noun oviger, meaning 'bearing eggs' and composed by the Latin...
Etymology The specific epithet ovigera, is the feminine of the Latin noun oviger, meaning 'bearing eggs' and composed by the Latin words ovum, meaning 'egg', and gerere, meaning 'to bear', and refers to the eggs or embryos attached to the ventral cirri that some of the observed females carried. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Sphaerosyllis ovigera Langerhans, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131390 on 2024-11-14
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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): 567-568, plate XXXII fig. 23a-e [details]
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Musco, Luigi; Giangrande, Adriana. (2005). Mediterranean Syllidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) revisited: biogeography, diversity and species fidelity to environmental features. <em>Marine Ecology Progress Series.</em> 304: 143-153 + 4 pp. Supplementary appendix., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps304143 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Fauvel, P. (1923). Polychètes errantes. Faune de France. <em>Librairie de la Faculte des Sciences. Paris.</em> 5: 1-488., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/ [details]
additional source Dauvin, J.-C.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gentil, F. (2003). Liste actualisée des espèces d'Annélides Polychètes présentes en Manche [An up to date list of polychaetous annelids from the English Channel]. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 44(1): 67-95., available online at http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/sites/www.sb-roscoff.fr/files/documents/station-biologique-roscoff-dauvinal2003-3835.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 567-568, plate XXXII fig. 23a-e [details]
basis of record Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Musco, Luigi; Giangrande, Adriana. (2005). Mediterranean Syllidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) revisited: biogeography, diversity and species fidelity to environmental features. <em>Marine Ecology Progress Series.</em> 304: 143-153 + 4 pp. Supplementary appendix., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps304143 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Fauvel, P. (1923). Polychètes errantes. Faune de France. <em>Librairie de la Faculte des Sciences. Paris.</em> 5: 1-488., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/ [details]
additional source Dauvin, J.-C.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gentil, F. (2003). Liste actualisée des espèces d'Annélides Polychètes présentes en Manche [An up to date list of polychaetous annelids from the English Channel]. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 44(1): 67-95., available online at http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/sites/www.sb-roscoff.fr/files/documents/station-biologique-roscoff-dauvinal2003-3835.pdf [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Depth range Intertidal to shallow water. [details]Distribution Madeira Island. Considered to be Atlantic-Mediterranean. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet ovigera, is the feminine of the Latin noun oviger, meaning 'bearing eggs' and composed by the Latin words ovum, meaning 'egg', and gerere, meaning 'to bear', and refers to the eggs or embryos attached to the ventral cirri that some of the observed females carried. [details]
Habitat Among algae on beach rocks, not rare. [details]
Type locality Northeastern Atlantic Ocean, Madeira Island (Portugal) (geocoordinates not provided, but estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 32.64º, long. -16.9º). [details]
Unreviewed
Bioclimatic category eurythermic [details]
