WoRMS name details
Pionosyllis fusigera Augener, 1913
330687 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:330687)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Augener, Hermann. (1913). Polychaeta I. Errantia. 65-304. IN: Michaelsen, W. and Hartmeyer, R. (Ed.). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. <em>Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Gustav Fischer, Jena.</em> 4(5): 65-304, plates II-III., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7160888
page(s): 227-229, text-fig. 32a-c, plate III fig. 34 [details]
page(s): 227-229, text-fig. 32a-c, plate III fig. 34 [details]
Holotype ZMH 7951-V, geounit Shark Bay
, Type locality contained in Western Australia (state) , Note Shark Bay, Surf Point, Outer Bar, entrance of...
Holotype ZMH 7951-V, geounit Shark Bay [details]
type locality contained in Western Australia (state) [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Shark Bay, Surf Point, Outer Bar, entrance of South Passage, Western Australia, Australia (geocoordinates estimate -26.131, 113.166); 0.5-3.5 m, sand and rocks with corals. [details]
Depth range 0.5-3.5 m.
Distribution Australia: Western Australia (Shark Bay).
Etymology The specific epithet fusigera presumably makes reference to the spindle like cirri (''spindelförmigen Cirren'') of the...
Depth range 0.5-3.5 m. [details]
Distribution Australia: Western Australia (Shark Bay).
Distribution Australia: Western Australia (Shark Bay). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet fusigera presumably makes reference to the spindle like cirri (''spindelförmigen Cirren'') of the...
Etymology The specific epithet fusigera presumably makes reference to the spindle like cirri (''spindelförmigen Cirren'') of the species (Augener, 1913: 227). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Pionosyllis fusigera Augener, 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=330687 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Augener, Hermann. (1913). Polychaeta I. Errantia. 65-304. IN: Michaelsen, W. and Hartmeyer, R. (Ed.). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. <em>Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Gustav Fischer, Jena.</em> 4(5): 65-304, plates II-III., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7160888
page(s): 227-229, text-fig. 32a-c, plate III fig. 34 [details]
new combination reference 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): 1467; note: as Basidiosyllis fusigera [details]
new combination reference 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
page(s): 118, table 1; note: as Paraopisthosyllis fusigera [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 227-229, text-fig. 32a-c, plate III fig. 34 [details]
new combination reference 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): 1467; note: as Basidiosyllis fusigera [details]
new combination reference 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
page(s): 118, table 1; note: as Paraopisthosyllis fusigera [details] Available for editors

Other
additional source
Ehlers, E. (1918). Polychaete Anneliden von den Aru- und Kei-Inseln. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 35(2): 229-259.
page(s): 237; note: record & short description for 'Klein-Kei' [details]
page(s): 237; note: record & short description for 'Klein-Kei' [details]





Holotype ZMH 7951-V, geounit Shark Bay [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 0.5-3.5 m. [details]Distribution Australia: Western Australia (Shark Bay). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet fusigera presumably makes reference to the spindle like cirri (''spindelförmigen Cirren'') of the species (Augener, 1913: 227). [details]
Habitat Sand and rocks with corals, in shallow water. [details]
Type locality Shark Bay, Surf Point, Outer Bar, entrance of South Passage, Western Australia, Australia (geocoordinates estimate -26.131, 113.166); 0.5-3.5 m, sand and rocks with corals. [details]