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Polychaeta taxon detailsStreptosyllis Webster & Benedict, 1884
129678 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129678)
accepted
Genus
Streptosyllis arenae Webster & Benedict, 1884 (type by monotypy)
marine,
recent only
feminine
Webster, H. E.: Benedict, J. E. (1884). The Annelida Chaetopoda from Provincetown and Wellfleet, Massachusetts. <em>Annual Report of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Washington.</em> 1881: 699-747., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11203280
page(s): 711 [details]
Etymology The name of the genus Streptosyllis is formed by the prefix of Greek origin strepto-, meaning 'twisted' or 'curved', and...
Etymology The name of the genus Streptosyllis is formed by the prefix of Greek origin strepto-, meaning 'twisted' or 'curved', and the name of the genus Syllis Lamarck, 1818, the type of the family Syllidae, and refers probably to the body being strongly convex dorsally in the type species, Streptosyllis arenae Webster & Benedict, 1884. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Streptosyllis Webster & Benedict, 1884. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129678 on 2026-05-12
Date action by
original description
Webster, H. E.: Benedict, J. E. (1884). The Annelida Chaetopoda from Provincetown and Wellfleet, Massachusetts. <em>Annual Report of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Washington.</em> 1881: 699-747., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11203280
page(s): 711 [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 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 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] redescription Southern, R. (1914). Clare Island Survey. Archiannelida and Polychaeta. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy.</em> 31(47): 1-160., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34773787 page(s): 25-26 [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) [details] identification resource Musk, Will; Faulwetter, Sarah; McIlwaine, Paul. (2016). First record of <i>Streptosyllis nunezi</i> Faulwetter et al., 2008 (Annelida, Syllidae) from the United Kingdom, and amendment to the genus <i>Streptosyllis</i> Webster & Benedict, 1884. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 582: 1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.582.8006 page(s): 8-9; note: key to Streptosyllis species found in UK waters [details] Available for editors  [request]From editor or global species database
Diagnosis (emended Maciolek, 2026). Palps fused at base, often turned ventrally and not visible dorsally, occasionally reduced to small papillae or may be large and rounded, visible dorsally; with small accessory papillae. Prostomial and tentacular cirri smooth or wrinkled, never articulated; anterior dorsal cirri smooth or indistinctly annulated, club-shaped to elongated; posterior dorsal cirri sometimes articulated, with glandular inclusions. Pygidium with one midventral and two dorsolateral anal cirri. Acicula with distinctly enlarged tips in variable number of parapodia from setiger 1 or 2. Compound setae with homogomph or heterogomph shafts, blades short falcigers or sometimes longer, spiniger-like; blades unidentate, bidentate or sub-bidentate; hoods on blades and shafts present or absent. Single type of dorsal simple setae present, with or without hoods; ventral simple setae present or absent in posteriormost setigers. [details]Etymology The name of the genus Streptosyllis is formed by the prefix of Greek origin strepto-, meaning 'twisted' or 'curved', and the name of the genus Syllis Lamarck, 1818, the type of the family Syllidae, and refers probably to the body being strongly convex dorsally in the type species, Streptosyllis arenae Webster & Benedict, 1884. [details] Grammatical gender Syllis is feminine, the name of a female nymph, so Streptosyllis must also be feminine. Authors have thus assigned eight feminine suffix adjectival names. [details] |
