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Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1991). Syllis onkylochaeta sp. n., ein korallenfressender Polychaet (Syllidae) aus dem Korallenaquarium des Löbbecke-Museums. Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen. 45: 59-63.
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10.1007/BF02365636 [view]
Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa
1991
<i>Syllis onkylochaeta</i> sp. n., ein korallenfressender Polychaet (Syllidae) aus dem Korallenaquarium des Löbbecke-Museums
Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen
45: 59-63
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
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A new species of the genus Syllis is described feeding on a colony of corals of the genus Xenia (Xeniidae, Alcyonaria) in the coral aquarium of the Löbbecke Museum Düsseldorf. The origin of the corals is very probably Bali (Indonesia).
Indo West Pacific Region
Systematics, Taxonomy
Syllis onkylochaeta Hartmann-Schröder, 1991 (original description)
Holotype ZMH P-20223, geounit Bali, identified as Syllis onkylochaeta Hartmann-Schröder, 1991
Association
The species lives in association with colonies of corals of the genus Xenia (Xeniidae, Alcyonaria). [details]
Distribution
Known from Löbbecke Museum Düsseldorf (Germany). Natural occurrence probably at Indonesia. [details]
Habitat
On colonies of corals of the genus Xenia (Xeniidae, Alcyonaria). [details]
Taxonomy
Martin et al. (2009) refer a list of species belonging to the genus Alcyonosyllis which included Syllis ... [details]
Type locality
The species was found in an aquarium with corals of the Löbbecke Museum Düsseldorf (Germany), on a colony of ... [details]
