WoRMS taxon details
Syllis unzima Simon, San Martín & Robinson, 2014
760277 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:760277)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Simon, C., San Martín, G. & Robinson, G. (2014) Two new species of <i>Syllis</i> (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from South Africa, one of them viviparous, with remarks on larval development and vivipary. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 94 (4): 729-746. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315413001926
page(s): 731-736, figs. 1-6 [details]
page(s): 731-736, figs. 1-6 [details]
Holotype SAMC A60383, geounit South Africa (country) , Note South Africa, Cape Province, west Walker Bay...
Holotype SAMC A60383, geounit South Africa (country) [details]
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Type locality South Africa, Cape Province, west Walker Bay (34º26'13"S, 19º13'05"E). [details]
Depth range Very shallow water.
Distribution South-west and west coast of South Africa: east and west Walker Bay, and in Kleinzee.
Etymology The specific epithet unzima is the word for 'being pregnant' in the isiXhosa language, and refers to the viviparity of the...
Depth range Very shallow water. [details]
Distribution South-west and west coast of South Africa: east and west Walker Bay, and in Kleinzee.
Distribution South-west and west coast of South Africa: east and west Walker Bay, and in Kleinzee. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet unzima is the word for 'being pregnant' in the isiXhosa language, and refers to the viviparity of the...
Etymology The specific epithet unzima is the word for 'being pregnant' in the isiXhosa language, and refers to the viviparity of the species. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Syllis unzima Simon, San Martín & Robinson, 2014. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=760277 on 2024-05-02
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Simon, C., San Martín, G. & Robinson, G. (2014) Two new species of <i>Syllis</i> (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from South Africa, one of them viviparous, with remarks on larval development and vivipary. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 94 (4): 729-746. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315413001926
page(s): 731-736, figs. 1-6 [details]
page(s): 731-736, figs. 1-6 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype SAMC A60383, geounit South Africa (country) [details]
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Association Mainly found on the ventral surface of cultured Holothuria scabra Jaeger, 1833, in a closed experimental re-circulating system, within the three ambulacrae and inter-ambulacrae. [details]Depth range Very shallow water. [details]
Distribution South-west and west coast of South Africa: east and west Walker Bay, and in Kleinzee. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet unzima is the word for 'being pregnant' in the isiXhosa language, and refers to the viviparity of the species. [details]
Habitat On the ventral surface of cultured Holothuria scabra Jaeger, 1833, in a closed experimental re-circulating system, within the three ambulacrae and inter-ambulacrae, and also on the oyster Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793) in a closed culture facility, and on foliose coralline algae within the effluent outflow path from a farm of abalone Haliotis midae Linnaeus, 1758. [details]
Reproduction Viviparous species. Several specimens found with developing juveniles inside. Females observed with either eggs or juveniles, but none with both. Developing larvae are usually packed together closely, filling the coelomic cavity of the reproductive segments. [details]
Type locality South Africa, Cape Province, west Walker Bay (34º26'13"S, 19º13'05"E). [details]
