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WoRMS taxon detailsHaplosyllis cephalata Verrill, 1900
340032 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:340032)
accepted
Species
marine,
recent only
Verrill, A.E. 1900. Additions to the Turbellaria, Nemertina, and Annelida of the Bermudas, with revisions of some New England genera and species. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 10(2): 595-671., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27731368
page(s): 613-614 [details] Available for editors  [request]
Note Atlantic Ocean, Bermuda. Further details not...
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Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Bermuda. Further details not provided. [details]
Depth range Shallow water to about 8 m.
Depth range Shallow water to about 8 m. [details] Distribution Northwestern Atlantic Ocean: Bermuda. Caribbean Sea: Colombia.
Distribution Northwestern Atlantic Ocean: Bermuda. Caribbean Sea: Colombia. [details] Etymology The specific epithet cephalata refers to the prominent and thick head of the species, with very large palps.
Etymology The specific epithet cephalata refers to the prominent and thick head of the species, with very large palps. [details] Taxonomy Current taxon was generally considered as a junior synonym of Haplosyllis spongicola (Grube, 1855), but was considered as...
Taxonomy Current taxon was generally considered as a junior synonym of Haplosyllis spongicola (Grube, 1855), but was considered as valid by Licher (1999), based on the type material. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Haplosyllis cephalata Verrill, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=340032 on 2025-04-22
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
Verrill, A.E. 1900. Additions to the Turbellaria, Nemertina, and Annelida of the Bermudas, with revisions of some New England genera and species. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 10(2): 595-671., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27731368 page(s): 613-614 [details] Available for editors [request]Taxonomysource of synonymy
Hartman, O. (1942). A review of the types of polychaetous annelids at the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University. <em>Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection, Yale University.</em> 8(1): 1-98. [details] Available for editors [request]redescription Lattig, Patricia; Martin, Daniel. (2009). A taxonomic revision of the genus <i>Haplosyllis</i> Langerhans, 1887 (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Syllinae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2220: 1-40., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2009/zt02220.html page(s): 13-15, fig. 8A-G [details] Available for editors [request]Othercontext source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Lattig, Patricia and Martin, Daniel. 2011. Sponge-associated <i>Haplosyllis</i> (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Syllinae) from the Caribbean Sea, with the description of four new species. Scientia Marina, 75(4): 733-758. page(s): 739-743, figs. 6A-L, 7A-F [details] additional source Licher, Frank 2000 (1999), Revision der Gattung Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879 (Polychaeta: Syllidae). Morphologie, Taxonomie und Phylogenie. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 551:1-336 page(s): 280 [details]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype YPM 22543, geounit Bermuda [details]
Syntype YPM 22544, geounit Bermuda [details]
Syntype YPM 23001, geounit Bermuda [details]
Syntype YPM 23002, geounit Bermuda [details]
Syntype YPM 23003, geounit Bermuda [details]
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Association Living in association with sponges. [details]Depth range Shallow water to about 8 m. [details] Distribution Northwestern Atlantic Ocean: Bermuda. Caribbean Sea: Colombia. [details] Etymology The specific epithet cephalata refers to the prominent and thick head of the species, with very large palps. [details] Habitat In sponges. Specimens from Colombia found inside the sponge Ircinia campana (Lamarck, 1816), collected between 6-8 m depth. [details] Reproduction By acephalous stolons. Oocytes 500-800 µm in diameter. [details] Taxonomy Current taxon was generally considered as a junior synonym of Haplosyllis spongicola (Grube, 1855), but was considered as valid by Licher (1999), based on the type material. [details] Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Bermuda. Further details not provided. [details] |
