WoRMS name details
Syllides convoluta Webster & Benedict, 1884
332369 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332369)
unaccepted (incorrect gender agreement of specific epithet; corrected to convolutus)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Webster, H. E.: Benedict, J. E. (1884). The Annelida Chaetopoda from Provincetown and Wellfleet, Massachusetts. <em>Annual Report of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Washington.</em> 1881: 699-747., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11203280
page(s): 709-711, plate II figs. 12-16 [details]
page(s): 709-711, plate II figs. 12-16 [details]
Note Northwest Atlantic, USA, Massachusetts, Cape...
From editor or global species database
Type locality Northwest Atlantic, USA, Massachusetts, Cape Cod Bay, Race Run, near Provincetown (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 42.0633º, long. -70.2399º). [details]
Depth range Low water.
Distribution Northwest Atlantic: USA (Massachusetts).
Etymology The specific epithet convoluta is the feminine of the Latin word convolutus, meaning 'coiled' or 'interlaced', and refers...
Depth range Low water. [details]
Distribution Northwest Atlantic: USA (Massachusetts).
Distribution Northwest Atlantic: USA (Massachusetts). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet convoluta is the feminine of the Latin word convolutus, meaning 'coiled' or 'interlaced', and refers...
Etymology The specific epithet convoluta is the feminine of the Latin word convolutus, meaning 'coiled' or 'interlaced', and refers to the behaviour described by Webster & Benedict (1884: 710): "This species throws itself quickly into a coil, very much as is the habit of Glycera (Rhynchobolus)". [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Syllides convoluta Webster & Benedict, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332369 on 2025-04-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Webster, H. E.: Benedict, J. E. (1884). The Annelida Chaetopoda from Provincetown and Wellfleet, Massachusetts. <em>Annual Report of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Washington.</em> 1881: 699-747., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11203280
page(s): 709-711, plate II figs. 12-16 [details]
page(s): 709-711, plate II figs. 12-16 [details]
Other
additional source
Riser, N.W. (1997). <i>Syllides eburneus</i>, a new species, with notes on other members of the genus (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from the coast of New England and New Brunswick. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 110(1): 143-149., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35458165 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype USNM 412, geounit Massachusetts [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Low water. [details]Distribution Northwest Atlantic: USA (Massachusetts). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet convoluta is the feminine of the Latin word convolutus, meaning 'coiled' or 'interlaced', and refers to the behaviour described by Webster & Benedict (1884: 710): "This species throws itself quickly into a coil, very much as is the habit of Glycera (Rhynchobolus)". [details]
Habitat Sand, in low water. [details]
Type locality Northwest Atlantic, USA, Massachusetts, Cape Cod Bay, Race Run, near Provincetown (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. 42.0633º, long. -70.2399º). [details]
