Polychaeta name details
original 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): 604 [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy
San Martín, Guillermo. (1992). <i>Syllis</i> Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Syllinae) from Cuba, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida and North Carolina, with a revision of several species described by Verrill. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 51(2): 167-196., available online at https://bit.ly/2XCD39q page(s): 191; note: with Branchiosyllis exilis (Gravier, 1900) [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Distribution Atlantic Ocean, Bermuda. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet grandigularis refers to the very large size of the pharynx and proventricle. [details]
Habitat Probably in "dead and decayed masses of corals". [details]
Taxonomy San Martín (1992) first and Licher (1999) later revised the type material and considered the species to be synonym with Branchiosyllis exilis (Gravier, 1900). [details]
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Bermuda. No further information. [details]
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