World Polychaeta Database - Sphaerosyllis (Sphaerosyllis) erinaceus Claparède, 1863

Polychaeta name details

Sphaerosyllis (Sphaerosyllis) erinaceus Claparède, 1863

AphiaID

335139 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:335139)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded alternate representation of original combination)

Accepted name

Erinaceusyllis erinaceus (Claparède, 1863)

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Species

Parent

Sphaerosyllis (Sphaerosyllis) Claparède, 1863 accepted as Sphaerosyllis Claparède, 1863

Original name

Sphaerosyllis erinaceus Claparède, 1863

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Subspecies Sphaerosyllis (Sphaerosyllis) erinaceus opisthodentata Hartmann-Schröder, 1987 accepted as Erinaceusyllis opisthodentata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1987) (superseded original combination)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Sphaerosyllis erinaceus Claparède, 1863) Claparède, A. R. É. (1863). Beobachtungen über Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte wirbelloser Thiere: an der Küste von Normandie angestellt. [Observations on the anatomy and evolution of invertebrates: made on the coast of Normandy.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 1-120, 18 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10030
page(s): 45, Plate 13, figure 38; note: Claparède's description is brief. There is no comment or feature appearance in the sole figure that would explain the etymology [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sphaerosyllis (Sphaerosyllis) erinaceus Claparède, 1863. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=335139 on 2026-05-09

Taxonomic edit history

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2008-03-17 10:44:16Z

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Fauchald, Kristian

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

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Fauchald, Kristian

2024-12-01 22:52:36Z

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Read, Geoffrey

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original description (of Sphaerosyllis erinaceus Claparède, 1863) Claparède, A. R. É. (1863). Beobachtungen über Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte wirbelloser Thiere: an der Küste von Normandie angestellt. [Observations on the anatomy and evolution of invertebrates: made on the coast of Normandy.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 1-120, 18 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10030
page(s): 45, Plate 13, figure 38; note: Claparède's description is brief. There is no comment or feature appearance in the sole figure that would explain the etymology [details]