WoRMS taxon details
Paraopisthosyllis Hartmann-Schröder, 1991
325050 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325050)
accepted
Genus
Opisthosyllis brevicirra Hartmann-Schröder, 1979 accepted as Paraopisthosyllis brevicirra (Hartmann-Schröder, 1979) (type by original designation)
Basidiosyllis San Martín, López & Aguado, 2009 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
- Species Paraopisthosyllis alternocirra San Martín & Hutchings, 2006
- Species Paraopisthosyllis brevicirra (Hartmann-Schröder, 1979)
- Species Paraopisthosyllis correiae Paresque, San Martín, Álvarez-Campos, Nogueira & Fukuda, 2016
- Species Paraopisthosyllis fusigera (Augener, 1913)
- Species Paraopisthosyllis kalimna (San Martín & Hutchings, 2006)
- Species Paraopisthosyllis kuluguhin Paresque, San Martín, Álvarez-Campos, Nogueira & Fukuda, 2016
- Species Paraopisthosyllis ornaticirra San Martín & Hutchings, 2006
- Species Paraopisthosyllis pardus Aguado & Glasby, 2015
- Species Paraopisthosyllis phyllocirra Hartmann-Schröder, 1991
- Species Paraopisthosyllis victoriae (San Martín, López & Aguado, 2009)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1991). Die Polychaeten der subtropisch-tropischen bis tropischen Ostküste Australiens zwischen Maclean (New South Wales) und Gladstone (Queensland) sowie von Heron Island (Grosses Barrier-Riff) IN: Hartmann-Schröder, G. and Gerd Hartmann. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. Teil 16. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 88: 17-71.
page(s): 27 [details]
page(s): 27 [details]
Etymology The generic name Paraopisthosyllis refers to the resemblance of the new genus with the genus Opisthosyllis Langerhans, 1879.
Etymology The generic name Paraopisthosyllis refers to the resemblance of the new genus with the genus Opisthosyllis Langerhans, 1879. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Paraopisthosyllis Hartmann-Schröder, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325050 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Hartmann-Schröder, G. (1991). Die Polychaeten der subtropisch-tropischen bis tropischen Ostküste Australiens zwischen Maclean (New South Wales) und Gladstone (Queensland) sowie von Heron Island (Grosses Barrier-Riff) IN: Hartmann-Schröder, G. and Gerd Hartmann. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. Teil 16. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 88: 17-71.
page(s): 27 [details]
original description (of Basidiosyllis San Martín, López & Aguado, 2009) San Martín, G.; López, E.; Aguado, M.T. 2009. Revision of the genus <i>Pionosyllis</i> (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Eusyllinae), with a cladistic analysis, and the description of five new genera and two new species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 89(7): 1455-1498
page(s): 1461-1467 [details]
page(s): 27 [details]
original description (of Basidiosyllis San Martín, López & Aguado, 2009) San Martín, G.; López, E.; Aguado, M.T. 2009. Revision of the genus <i>Pionosyllis</i> (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Eusyllinae), with a cladistic analysis, and the description of five new genera and two new species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 89(7): 1455-1498
page(s): 1461-1467 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Paresque, Karla; San Martín, Guillermo; Álvarez-Campos, Patricia; Nogueira, João Miguel De Matos; Fukuda, Marcelo Veronesi. (2016). Two new species and new records of the genus Paraopisthosyllis Hartmann-Schröder, 1991 (Annelida: Syllidae) from northeastern Brazil and Philippine Islands. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4178(1): 116–130., available online at http://mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4178.1.5 [details] Available for editors 
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Etymology The generic name Paraopisthosyllis refers to the resemblance of the new genus with the genus Opisthosyllis Langerhans, 1879. [details]
