WoRMS taxon details
original description
Simon, C., San Martín, G. & Robinson, G. (2014) Two new species of <i>Syllis</i> (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from South Africa, one of them viviparous, with remarks on larval development and vivipary. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 94 (4): 729-746. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315413001926 page(s): 736-738, figs. 7-11 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype SAMC A60387, geounit South Africa (country) [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal to very shallow water. [details]
Distribution South-west and west coast of South Africa: west and east Walker Bay, and in Saldanha Bay. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet amicarmillaris refers to the similarity to the speciesSyllis amica in the chaetae, and S. armillaris in the general aspect of the body. [details]
Habitat Common in sediment within the effluent outflow path from on-shore Haliotis midae Linnaeus, 1758 abalone farms, and less so on the surface of abalone shells grown in off-shore longline culture baskets. [details]
Type locality South Africa, Cape Province, east Walker Bay (34º36'06"S, 19º20'12"E). [details]
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