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WoRMS taxon detailsOpisthosyllis Langerhans, 1879
129662 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129662)
accepted
Genus
Opisthosyllis brunnea Langerhans, 1879 (type by subsequent designation)
marine,
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): 541 [details] 
Note Langerhans evidently deposited the...
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Type material Langerhans evidently deposited the preparations for Opisthosyllis brunnea, and O. viridis at Naturhistorisches Museum Wien under a manuscript genus name 'Protosyllis' as a transcript of the museum register page uses that name (fide information circulated privately to colleagues by Mary Petersen & Phyllis Knight-Jones in 1994). [details]
Type species The type species of the genus is Opisthosyllis brunnea Langerhans, 1879, by subsequent designation by Hartman (1959: 214). [details]
Etymology The generic name Opisthosyllis is composed by the Latin prefix of Greek origin opistho-, meaning 'backward' or 'behind' and...
Etymology The generic name Opisthosyllis is composed by the Latin prefix of Greek origin opistho-, meaning 'backward' or 'behind' and the name of the genus Syllis Lamarck, 1818, the type genus of the family Syllidae, and refers to the location of the single pharyngeal tooth on the posterior region of the pharynx, while in the close genus Syllis it is located in the anterior region. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Opisthosyllis Langerhans, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129662 on 2025-05-08
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Nomenclatureoriginal 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): 541 [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] Taxonomyredescription
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] Otheradditional source
Day, J. H. (1967). [Errantia] A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. pp. vi, 1–458, xxix., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
additional source Fauvel, P. (1953). The fauna of India including Pakistan, Ceylon, Burma and Malaya : Annelida, Polychaeta. The Indian Press, Ltd, Allahabad. xii and 507 p., available online at http://archive.org/details/FBIPolychaeta [details] additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details] subsequent type designation Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. page(s): 214 [details] Available for editors  [request] Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Classification Although not based on molecular data, thus an interim classification, Verdes, Aguado & San Martin (2013) included Opisthosyllis in Syllinae when reporting on Opisthosyllis neglecta [details]Etymology The generic name Opisthosyllis is composed by the Latin prefix of Greek origin opistho-, meaning 'backward' or 'behind' and the name of the genus Syllis Lamarck, 1818, the type genus of the family Syllidae, and refers to the location of the single pharyngeal tooth on the posterior region of the pharynx, while in the close genus Syllis it is located in the anterior region. [details] Type material Langerhans evidently deposited the preparations for Opisthosyllis brunnea, and O. viridis at Naturhistorisches Museum Wien under a manuscript genus name 'Protosyllis' as a transcript of the museum register page uses that name (fide information circulated privately to colleagues by Mary Petersen & Phyllis Knight-Jones in 1994). [details] Type species The type species of the genus is Opisthosyllis brunnea Langerhans, 1879, by subsequent designation by Hartman (1959: 214). [details] |
