WoRMS taxon details
Haplosyllis anthogorgicola Utinomi, 1956
328217 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:328217)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Utinomi, H. (1956). On the so-called "Umi-utiwa", a peculiar flabellate gorgonacean, with notes on a syllidean polychaete commensal. <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 5(2): 243-250., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2433/174554
page(s): 247-249, figs. 1a-b, 2 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 247-249, figs. 1a-b, 2 [details] Available for editors
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Note Pacific Ocean, Japan, Honshu Island, Wakayama...
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Type locality Pacific Ocean, Japan, Honshu Island, Wakayama Prefecture, Seto (geocoordinates not provided, but estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 33.688625º, long. 135.338631º), on a branch of the flabellate gorgonacean Anthogorgia bocki Aurivillius, 1931. [details]
Depth range Unknown.
Distribution Known only from the type locality until later publications such as Martin et al 2002 and Fourreau et al (2024)
Etymology Named after the association with the flabellate gorgonacean Anthogorgia bocki Aurivillius, 1931, followed by the Latin...
Depth range Unknown. [details]
Distribution Known only from the type locality until later publications such as Martin et al 2002 and Fourreau et al (2024)
Distribution Known only from the type locality until later publications such as Martin et al 2002 and Fourreau et al (2024) [details]
Etymology Named after the association with the flabellate gorgonacean Anthogorgia bocki Aurivillius, 1931, followed by the Latin...
Etymology Named after the association with the flabellate gorgonacean Anthogorgia bocki Aurivillius, 1931, followed by the Latin suffix -cola, meaning 'dweller', 'inhabitant'. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Haplosyllis anthogorgicola Utinomi, 1956. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328217 on 2025-04-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Utinomi, H. (1956). On the so-called "Umi-utiwa", a peculiar flabellate gorgonacean, with notes on a syllidean polychaete commensal. <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 5(2): 243-250., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2433/174554
page(s): 247-249, figs. 1a-b, 2 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 247-249, figs. 1a-b, 2 [details] Available for editors
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taxonomy source
Martin, D.; Núñez, J.; Riera, R.; Gil, J. (2002). On the associations between <i>Haplosyllis</i> (Polychaeta, Syllidae) and gorgonians (Cnidaria, Octocorallaria), with the description of a new species. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 77(4): 455-477 (look up in IMIS) [details]
redescription Lattig, Patricia; Martin, Daniel. (2009). A taxonomic revision of the genus <i>Haplosyllis</i> Langerhans, 1887 (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Syllinae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2220: 1-40., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2009/zt02220.html
page(s): 10-11, fig. 5A-H [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Lattig, Patricia; Martin, Daniel. (2009). A taxonomic revision of the genus <i>Haplosyllis</i> Langerhans, 1887 (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Syllinae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2220: 1-40., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2009/zt02220.html
page(s): 10-11, fig. 5A-H [details] Available for editors
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Fourreau, Chloé Julie Loïs; Macrina, Laura; Lalas, Jue Alef A.; Takahata, Ai; Koido, Tatsuki; Reimer, James Davis. (2024). The Trojan seahorse: citizen science pictures of a seahorse harbour insights into the distribution and behaviour of a long-overlooked polychaete worm. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.</em> 291(2034): 1-12., available online at http:// https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1098/rspb.2024.1780 [details]
biology source Fourreau, Chloé Julie Loïs; Macrina, Laura; Lalas, Jue Alef A.; Takahata, Ai; Koido, Tatsuki; Reimer, James Davis. (2024). The Trojan seahorse: citizen science pictures of a seahorse harbour insights into the distribution and behaviour of a long-overlooked polychaete worm. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.</em> 291(2034): 1-12., available online at http:// https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1098/rspb.2024.1780 [details]
biology source Fourreau, Chloé Julie Loïs; Macrina, Laura; Lalas, Jue Alef A.; Takahata, Ai; Koido, Tatsuki; Reimer, James Davis. (2024). The Trojan seahorse: citizen science pictures of a seahorse harbour insights into the distribution and behaviour of a long-overlooked polychaete worm. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.</em> 291(2034): 1-12., available online at http:// https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1098/rspb.2024.1780 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype SMBL Type 161, geounit Japan [details]
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Association Lives associated with the flabellate gorgonacean Anthogorgia bocki Aurivillius, 1931. [details]Depth range Unknown. [details]
Distribution Known only from the type locality until later publications such as Martin et al 2002 and Fourreau et al (2024) [details]
Etymology Named after the association with the flabellate gorgonacean Anthogorgia bocki Aurivillius, 1931, followed by the Latin suffix -cola, meaning 'dweller', 'inhabitant'. [details]
Habitat Quote from Fourreau et al. 2024 ""Although the species has not been recorded for nearly 70 years, pictures indicating the presence of H. anthogorgicola or a closely related species have been available on iNaturalist since 2012 (four years after the launch of the platform), and the worms’ presence was detected in three-quarters of all photographs of the pygmy seahorse. These photographs allowed us to significantly extend the worm’s putative distribution across the Indo-Pacific, as well as to describe its life habits and its interactions with the host gorgonian and pygmy seahorse." [details]
Habitat On a branch of the flabellate gorgonacean Anthogorgia bocki Aurivillius, 1931. [details]
Reproduction stolon figured in Fourreau et al (2024 [details]
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Japan, Honshu Island, Wakayama Prefecture, Seto (geocoordinates not provided, but estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 33.688625º, long. 135.338631º), on a branch of the flabellate gorgonacean Anthogorgia bocki Aurivillius, 1931. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ウミトサカシリス | [details] |
