World Polychaeta Database - Syllis (Ehlersia) sexoculata Ehlers, 1864

Polychaeta name details

Syllis (Ehlersia) sexoculata Ehlers, 1864

AphiaID

1826894 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1826894)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (alternate representation with disused subgenus)

Accepted name

Syllis sexoculata Ehlers, 1864

Rank

Species

Parent

Syllis (Ehlersia) Quatrefages, 1865 accepted as Syllis Lamarck, 1818

Original name

Syllis sexoculata Ehlers, 1864

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Syllis sexoculata Ehlers, 1864) 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]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Syllis (Ehlersia) sexoculata Ehlers, 1864. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1826894 on 2026-05-16

Taxonomic edit history

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2025-08-07 23:04:34Z

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Sources (2)

original description (of Syllis sexoculata Ehlers, 1864) 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]

new combination reference Augener, Hermann. (1931). Die bodensässigen Polychäten nebst einer Hirudinee der Meteor-Fahrt. <em>Mitteilungen der Zooologisches Staatinstitut und zoologisches Museum, Hamburg.</em> 44: 279-313.
page(s): 286; note: subsequent representation with disused subgeneric attribution [details] Available for editors

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