WoRMS taxon details
original description
San Martín, Guillermo; Lucas, Yolanda; Westheide, Wilfried. (2021). The hidden worms on the beach: interstitial Syllidae (Annelida) from the Indo-Pacific. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 134(1): 149-195., available online at https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324x-134.1.149 page(s): 183-184, figs. 12A-C, 13A-H, 14B-D [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype MNCN 16.01/19081, geounit Madagascar [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 35 m. [details]
Distribution Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar. [details]
Etymology "Syllis kai is named after Kai Garrido Lucas, beloved nephew of the second author [Yolanda Lucas]" (San Martín et al., 2021: 184). [details]
Habitat Subtidal sand (35 m). [details]
Type locality Tuléar (= Toliara) Reef, Madagascar, Mozambique Channel, Western Indian Ocean (gazetteer estimate -23.384°, 43.638°), 35 m, sand. [details]
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