Polychaeta name details
original description
Ehlers, Ernst. (1897). Polychaeten. <em>Ergebnisse der Hamburger Magalhaensischen Sammelreise 1892/93.</em> 3: 1-148, 9 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46140179 page(s): 26-28, plate I figs. 14-19 [details]
new combination reference
Bergström, Erik. (1914). Zur Systematik der Polychætenfamilie der Phyllodociden. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 3: 37-224, plates I-V., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36924250 page(s): 76, 158, 161-163, text-fig. 55, plate III fig. 5; note: as Genetyllis polyphylla [details]
status source
Pleijel, Fredrik. (1991). Phylogeny and classification of the Phyllodocidae (Polychaeta). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 20(3): 225-261., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1991.tb00289.x page(s): 260; note: genus considered to be 'uncertain' [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype ZMH 1202-V, geounit South Georgia [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Not stated by Ehlers (1897), unknown. [details]
Distribution Southern Atlantic Ocean: South Georgia. [details]
Etymology Not stated by Ehlers (1897). The specific epithet polyphylla is a New Latin adjective composed by the prefix poly-, meaning 'many', and the Greek word phylla, meaning 'leaves', and refers presumably to the presence of numerous leaf-like cirri in the species. [details]
Habitat Not stated by Ehlers (1897), unknown. [details]
Holotype Deposited at the Zoologische Museum, Hamburg, Germany (ZMH 1202-V). [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus. [details]
Type locality South Georgia, southern Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate -54.4°, -36.7°). [details]
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