WoRMS taxon details

Sphaerosyllis perkinsi Riser, 1991

332022  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332022)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Riser, Nathan W. 1991. An evaluation of taxonomic characters in the genus Sphaerosyllis (Polychaeta: Syllidae). Ophelia, supplement 5 (Systematics, Biology and Morphology of World Polychaeta): 209-218.
page(s): 216 [details]   
Holotype  USNM 101113, geounit Massachusetts  
Holotype USNM 101113, geounit Massachusetts [details]
Note Northwest Atlantic, USA, Massachusetts,...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Northwest Atlantic, USA, Massachusetts, Falmouth, Nobska Pt. (41º31'N, 70º39'W).  [details]
Depth range Intertidal to about 11 m.   
Depth range Intertidal to about 11 m.  [details]

Distribution Atlantic coast of the USA, from Cape Cod to Florida.   
Distribution Atlantic coast of the USA, from Cape Cod to Florida.  [details]

Etymology The species is dedicated to Thomas H. Perkins, from the Marine Research Laboratory, Florida Department of Natural...  
Etymology The species is dedicated to Thomas H. Perkins, from the Marine Research Laboratory, Florida Department of Natural Resources, who first described and illustrated the species as Sphaerosyllis longicauda.  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Sphaerosyllis perkinsi Riser, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332022 on 2024-04-19
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original description Riser, Nathan W. 1991. An evaluation of taxonomic characters in the genus Sphaerosyllis (Polychaeta: Syllidae). Ophelia, supplement 5 (Systematics, Biology and Morphology of World Polychaeta): 209-218.
page(s): 216 [details]   

additional source Gardiner, Stephen L. (1976). Errant polychaete annelids from North Carolina. <em>Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society.</em> 91(3): 77-220., available online at http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/jncas/id/2925
page(s): 131, fig. 10s-v; note: as "Sphaerosyllis erinaceus" (not Claparède, 1863) [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Perkins, Thomas H. (1981). Syllidae (Polychaeta), principally from Florida, with descriptions of a new genus and twenty-one new species. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 93(4): 1080-1172., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34599967
page(s): 1127-1130, figs. 20-21; note: as "Sphaerosyllis longicauda" (not Webster & Benedict, 1887) [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Pettibone, Marian H. (1963). Marine polychaete worms of the New England region. I. Aphroditidae through Trochochaetidae. <i>Bulletin of the United States National Museum</i>. 227(1): 1-356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7870746
page(s): 135-136 [in part; Virginia]; note: as "Sphaerosyllis erinaceus" (not Claparède, 1863) [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype USNM 101113, geounit Massachusetts [details]
Paratype USNM 27509, geounit Virginia [details]
Paratype USNM 27557, geounit New Jersey [details]
Paratype USNM 52915, geounit North Carolina [details]
Paratype USNM 54525, geounit Florida [details]
Paratype USNM 54526, geounit Florida [details]
Paratype ZMH P-18762, geounit Massachusetts [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal to about 11 m.  [details]

Distribution Atlantic coast of the USA, from Cape Cod to Florida.  [details]

Etymology The species is dedicated to Thomas H. Perkins, from the Marine Research Laboratory, Florida Department of Natural Resources, who first described and illustrated the species as Sphaerosyllis longicauda.  [details]

Habitat On rocks, coarse cobble, and coarse sand, intertidal to subtidal.  [details]

Type locality Northwest Atlantic, USA, Massachusetts, Falmouth, Nobska Pt. (41º31'N, 70º39'W).  [details]