Polychaeta name details

Platysyllis Grube, 1878

325056  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325056)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Errantia (Subclass)
  6. Phyllodocida (Order)
  7. Nereidiformia (Suborder)
  8. Syllidae (Family)
  9. Platysyllis (Genus)
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  1. Species Platysyllis semperiana Grube, 1878 (uncertain > nomen dubium, indeterminable)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Grube, Adolph-Eduard. (1878). Annulata Semperiana. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Annelidenfauna der Philippinen nach den von Herrn Prof. Semper mitgebrachten Sammlungen. <em>Mémoires l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.- Pétersbourg.</em> (série 7) 25(8): 1-300., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45379218
page(s): 134 [details] 
Etymology The generic name Platysyllis derives from the combination of the prefix of Greek origin platy, meaning 'flat' or 'broad',...  
Etymology The generic name Platysyllis derives from the combination of the prefix of Greek origin platy, meaning 'flat' or 'broad', and the name of the type genus of the family Syllidae, Syllis, making reference to the depressed or flattened body of the specimens.  [details]

Taxonomy Fauchald (1977: 85) considered the genus Platysyllis, based on its type species P. semperiana, as indeterminable.   
Taxonomy Fauchald (1977: 85) considered the genus Platysyllis, based on its type species P. semperiana, as indeterminable.  [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Platysyllis Grube, 1878. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325056 on 2025-05-09
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2008-03-05 14:39:51Z
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Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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Fauchald, Kristian
2014-04-28 08:35:10Z
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Gil, João
2014-12-03 13:11:31Z
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Gil, João

original description Grube, Adolph-Eduard. (1878). Annulata Semperiana. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Annelidenfauna der Philippinen nach den von Herrn Prof. Semper mitgebrachten Sammlungen. <em>Mémoires l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.- Pétersbourg.</em> (série 7) 25(8): 1-300., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45379218
page(s): 134 [details] 
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Diagnosis "Corpus longius vermiforme, depressum, segmentis brevibus numerosis. Lobus capitalis rotundatus, oculorum paribus minimum 2. Subtentaculata separata. Tentaculum 1, breve, e medio lobo capitali oriens. Subtentaculata brevissima, inter se distantia. Segmentum buccale supra vix distinguendum, cirri tentaculares haud observati. Pinnae cirro dorsuali et ventrali munitae, cirri dorsuales breves, haud filiformes. Setae simplices singulae." [details]

Etymology The generic name Platysyllis derives from the combination of the prefix of Greek origin platy, meaning 'flat' or 'broad', and the name of the type genus of the family Syllidae, Syllis, making reference to the depressed or flattened body of the specimens.  [details]

Taxonomy Fauchald (1977: 85) considered the genus Platysyllis, based on its type species P. semperiana, as indeterminable.  [details]

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