WoRMS name details
Sphaerosyllis (Sphaerosyllis) erinaceus opisthodentata Hartmann-Schröder, 1987
335689 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:335689)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Subspecies
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1987. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Küste von Victoria (Australien) (zwischen Warrnambool im Western und Port Welshpool im Osten). Teil 13 . IN: Hartmann-Schröder, G. and Gerd Hartmann. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut 84: 27-66.
page(s): 40-41, figs. 13-16 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 40-41, figs. 13-16 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype ZMH P-18882, geounit Australia
, Type locality contained in Victoria (Australian state) , Note Australia, Victoria, Warrnambool, erosion...
Holotype ZMH P-18882, geounit Australia [details]
type locality contained in Victoria (Australian state) [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Australia, Victoria, Warrnambool, erosion terrace of Breakwater Rock, just in front the Aquarium (nowadays closed) (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -38.4039º, long. 142.4754º). [details]
Depth range Eulittoral.
Distribution Australia: Victoria (Warrnambool and Point Lonsdale).
Etymology The subspecific epithet opisthodentata is composed by the Latin prefix of Greek origin opistho-, meaning 'backward' or...
Depth range Eulittoral. [details]
Distribution Australia: Victoria (Warrnambool and Point Lonsdale).
Distribution Australia: Victoria (Warrnambool and Point Lonsdale). [details]
Etymology The subspecific epithet opisthodentata is composed by the Latin prefix of Greek origin opistho-, meaning 'backward' or...
Etymology The subspecific epithet opisthodentata is composed by the Latin prefix of Greek origin opistho-, meaning 'backward' or 'behind, and the Latin adjective dentata, inflection of dentatus and meaning 'toothed', and refers to the pharyngeal tooth being located around the middle region of the pharynx, backwards its usual position. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sphaerosyllis (Sphaerosyllis) erinaceus opisthodentata Hartmann-Schröder, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=335689 on 2025-04-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Hartmann-Schröder, G. 1987. Die Polychaeten der antiborealen Küste von Victoria (Australien) (zwischen Warrnambool im Western und Port Welshpool im Osten). Teil 13 . IN: Hartmann-Schröder, G. and Gerd Hartmann. Zur Kenntnis des Eulitorals der australischen Küsten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Polychaeten und Ostracoden. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen zoologischen Museum und Institut 84: 27-66.
page(s): 40-41, figs. 13-16 [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference San Martín, Guillermo. (2005). Exogoninae (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from Australia with the description of a new genus and twenty-two new species. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 57(1): 39-152., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1438
page(s): 81-82, fig. 37A-E [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 40-41, figs. 13-16 [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference San Martín, Guillermo. (2005). Exogoninae (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from Australia with the description of a new genus and twenty-two new species. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 57(1): 39-152., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.57.2005.1438
page(s): 81-82, fig. 37A-E [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype ZMH P-18882, geounit Australia [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Eulittoral. [details]Distribution Australia: Victoria (Warrnambool and Point Lonsdale). [details]
Etymology The subspecific epithet opisthodentata is composed by the Latin prefix of Greek origin opistho-, meaning 'backward' or 'behind, and the Latin adjective dentata, inflection of dentatus and meaning 'toothed', and refers to the pharyngeal tooth being located around the middle region of the pharynx, backwards its usual position. [details]
Habitat Amongst algae on rocks, in shallow water. [details]
Type locality Australia, Victoria, Warrnambool, erosion terrace of Breakwater Rock, just in front the Aquarium (nowadays closed) (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with gazetteer to be approximately lat. -38.4039º, long. 142.4754º). [details]
