WoRMS taxon details
original description
San Martín G. and Hutchings P.A.. 2006. Eusyllinae (Polychaeta, Syllidae) from Australia with the description of a new genus and fifteen new species. Records of the Australian Museum. 58. 257-370., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.58.2006.1466 page(s): 261-262, figs. 1A-C, 2A-E [details]
additional source
Aguado, María Teresa; Murray, Anna; Hutchings, Patricia A. (2015). Syllidae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4019(1): 35-60., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.5 page(s): 37 [details] Available for editors [request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AM W28943, geounit Australia [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal to 13 m. [details]
Distribution Australia (New South Wales; Queensland; Western Australia). [details]
Etymology The name of the species is referred to the enigmatic structure found in the cirrophores of the holotype (curved digitiform fleshy dark structure arising from cirrophores from chaetiger 6 onwards). [details]
Habitat In sand, algae and colonial bryozoans, in intertidal and shallow waters. [details]
Type locality Australia, New South Wales, NW corner of Bowen Island, Jervis Bay. [details]
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