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Polychaeta taxon details

Sphaerosyllis magnidentata Perkins, 1981

156432  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156432)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Perkins, Thomas H. (1981). Syllidae (Polychaeta), principally from Florida, with descriptions of a new genus and twenty-one new species. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 93(4): 1080-1172., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34599967
page(s): 1130-1133, fig. 22 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Holotype  USNM 60452, geounit Florida  
Holotype USNM 60452, geounit Florida [details]
Note Atlantic coast of the USA, Florida, Monroe...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Atlantic coast of the USA, Florida, Monroe County, John Pennekamp State Park, South Creek Channel Marker No. 2 (geocoordinates not provided but estimated with gazetteer to be lat. 25.110152º, long. -80.408449º).  [details]
Depth range 3.8 m.  
Depth range 3.8 m. [details]

Distribution Atlantic coast of USA (Florida) and Bahamas.   
Distribution Atlantic coast of USA (Florida) and Bahamas.  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet is derived from the latin magna, meaning 'large', and dentata, meaning 'toothed', and refers to the...  
Etymology The specific epithet is derived from the latin magna, meaning 'large', and dentata, meaning 'toothed', and refers to the large pharyngeal tooth.  [details]

Distribution amphi-Atlantic  
Distribution amphi-Atlantic [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Sphaerosyllis magnidentata Perkins, 1981. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156432 on 2024-04-16
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2005-05-13 07:38:01Z
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2007-03-29 10:21:37Z
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original description Perkins, Thomas H. (1981). Syllidae (Polychaeta), principally from Florida, with descriptions of a new genus and twenty-one new species. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 93(4): 1080-1172., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34599967
page(s): 1130-1133, fig. 22 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

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

basis of record 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 [request] 

additional source Núñez J, San Martín G & Brito, MC (1992) Exogoninae (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from the Canary Islands. Scientia Marina, 56(1): 43-52 [details]   

additional source Fauchald, K.; Granados-Barba, A.; Solís-Weiss, V. (2009). Polychaeta (Annelida) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 751–788 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). <em>Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=CphA8hiwaFIC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA751 [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype USNM 60452, geounit Florida [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 3.8 m. [details]

Distribution Atlantic coast of USA (Florida) and Bahamas.  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet is derived from the latin magna, meaning 'large', and dentata, meaning 'toothed', and refers to the large pharyngeal tooth.  [details]

Habitat In sand, shell, and coral rubble with Thalassia, Penicillus, and Halimeda cover. Also on submerged plastic substrata.  [details]

Type locality Atlantic coast of the USA, Florida, Monroe County, John Pennekamp State Park, South Creek Channel Marker No. 2 (geocoordinates not provided but estimated with gazetteer to be lat. 25.110152º, long. -80.408449º).  [details]

From other sources
Bioclimatic category warm [details]

Distribution amphi-Atlantic [details]