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Syllis variegata Grube, 1860

131458  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131458)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Grube, A.E. (1860). Beschreibung neuer oder wenig bekannter Anneliden. Fünfter Beitrag. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin. 26 (1): 71-118, plates III-V., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7153453
page(s): 85-86, plate III fig. 6 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Holotype  MPW 672, geounit Croatia  
Holotype MPW 672, geounit Croatia [details]
Note Adriatic Sea, Croatia, near Cres (= Cherso)...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Adriatic Sea, Croatia, near Cres (= Cherso) (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with a gazetteer to be approximately lat. 44.958º, long. 14.408º).  [details]
Depth range Not stated in original description. Intertidal to 100 m, but recorded to be present at 1500 m.   
Depth range Not stated in original description. Intertidal to 100 m, but recorded to be present at 1500 m.  [details]

Distribution Considered to be cosmopolitan.   
Distribution Considered to be cosmopolitan.  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet variegata is the feminine of the Latin adjective variegato, meaning 'variegated, exhibiting different...  
Etymology The specific epithet variegata is the feminine of the Latin adjective variegato, meaning 'variegated, exhibiting different colours, especially as irregular patches or streaks', and refers to the complex color pattern of the species.  [details]

Distribution Also distributed in Australia in Kalk (1958).
Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958).  
Distribution Also distributed in Australia in Kalk (1958).
Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). [details]

Taxonomy Moved to different genus  
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Syllis variegata Grube, 1860. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131458 on 2024-04-24
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Syllis variegata Grube, 1860. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131458 on 2024-04-24
Date
action
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
2007-03-29 10:21:37Z
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2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
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original description Grube, A.E. (1860). Beschreibung neuer oder wenig bekannter Anneliden. Fünfter Beitrag. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin. 26 (1): 71-118, plates III-V., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7153453
page(s): 85-86, plate III fig. 6 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

taxonomy source San Martín, Guillermo; Lucas, Yolanda; Hutchings, Pat. (2023). The genus Syllis Savigny in Lamarck, 1881 [sic for 1818] (Annelida: Syllidae: Syllinae) from Australia (Part 3): new species and redescription of previously described species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5230(3): 251-295., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5230.3.1
page(s): 289, figure 21; note: description and record for Ulladulla Head, NSW, Australia. Authors doubt the apparent cosmopolitan distribution of Syllis variegata [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]   

context source (HKRMS) Huang ZG., Yan SK. &Zheng DQ. (1992). Biofouling communities on pier pilings in Mirs Bay. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the Fourth International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China. The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China III. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 2: pp 529-543. [details]   

additional source Fauvel, P. (1923). Polychètes errantes. Faune de France. <em>Librairie de la Faculte des Sciences. Paris.</em> 5: 1-488., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/  [details]   

additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS)
note: Checklist listing for Europe [details]   

additional source Musco, Luigi; Giangrande, Adriana. (2005). Mediterranean Syllidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) revisited: biogeography, diversity and species fidelity to environmental features. <em>Marine Ecology Progress Series.</em> 304: 143-153 + 4 pp. Supplementary appendix., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps304143 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Çinar, Melih Ertan; Gambi, Maria Cristina. (2005). Cognetti's syllid collection (Polychaeta: Syllidae) deposited at the Museum of the Stazione Zoologica ‘‘Anton Dohrn'' (Naples, Italy), with descriptions of two new species of <i>Autolytus</i>. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 39(10): 725-762., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930400001327 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

source of synonymy Langerhans, Paul. (1879). Die Wurmfauna von Madeira [part I]. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 32(4): 513-592, plates XXXI-XXXIII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45240737 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

redescription Licher, Frank 2000 (1999), Revision der Gattung Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879 (Polychaeta: Syllidae). Morphologie, Taxonomie und Phylogenie. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 551:1-336 [details]   

redescription San Martín, G. (2003). Annelida, Polychaeta II: Syllidae. <em>In: Ramos MA et al. (eds) Fauna Iberica, Vol 21, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. CSIC, Madrid.</em> p 1-554. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 351-354, figs. 190-191 [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype MPW 672, geounit Croatia [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Not stated in original description. Intertidal to 100 m, but recorded to be present at 1500 m.  [details]

Distribution Considered to be cosmopolitan.  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet variegata is the feminine of the Latin adjective variegato, meaning 'variegated, exhibiting different colours, especially as irregular patches or streaks', and refers to the complex color pattern of the species.  [details]

Habitat Not stated in the original description. Common in coralligenous and pre-coralligenous sediments, Posidonia meadows, maërl, photophilic and sciaphilic algae, muddy detritic bottoms, animal and vegetal calcareous grounds, vermetid reefs, corals, and as sponge endobiotic. Known from seamounts and knolls.  [details]

Type locality Adriatic Sea, Croatia, near Cres (= Cherso) (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with a gazetteer to be approximately lat. 44.958º, long. 14.408º).  [details]

From other sources
Bioclimatic category temperate-warm [details]

Distribution Also distributed in Australia in Kalk (1958).
Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). [details]

Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
LanguageName 
Japanese トラシリス [from synonym]  [details]
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