WoRMS taxon details
Rhopalosyllis Augener, 1913
325060 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325060)
accepted
Genus
Rhopalosyllis hamulifera Augener, 1913 (type by monotypy)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Augener, Hermann. (1913). Polychaeta I. Errantia. 65-304. IN: Michaelsen, W. and Hartmeyer, R. (Ed.). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. <em>Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Gustav Fischer, Jena.</em> 4(5): 65-304, plates II-III., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7160888
page(s): 245 [details]
page(s): 245 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Rhopalosyllis Augener, 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325060 on 2024-09-24
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original description
Augener, Hermann. (1913). Polychaeta I. Errantia. 65-304. IN: Michaelsen, W. and Hartmeyer, R. (Ed.). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. <em>Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Gustav Fischer, Jena.</em> 4(5): 65-304, plates II-III., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7160888
page(s): 245 [details]
basis of record Fauchald, K. (2007). World Register of Polychaeta. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]
page(s): 245 [details]
basis of record Fauchald, K. (2007). World Register of Polychaeta. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Emmended diagnosis by San Martín et al. (2008: 148): ''Body long, robust, cylindrical, with numerous segments; most posterior segments achaetous. Body covered with numerous, small papillae, present on prostomium, parapodia and anal cirri, both dorsally and ventrally. Prostomium with 4 eyes and 3 antennae. Palps fused at bases, rounded, sometimes ventrally folded. Peristomium dorsally reduced, with 2 pairs of tentacular cirri. Nuchal organs as paired ciliated grooves between prostomium and peristomium. Dorsal and ventral cirri present on all parapodia. Antennae, tentacular and dorsal cirri obscurely articulated, short, oval to spindle-shaped, rough, covered by papillae. Ventral cirri conical. Compound chaetae heterogomph; on posterior segments some chaetae with fused shafts and blades, forming thick, bidentate hooks; dorsal and ventral simple chaetae present on most posterior parapodia. Pharynx and proventricle short; pharyngeal tooth long and slender. Reproduction by stolons.'' [details]Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Augener (1913: 245): ''Syllidee mit geradem, zahnlosem Pharynx. Alle Fühler und Cirren ungegliedert, kurz, spindelförmig, mit großen Papillen besetzt. Ventralcirren und getrennte Palpen vorhanden. Borsten komplexe Syllis-Borsten und einfache starke Haken. Fortpflanzung mit Generations-wechsel.'' [details]