WoRMS name details
original description
Ehlers, E. H. (1864). Die Borstenwürmer (Annelida Chaetopoda) nach systematischen und anatomischen Untersuchungen dargestellt. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1985759 page(s): 241-244, plate X figs. 5, 7-8 [details]
original description
(of Ehlersia oculata Quatrefages, 1866) Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ page(s): 33; note: superfluous new spelling for Syllis sexoculata of Ehlers, 1864 [details]
taxonomy source
Quatrefages, A. (1866). Histoire naturelle des Annelés marins et d'eau douce. Annélides et Géphyriens. <b>Volume 2.</b>. Première partie. 1-336. Deuxième Partie. 337-794. Explication des planches p.1-24. planches 1-20. Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=M_xNAAAAcAAJ page(s): 33; note: Syllis sexoculata Ehlers is listed as the sole species in Ehlersia, but Quatrefages appears to rename it as Ehlersia oculata [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 page(s): 82; note: Syllis sexoculata Ehlers, 1864 is listed as the type species of Ehlersia Quatrefages [details]
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 page(s): 537; note: Langerhans placed Syllis sexoculata as a synonym of Syllis cornuta as Ehlersia (Syllis) cornuta, an impossible combination taken literally (Langerhans was presenting Ehlersia as a subgenus of Syllis) [details]
status source
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]
Unreviewed
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Type locality Caribbean Sea, Martinique Island (?) [details]
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