WoRMS name details
Typosyllis subterranea Hartmann-Schröder, 1962
332654 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332654)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879 accepted as Syllis Lamarck, 1818
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1962). Die Polychaeten des Eulitorals. IN: Hartmann-Schröder, G. and Gerd Hartmann. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der chilenischen Pazifikküste und der argentinischen Küste Südpatagoniens unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 60: 57-270.
page(s): 93-95, figs. 72-74 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype ZMH P-14553, geounit Taltal
, Note Sand beach with shells between rocks, 4 km...
Holotype ZMH P-14553, geounit Taltal [details]
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Type locality Sand beach with shells between rocks, 4 km north of Taltal, Chile, Southeast Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate -25.378°, -70.451°). [details]
Depth range 25 cm deep in the sediment, at the highwater level of a beach of sand, shells and cobbles.
Distribution Southeast Pacific Ocean: coast near Taltal (Chile).
Etymology The specific epithet subterranea, Latin word for 'subterranean' or 'underground', refers to the habitat of the species,...
Depth range 25 cm deep in the sediment, at the highwater level of a beach of sand, shells and cobbles. [details]
Distribution Southeast Pacific Ocean: coast near Taltal (Chile).
Distribution Southeast Pacific Ocean: coast near Taltal (Chile). [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. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Typosyllis subterranea Hartmann-Schröder, 1962. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332654 on 2025-04-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Hartmann-Schröder, Gesa. (1962). Die Polychaeten des Eulitorals. IN: Hartmann-Schröder, G. and Gerd Hartmann. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der chilenischen Pazifikküste und der argentinischen Küste Südpatagoniens unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut.</em> 60: 57-270.
page(s): 93-95, figs. 72-74 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 93-95, figs. 72-74 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Licher, Frank 2000 (1999), Revision der Gattung Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879 (Polychaeta: Syllidae). Morphologie, Taxonomie und Phylogenie. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 551:1-336
page(s): 160-162, fig. 71; note: with Typosyllis truncata [details]
page(s): 160-162, fig. 71; note: with Typosyllis truncata [details]





From editor or global species database
Depth range 25 cm deep in the sediment, at the highwater level of a beach of sand, shells and cobbles. [details]Distribution Southeast Pacific Ocean: coast near Taltal (Chile). [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. [details]
Habitat Mesopsammic, groundwater among sand, shells, and cobbles 25 cm deep, at the highwater level (temperature 16ºC; salinity 34.1‰). [details]
Type locality Sand beach with shells between rocks, 4 km north of Taltal, Chile, Southeast Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate -25.378°, -70.451°). [details]