Original diagnosis by Ehlers (1908): ''Lang fadenförmig, gleichmäßig gegliedert; Kopflappen mit unpaarem ... [details]
Original diagnosis by Ehlers (1908: 130): "Capitellide ohne Kiemen, mit glattem, nicht gefelderten Körper, Thorax ... [details]
South Africa: Agulhas Bank (off south coast of Cape Province). [details]
Although Ehlers (1908) placed this larval form in Ancistrosyllis, it is probably indeterminable even to genus ... [details]
Not stated in the original description. The generic epithet is composed by the combining form cirro-, meaning ... [details]
Not stated in the original description. The specific epithet branchiatus is a Latin adjective meaning 'having ... [details]
Not stated. Most likely utilising the name of 5th century BCE Roman Republic statesman Lucius Quinctius ... [details]
Not stated by the author, uncertain. The Greek prefix leio- means 'smooth', and so the generic name seems to refer ... [details]
The basis of record of the new combination Pherusa xanthotricha was considered in WoRMS to be Ehlers (1908), but ... [details]
Type designation by monotypy, according to Article 68.3 of the ICZN (1999). Article 68.2.1 (ICZN, 1999), regarding ... [details]
Agulhas Bank, off south coast of Cape Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean (-35.35°, 20.3667°), 117 m, grey mud. [details]
Off Somalia, eastern Africa, Indian Ocean. Valdivia Station 258. 2.9667, 46.8333 (2 58' N., 46 50' E). 1362 m. 6" ... [details]