WoRMS name details

Plakosyllis americana Hartman, 1961

340045  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:340045)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Errantia (Subclass)
  6. Phyllodocida (Order)
  7. Nereidiformia (Suborder)
  8. Syllidae (Family)
  9. Syllinae (Subfamily)
  10. Plakosyllis (Genus)
  11. Plakosyllis americana (Species)
 unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hartman, Olga. (1961). Polychaetous annelids from California. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 25: 1-226., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5214802
page(s): 75-76, plate 33 fig. 1 [details] 
Holotype  AHF, geounit Southern California  
Holotype AHF, geounit Southern California [details]
, Note Pacific Ocean, Southern California, 10.5 mi,...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Pacific Ocean, Southern California, 10.5 mi, 342º T. from Point Loma Light (32º49'58"M, 117º18'20"W).  [details]
Depth range 34 m.   
Depth range 34 m.  [details]

Distribution Southern California.   
Distribution Southern California.  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet, americana, refers to the type locality of the species, the coast of North America.   
Etymology The specific epithet, americana, refers to the type locality of the species, the coast of North America.  [details]

Taxonomy Moved to different genus  
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Plakosyllis americana Hartman, 1961. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=340045 on 2025-04-10
Date
action
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2008-03-18 12:55:09Z
created
Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian

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Nomenclature

original description Hartman, Olga. (1961). Polychaetous annelids from California. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 25: 1-226., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5214802
page(s): 75-76, plate 33 fig. 1 [details] 

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1965). Catalogue of the polychaetous annelids of the world. Supplement 1960-1965 and index. <em>Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation.</em> 23: 1-197., available online at http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll82/id/19573 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Holotype AHF, geounit Southern California [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range 34 m.  [details]

Distribution Southern California.  [details]

Etymology The specific epithet, americana, refers to the type locality of the species, the coast of North America.  [details]

Habitat Red sands. [details]

Type locality Pacific Ocean, Southern California, 10.5 mi, 342º T. from Point Loma Light (32º49'58"M, 117º18'20"W).  [details]

Unreviewed
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) 
To ITIS

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