WoRMS name details
Chaetosyllis oerstedi Malmgren, 1867
238660 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:238660)
uncertain > nomen dubium
Species
Chaetosyllis Malmgren, 1867 accepted as Syllis Lamarck, 1818
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 45-46, plate VIII fig. 51 [details]
page(s): 45-46, plate VIII fig. 51 [details]
Note Arctic Ocean, off the northern coast of...
From editor or global species database
Type locality Arctic Ocean, off the northern coast of Spitsbergen, far from land (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 80º, long. 13º): "Hab. ad oras boreales Spetsbergiae, procul a terra" (Malmgren, 1867: 45). The material was collected by the author the 1st of June of 1861. [details]
Type material The type material was not studied or located by Licher (1999: 300). [details]
Distribution Arctic Ocean: off Spitsbergen.
Etymology The species is dedicated to Anders Sandøe Ørsted (= Anders Sandoe Oersted, or Anders Sandö Örsted), (b. Rudkøbing,...
Taxonomy Current taxon was considered as a junior synonym of Syllis cornuta Rathke, 1843 by Carus (1885: 228), Soulier (1904: 358),...
Distribution Arctic Ocean: off Spitsbergen. [details]
Etymology The species is dedicated to Anders Sandøe Ørsted (= Anders Sandoe Oersted, or Anders Sandö Örsted), (b. Rudkøbing,...
Etymology The species is dedicated to Anders Sandøe Ørsted (= Anders Sandoe Oersted, or Anders Sandö Örsted), (b. Rudkøbing, Denmark, 21 june 1816 - d. Copenhagen, Denmark, 3 September 1872), a Danish marine biologist, zoologist, mycologist and botanist, who published several works on Polychaeta. [details]
Taxonomy Current taxon was considered as a junior synonym of Syllis cornuta Rathke, 1843 by Carus (1885: 228), Soulier (1904: 358),...
Taxonomy Current taxon was considered as a junior synonym of Syllis cornuta Rathke, 1843 by Carus (1885: 228), Soulier (1904: 358), Augener (1912: 169-171; 1928: 718), Fauvel (1913: 40; with doubts), Wesenberg-Lund (1947: 6; 1950: 15; 1950: 46; Pettibone, 1954: 253). Licher (1999: 300) considered the taxon as a nomen dubium. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Chaetosyllis oerstedi Malmgren, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238660 on 2025-04-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Malmgren, A.J. (1867). Annulata Polychaeta Spetsbergiæ, Grœnlandiæ, Islandiæ et Scandinaviæ. Hactenus Cognita. Ex Officina Frenckelliana, Helsingforslæ. 127 pp. & XIV plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/13358
page(s): 45-46, plate VIII fig. 51 [details]
new combination reference Théel, H.J. (1879). Les Annélides Polychètes des mers de la Nouvelle-Zemble. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar.</em> 16(3): 1-75, plates I-IV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33811612 [details]
page(s): 45-46, plate VIII fig. 51 [details]
new combination reference Théel, H.J. (1879). Les Annélides Polychètes des mers de la Nouvelle-Zemble. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar.</em> 16(3): 1-75, plates I-IV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33811612 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Augener, H. 1928. Die Polychaeten von Spitzbergen. Fauna Arctica, Jena, 5: 647-834. [details] 
source of synonymy Carus, J.V. (1885). Prodromus Faunae Mediterraneae sive Descriptio Animalium maris Mediterranei incolarum quam comparata silva rerum quatenus innotiut adiectis et nominibus vulgaribus eorumque auctoribus in commodum zoologorum. Vol. I. Coelenterata, Echinodermata, Vermes, Arthropoda. [Prodrome of the Mediterranean Fauna, or a Description of the Animals of the Inhabitants of the Mediterranean Sea, as compared with a forest of things as far as unknown, with additions and common names and their authors for the benefit of zoologists. Vol. I. Coelenterata, Echinodermata, Worms, Arthropoda]. <em>E. Schweizerbartsche Verlagshandlung E. Koch, Stuttgart, i-xi, 1-525. pp.</em> (Copepoda pp. 318-378), (Annelida pp. 196-281), (Kinorhyncha pp. 184-185)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12560479
page(s): 228 [details]
status source Licher, Frank 2000 (1999), Revision der Gattung Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879 (Polychaeta: Syllidae). Morphologie, Taxonomie und Phylogenie. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 551:1-336
page(s): 300 [details]
source of synonymy Carus, J.V. (1885). Prodromus Faunae Mediterraneae sive Descriptio Animalium maris Mediterranei incolarum quam comparata silva rerum quatenus innotiut adiectis et nominibus vulgaribus eorumque auctoribus in commodum zoologorum. Vol. I. Coelenterata, Echinodermata, Vermes, Arthropoda. [Prodrome of the Mediterranean Fauna, or a Description of the Animals of the Inhabitants of the Mediterranean Sea, as compared with a forest of things as far as unknown, with additions and common names and their authors for the benefit of zoologists. Vol. I. Coelenterata, Echinodermata, Worms, Arthropoda]. <em>E. Schweizerbartsche Verlagshandlung E. Koch, Stuttgart, i-xi, 1-525. pp.</em> (Copepoda pp. 318-378), (Annelida pp. 196-281), (Kinorhyncha pp. 184-185)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12560479
page(s): 228 [details]
status source Licher, Frank 2000 (1999), Revision der Gattung Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879 (Polychaeta: Syllidae). Morphologie, Taxonomie und Phylogenie. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 551:1-336
page(s): 300 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Arctic Ocean: off Spitsbergen. [details]Etymology The species is dedicated to Anders Sandøe Ørsted (= Anders Sandoe Oersted, or Anders Sandö Örsted), (b. Rudkøbing, Denmark, 21 june 1816 - d. Copenhagen, Denmark, 3 September 1872), a Danish marine biologist, zoologist, mycologist and botanist, who published several works on Polychaeta. [details]
Taxonomy Current taxon was considered as a junior synonym of Syllis cornuta Rathke, 1843 by Carus (1885: 228), Soulier (1904: 358), Augener (1912: 169-171; 1928: 718), Fauvel (1913: 40; with doubts), Wesenberg-Lund (1947: 6; 1950: 15; 1950: 46; Pettibone, 1954: 253). Licher (1999: 300) considered the taxon as a nomen dubium. [details]
Type locality Arctic Ocean, off the northern coast of Spitsbergen, far from land (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 80º, long. 13º): "Hab. ad oras boreales Spetsbergiae, procul a terra" (Malmgren, 1867: 45). The material was collected by the author the 1st of June of 1861. [details]
Type material The type material was not studied or located by Licher (1999: 300). [details]
