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Amblyosyllis spectabilis (Johnston in Baird, 1861)

1258721  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1258721)

accepted
Species
Amblyosyllis formosa (Claparède, 1863) · unaccepted (recombination of subjective synonym)
Amblyosyllis lineolata (A. Costa, 1864) · unaccepted (recombination of uncertain synonym)
Cirrosyllis picta Schmarda, 1861 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Baird William. (1861). Crustacea—Cirripeda—Annelida—Turbellaria—Entozoa. Pp. 285-307. <i>In</i>: Richardson, John; Dallas, William Sweetland; Cobbold, Thomas Spencer; Baird, William; White, Adam. 1862 [1861]. <em>The Museum of Natural History. With introductory essay on the Natural History of the Primeval World. Being a popular account of the structure, habits, and classification of the various departments of the Animal Kingdom. Quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, shells, and insects, including the insects destructive to agriculture.</em> Volume II: pp. 1-406 + pp. i-xxxviii [Appendix] [3 unnumbered plates; absent in some copies] + plates 1-8 [Reptiles], 1-4 [Amphibia], 1-17 [Fishes], 1-11 [Entomology], 1-2 [Cirripedia], 1-11 [Mollusca], 1-4 [The terms used in conchology], 1-6 [Echinodermata], 1-2 [Acalephae], 1-2 [Polyps], 1-2 [Infusoria & Rotatoria], 1-2 [Rhizopoda]., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=jJ5znVKvsAYC&pg=PA285#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 298 [footnote; no figures] [details] 
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Amblyosyllis spectabilis (Johnston in Baird, 1861). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1258721 on 2026-06-09
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Amblyosyllis spectabilis (Johnston in Baird, 1861). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1258721 on 2026-06-09
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2018-06-08 09:12:48Z
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2019-04-11 21:48:19Z
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original description (of Cirrosyllis picta Schmarda, 1861) Schmarda, L. K. (1861). Neue Wirbellose Thiere: Beobachted und Gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erdr 1853 bis 1857. <em>In Turbellarien, Rotatorien und Anneliden. Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.</em> Erster Band, Zweite Hälfte., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/neuewirbelloseth21861schm
page(s): 76-77, text-figs a-c [top of page 77], plate XXVIII fig. 225 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of ) Baird William. (1861). Crustacea—Cirripeda—Annelida—Turbellaria—Entozoa. Pp. 285-307. <i>In</i>: Richardson, John; Dallas, William Sweetland; Cobbold, Thomas Spencer; Baird, William; White, Adam. 1862 [1861]. <em>The Museum of Natural History. With introductory essay on the Natural History of the Primeval World. Being a popular account of the structure, habits, and classification of the various departments of the Animal Kingdom. Quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, shells, and insects, including the insects destructive to agriculture.</em> Volume II: pp. 1-406 + pp. i-xxxviii [Appendix] [3 unnumbered plates; absent in some copies] + plates 1-8 [Reptiles], 1-4 [Amphibia], 1-17 [Fishes], 1-11 [Entomology], 1-2 [Cirripedia], 1-11 [Mollusca], 1-4 [The terms used in conchology], 1-6 [Echinodermata], 1-2 [Acalephae], 1-2 [Polyps], 1-2 [Infusoria & Rotatoria], 1-2 [Rhizopoda]., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=jJ5znVKvsAYC&pg=PA285#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 298 [footnote; no figures] [details] 

basis of record Haswell, W. A. (1920). Australian Syllidae, Eusyllidae and Autolytidae. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 45: 90-112, plates X-XIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3850630
page(s): 108-109, plate xiii figs. 4-10 [details] 

redescription Aguado, María Teresa; Capa, María; Lago-Barcia, Domingo; Gil, João; Pleijel, Fredrik; Nygren, Arne. (2019). Species delimitation in <i>Amblyosyllis</i> (Annelida, Syllidae). <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 14(4): e0214211., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214211
page(s): 53-60, figs. 30-33; note: redescription included topotype material [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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