Polychaeta name details
Anaitis zeylanica Willey, 1905
339511 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:339511)
uncertain > nomen dubium (probably a member of Phyllodoce, see Kato & Pleijel 2003)
Species
Anaitis Malmgren, 1865 accepted as Paranaitis Southern, 1914
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Willey, Arthur. (1905). Report on the Polychaeta collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar by W.A. Herdman, with supplementary reports upon the Marine Biology of Ceylon, by Other Naturalists. Part IV. Supplementary Reports.</em> 30: 243-324, plates I-VIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1936112
page(s): 262, plate III figs. 57-60 [details]
page(s): 262, plate III figs. 57-60 [details]
Note Indian Ocean, Mannar Island, India
Type locality Indian Ocean, Mannar Island, India [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Anaitis zeylanica Willey, 1905. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=339511 on 2025-06-06
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Willey, Arthur. (1905). Report on the Polychaeta collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar by W.A. Herdman, with supplementary reports upon the Marine Biology of Ceylon, by Other Naturalists. Part IV. Supplementary Reports.</em> 30: 243-324, plates I-VIII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1936112
page(s): 262, plate III figs. 57-60 [details]
page(s): 262, plate III figs. 57-60 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Type locality Indian Ocean, Mannar Island, India [details]
