WoRMS name details
Sphaerosyllis subterranea Hartmann-Schröder, 1965
332034 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332034)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1965). Zur Kenntnis des Sublitorals der chilenischen Küste unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. II Die Polychaeten des Sublitorals. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 62 Supplement: 59-305.
page(s): 293-295, figs. 293-295 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 293-295, figs. 293-295 [details] Available for editors

Holotype ZMH, geounit Taltal
, Note Taltal, Chile, Southeast Pacific Ocean...
Holotype ZMH, geounit Taltal [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Taltal, Chile, Southeast Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate -25.4049°, -70.4853°), coastal groundwater in a plump steep slope of dark coarse sand, 50 cm depth. [details]
Depth range Coastal groundwater, 50 cm depth.
Distribution Southeast Pacific Ocean: Northern Chile (Taltal).
Etymology The specific epithet subterranea, Latin word for 'subterranean' or 'underground', refers to the habitat of the species,...
Depth range Coastal groundwater, 50 cm depth. [details]
Distribution Southeast Pacific Ocean: Northern Chile (Taltal).
Distribution Southeast Pacific Ocean: Northern Chile (Taltal). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet subterranea, Latin word for 'subterranean' or 'underground', refers to the habitat of the species,...
Etymology The specific epithet subterranea, Latin word for 'subterranean' or 'underground', refers to the habitat of the species, living below the surface of the sediment, in coastal groundwater 50 cm depth. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sphaerosyllis subterranea Hartmann-Schröder, 1965. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332034 on 2025-04-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1965). Zur Kenntnis des Sublitorals der chilenischen Küste unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. II Die Polychaeten des Sublitorals. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 62 Supplement: 59-305.
page(s): 293-295, figs. 293-295 [details] Available for editors
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new combination reference San Martín, Guillermo; Rozbaczylo, Nicolas; Díaz-Díaz, Oscar. (2017). Guía Y Claves Para El Reconocimiento De Las Subfamilias, Géneros Y Especies De Syllidae Registradas A Lo Largo De La Costa De Chile, Archipiélago Juan Fernández E Islade Pascua (Annelida: Phyllodocida: Syllidae [Guide and keys for the identification of the subfamilies, genera and species of Syllidae registered along the Chilean coast, the Juan Fernández Archipelago and Easter Island (Annelida: Phyllodocida: Syllidae)]. Anales Instituto Patagonia (Chile)]. <em>Anales Instituto Patagonia (Chile).</em> 45(2): 7-50 [44pp]., available online at http://www.analesdelinstitutodelapatagonia.cl/index.php/analespatagonia/article/view/835
page(s): 25; note: the authors expressed doubts concerning the proposed new combination; type material was not revised, the new combination was based only on the original description [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 293-295, figs. 293-295 [details] Available for editors

new combination reference San Martín, Guillermo; Rozbaczylo, Nicolas; Díaz-Díaz, Oscar. (2017). Guía Y Claves Para El Reconocimiento De Las Subfamilias, Géneros Y Especies De Syllidae Registradas A Lo Largo De La Costa De Chile, Archipiélago Juan Fernández E Islade Pascua (Annelida: Phyllodocida: Syllidae [Guide and keys for the identification of the subfamilies, genera and species of Syllidae registered along the Chilean coast, the Juan Fernández Archipelago and Easter Island (Annelida: Phyllodocida: Syllidae)]. Anales Instituto Patagonia (Chile)]. <em>Anales Instituto Patagonia (Chile).</em> 45(2): 7-50 [44pp]., available online at http://www.analesdelinstitutodelapatagonia.cl/index.php/analespatagonia/article/view/835
page(s): 25; note: the authors expressed doubts concerning the proposed new combination; type material was not revised, the new combination was based only on the original description [details] Available for editors






Holotype ZMH, geounit Taltal [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Coastal groundwater, 50 cm depth. [details]Distribution Southeast Pacific Ocean: Northern Chile (Taltal). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet subterranea, Latin word for 'subterranean' or 'underground', refers to the habitat of the species, living below the surface of the sediment, in coastal groundwater 50 cm depth. [details]
Habitat Coastal groundwater in a steep slope of coarse sand and shells. [details]
New combination San Martín et al. (2017: 25) expressed doubts concerning the proposed new combination, expressed as Erinaceusyllis (?) subterranea. The type material was not revised, and the new combination was based only on the original description, stated to be 'very incomplete'. [details]
Type locality Taltal, Chile, Southeast Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate -25.4049°, -70.4853°), coastal groundwater in a plump steep slope of dark coarse sand, 50 cm depth. [details]