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Polychaeta name detailsHaplosyllis depressa chamaeleon Laubier, 1960
238439 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:238439)
unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded original combination)
Subspecies
marine,
recent only
Laubier, Lucien. (1960). Une nouvelle sous-espèce de syllidien: Haplosyllis depressa chamaeleon, ectoparasite sur l'octocoralliaire Muricea chamaeleon Von Koch. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> 11(1): 75-87., available online at https://wwwphp.obs-banyuls.fr/Viemilieu/images/Archives_1950-2002/vie-et-milieu/VOLUME_1960_11_fasc1.pdf [details] Available for editors
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Note Epizoic on Muricea chamaeleon, now a junior...
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Type locality Epizoic on Muricea chamaeleon, now a junior synonym of Paramuricea clavata (Risso, 1827), collected from Bay of Banyuls 15 m and Cape Creus 40-60 m, geolocations not stated but Bay of Banyuls is approx 42.483 N, 3.131 E, and according to Martin et al (2002) Cape Creus is on the Catalonian coast ranging between 42 14' - 42 22' N and 3 12' - 3 22' W. [details]
Etymology It is not certain what Laubier meant in his footnote on the first page commenting on the name 'chamaeleon' but he notes the...
Etymology It is not certain what Laubier meant in his footnote on the first page commenting on the name 'chamaeleon' but he notes the variable colour of the syllid, and that its octocoral home also was variable in colour patterns, with the implication the syllid colour matched the octocoral. He wrote: "Les raisons qui ont poussé von Koch à donner à sa nouvelle forme de Muricea le nom de chamaeleon (coloration jaune et rouge sur le même pied) sont aussi celles qui m'ont guidé; et cette homonymie souligne l'ectoparasitisme du Syllidien sur la Gorgone." [The reasons that led von Koch to name his new form of Muricea chamaeleon (yellow and red coloration on the same plant) are also those that guided me; and this homonymy underlines the ectoparasitism of the Syllid on the Gorgon.] Note that Muricea chamaeleon is currently a junior synonym of Paramuricea clavata. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Haplosyllis depressa chamaeleon Laubier, 1960. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238439 on 2026-08-09
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Laubier, Lucien. (1960). Une nouvelle sous-espèce de syllidien: Haplosyllis depressa chamaeleon, ectoparasite sur l'octocoralliaire Muricea chamaeleon Von Koch. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> 11(1): 75-87., available online at https://wwwphp.obs-banyuls.fr/Viemilieu/images/Archives_1950-2002/vie-et-milieu/VOLUME_1960_11_fasc1.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record San Martín Peral, Guillermo. (1984). [Thesis] Estudio biogeográfico, faunístico y sistemático de Los Poliquetos de la familia Silidos (Syllidae: Polychaeta) en Baleares. <em>Publicaciones de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Colección Tesis Doctorales.</em> 187/84: i-xxii + 1-529., available online at https://eprints.ucm.es/53162/ [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Laubier, L. (1968). Contribution à la faunistique du coralligène. VII. À propos de quelques annélides polychètes rares ou nouvelles (Chrysopetalidae, Syllidae et Spionidae). <em>Annales de l'Institut Océanographique, Paris, Nouvelle Série.</em> 46(2): 79-107. page(s): 84-85, fig. 10A [details] additional source Álvarez-Campos, Patricia; Lattig, Patricia; Turon, Marta; Martín, Guillermo San; Buckley, David; Britayev, Temir A.; Martin, Daniel & Machordom, Annie. (2025). Evolution of <i>Haplosyllis</i> (Syllidae, Annelida) With Emphasis on the Indo‐Pacific Region and the <i>djiboutiensis</i> Species Complex. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 54(5): 684-707., available online at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/zsc.12730 page(s): 17 of 24; note: Authors cite the original name and authority incorrectly as 'Haplosyllis depressa chameleon (Laubier 1960') [instead of the correct spelling of 'chamaeleon' and the correct authority of Laubier 1960 w... Authors cite the original name and authority incorrectly as 'Haplosyllis depressa chameleon (Laubier 1960') [instead of the correct spelling of 'chamaeleon' and the correct authority of Laubier 1960 without parenthesis]
[request]source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors [request]From editor or global species database
Etymology It is not certain what Laubier meant in his footnote on the first page commenting on the name 'chamaeleon' but he notes the variable colour of the syllid, and that its octocoral home also was variable in colour patterns, with the implication the syllid colour matched the octocoral. He wrote: "Les raisons qui ont poussé von Koch à donner à sa nouvelle forme de Muricea le nom de chamaeleon (coloration jaune et rouge sur le même pied) sont aussi celles qui m'ont guidé; et cette homonymie souligne l'ectoparasitisme du Syllidien sur la Gorgone." [The reasons that led von Koch to name his new form of Muricea chamaeleon (yellow and red coloration on the same plant) are also those that guided me; and this homonymy underlines the ectoparasitism of the Syllid on the Gorgon.] Note that Muricea chamaeleon is currently a junior synonym of Paramuricea clavata. [details]Holotype Holotype missing or lost. Licher (1999) reports that a holotype is not known (to exist?) [details] Type locality Epizoic on Muricea chamaeleon, now a junior synonym of Paramuricea clavata (Risso, 1827), collected from Bay of Banyuls 15 m and Cape Creus 40-60 m, geolocations not stated but Bay of Banyuls is approx 42.483 N, 3.131 E, and according to Martin et al (2002) Cape Creus is on the Catalonian coast ranging between 42 14' - 42 22' N and 3 12' - 3 22' W. [details] |