WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Eusyllis brevicirrata Knox & Cameron, 1971) Knox, G. A. and Cameron, D. B. 1971. Port Phillip Bay Survey 1957-1963, Victoria, Australia. Part 2(4) Polychaeta. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, 32: 21-42., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39191497 page(s): 25-27, figs. 11-14 [details]
original description
(of Syllis corruscans Haswell, 1886) Haswell, William A. (1886). Observation on some Australian Polychaeta. Part I. [ section headings: I. Syllidae. II. Staurocephalus. III. Eulalia. IV. Psamathe. IV. Siphonostoma. V. Halla.]. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 10(4): 733-756, plates L-LV., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6598060 page(s): 734-739, plate L figs. 1-3, plate LV fig. 5 [details]
additional source
San Martín, Guillermo; Aguado, María Teresa; Álvarez-Campos, Patricia. 2014. Revision of the genus Megasyllis (Annelida, Syllidae) with descriptions of four new species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 94(02): 331-351 page(s): 337, figure 1A-E [details]
new combination reference
San Martín, G.; Hutchings Pat, A.; Aguado, M.T. 2008. Syllinae (Polychaeta, Syllidae) from Australia. Part. 2. Genera <i>Inermosyllis</i>, <i>Megasyllis</i> n. gen., <i>Opisthosyllis</i>, and <i>Trypanosyllis</i>. Zootaxa 1840: 1-53 page(s): 6-8, fig. 2A-E, 3A-C, 4A-E, 5A-F, 6A-F, 7A-F, 8A-F [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal to about 27.8 m. [details]
Distribution East Australia (New South Wales) and South Australia; probably also in other Australian seas. [details]
Habitat Sediments (sand, mud), algae. [details]
Publication date San Martín et al (2008) use the date of 1885 for Haswell, but the paper appears to be published in 1886. [details]
Type material The type material is lost. [details]
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