WoRMS name details
Pionosyllis comosa Gravier, 1906
174851 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:174851)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Gravier, C. 1906. Sur les Annélides Polychètes recueillies par l'Expédition Antarcique française (Syllidiens). Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 12: 283-290., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5021468
page(s): 288-289; note: no figures [details]
page(s): 288-289; note: no figures [details]
Note Port Charcot (former Baie de Carthage), Booth...
From editor or global species database
Type locality Port Charcot (former Baie de Carthage), Booth Island (= Wandel Island), Wilhelm Archipelago, Graham Land, Antarctica (geocoordinates not provided, but estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -65.065063º, long. -64.031980º). [details]
Type material Syntypes deposited at the Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, POLY TYPE 285, 286. [details]
Depth range 25 m.
Distribution Antarctica.
Etymology The specific epithet comosa refers probably to the numerous chaetae of the species.
Taxonomy RAMS also mentions a species Pionosyllis cf. comosa
Depth range 25 m. [details]
Distribution Antarctica.
Distribution Antarctica. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet comosa refers probably to the numerous chaetae of the species.
Etymology The specific epithet comosa refers probably to the numerous chaetae of the species. [details]
Taxonomy RAMS also mentions a species Pionosyllis cf. comosa
Taxonomy RAMS also mentions a species Pionosyllis cf. comosa [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Pionosyllis comosa Gravier, 1906. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=174851 on 2025-04-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Gravier, C. 1906. Sur les Annélides Polychètes recueillies par l'Expédition Antarcique française (Syllidiens). Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 12: 283-290., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5021468
page(s): 288-289; note: no figures [details]
basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 288-289; note: no figures [details]
basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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): 337, figures 66A–F, 67A–L; note: Pionosyllis comosa Gravier, 1906 is a synonym of Pionosyllis kerguelensis (McIntosh, 1885) [details]
page(s): 337, figures 66A–F, 67A–L; note: Pionosyllis comosa Gravier, 1906 is a synonym of Pionosyllis kerguelensis (McIntosh, 1885) [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Gravier, C. 1907. Annélides Polychètes. In: Expédition antarctique française (1903-1905, commandée par le Dr. Jean Charcot. Masson et Cie. Paris. 1-75. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/952609
page(s): 15-17, text-figs. 9-10, plate II figs. 12-13 [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors

additional source Gravier, C. 1907. Annélides Polychètes. In: Expédition antarctique française (1903-1905, commandée par le Dr. Jean Charcot. Masson et Cie. Paris. 1-75. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/952609
page(s): 15-17, text-figs. 9-10, plate II figs. 12-13 [details]





Syntype MNHN POLY TYPE 285, geounit Graham Land [details]
Syntype MNHN POLY TYPE 286, geounit Graham Land [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 25 m. [details]Distribution Antarctica. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet comosa refers probably to the numerous chaetae of the species. [details]
Type locality Port Charcot (former Baie de Carthage), Booth Island (= Wandel Island), Wilhelm Archipelago, Graham Land, Antarctica (geocoordinates not provided, but estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -65.065063º, long. -64.031980º). [details]
Type material Syntypes deposited at the Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, POLY TYPE 285, 286. [details]
Unreviewed
Taxonomy RAMS also mentions a species Pionosyllis cf. comosa [details]