Deep-Sea taxon details
Sphaerosyllis Claparède, 1863
129677 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129677)
accepted
Genus
- Species Sphaerosyllis aciculata Perkins, 1981
- Species Sphaerosyllis antarctica Gravier, 1906
- Species Sphaerosyllis brevifrons Webster & Benedict, 1884
- Species Sphaerosyllis bulbosa Southern, 1914
- Species Sphaerosyllis ceciliae Barroso, Paiva, Nogueira & Fukuda, 2017
- Species Sphaerosyllis glandulata Perkins, 1981
- Species Sphaerosyllis hystrix Claparède, 1863
- Species Sphaerosyllis joinvillensis Hartmann-Schröder & Rosenfeldt, 1988
- Species Sphaerosyllis magnidentata Perkins, 1981
- Species Sphaerosyllis monicae Barroso, Paiva, Nogueira & Fukuda, 2017
- Species Sphaerosyllis pirifera Claparède, 1868
- Species Sphaerosyllis piriferopsis Perkins, 1981
- Species Sphaerosyllis renaudae Hartmann-Schröder, 1958
- Species Sphaerosyllis ridgensis Blake & Hilbig, 1990
- Species Sphaerosyllis riseri Perkins, 1981
- Species Sphaerosyllis ruthae San Martín, 2004
- Species Sphaerosyllis taylori Perkins, 1981
- Species Sphaerosyllis erinaceus Claparède, 1863 accepted as Erinaceusyllis erinaceus (Claparède, 1863)
- Species Sphaerosyllis perspicax Ehlers, 1908 accepted as Erinaceusyllis perspicax (Ehlers, 1908) (superseded original combination)
- Species Sphaerosyllis tetralix Eliason, 1920 accepted as Prosphaerosyllis tetralix (Eliason, 1920) (Following subgenus synonymy)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Claparède, A. R. É. (1863). Beobachtungen über Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte wirbelloser Thiere: an der Küste von Normandie angestellt. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 1-120, 18 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10030
page(s): 45 [details]
page(s): 45 [details]
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Etymology The name of the genus Sphaerosyllis is derived from the Latin prefix sphaero-, meaning 'round' or 'globe shaped', and the...
Etymology The name of the genus Sphaerosyllis is derived from the Latin prefix sphaero-, meaning 'round' or 'globe shaped', and the generic name Syllis, making reference to the round shaped antennae and cirri typical of the genus. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Sphaerosyllis Claparède, 1863. 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=129677 on 2024-06-21
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Sphaerosyllis Claparède, 1863. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129677 on 2024-06-21
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Claparède, A. R. É. (1863). Beobachtungen über Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte wirbelloser Thiere: an der Küste von Normandie angestellt. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 1-120, 18 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10030
page(s): 45 [details]
basis of record 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) [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source 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) [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
redescription San Martín, Guillermo. (2005). Exogoninae (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from Australia with the description of a new genus and twenty-two new species. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 57(1): 39-152., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1438 [details] Available for editors
identification resource San Martín, G. (1984). Descripción de una nueva especie y revisión del género <i>Sphaerosyllis</i> (Polychaeta: Syllidae). <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 25(4): 375-391., available online at http://application.sb-roscoff.fr/cbm/article.htm?execution=e11s1
page(s): 387; note: key to Sphaerosyllis [details]
page(s): 45 [details]
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basis of record 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) [details]
additional source Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source 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) [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
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redescription San Martín, Guillermo. (2005). Exogoninae (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from Australia with the description of a new genus and twenty-two new species. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 57(1): 39-152., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1438 [details] Available for editors
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identification resource San Martín, G. (1984). Descripción de una nueva especie y revisión del género <i>Sphaerosyllis</i> (Polychaeta: Syllidae). <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 25(4): 375-391., available online at http://application.sb-roscoff.fr/cbm/article.htm?execution=e11s1
page(s): 387; note: key to Sphaerosyllis [details]
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Etymology The name of the genus Sphaerosyllis is derived from the Latin prefix sphaero-, meaning 'round' or 'globe shaped', and the generic name Syllis, making reference to the round shaped antennae and cirri typical of the genus. [details]Remark Type species S. hystrix Claparède, 1863 in Fauchald, 1977<246>. [details]