WoRMS source details
Kristian Fauchald's Polychaeta DB
Gulf of Mexico
Amphicteis nasuta Ehlers, 1887 (original description)
Amphicteis procera Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Sosane procera (Ehlers, 1887) (original description)
Aphrodita acuminata Ehlers, 1887 (original description)
Aphrodita obtecta Ehlers, 1887 (original description)
Aphrodite acuminata Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Aphrodita acuminata Ehlers, 1887 (original description)
Aracoda debilis Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Drilonereis debilis (Ehlers, 1887) (original description)
Aracoda multidentata Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Arabella iricolor (Montagu, 1804) (original description)
Auchenoplax Ehlers, 1887 (original description)
Auchenoplax crinita Ehlers, 1887 (original description)
Branchiomma bioculatum Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Acromegalomma bioculatum (Ehlers, 1887) (original description)
Branchiomma lobiferum Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Acromegalomma lobiferum (Ehlers, 1887) (original description)
Branchiosyllis Ehlers, 1887 (original description)
Branchiosyllis oculata Ehlers, 1887 (original description)
Chloeia euglochis Ehlers, 1887 (original description)
Chloeia modesta Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Chloeia viridis Schmarda, 1861 (original description)
Clymene cingulata Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Clymenopsis cingulata (Ehlers, 1887) (original description)
Clymene cirrata Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Clymenura cirrata (Ehlers, 1887) (original description)
Dasybranchus lunulatus Ehlers, 1887 (original description)
Dasychone conspersa Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Branchiomma conspersum (Ehlers, 1887) (original description)
Diopatra (Paradiopatra) fragosa Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Paradiopatra fragosa (Ehlers, 1887) (original description)
Diopatra (Paradiopatra) glutinatrix Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Paradiopatra glutinatrix (Ehlers, 1887) accepted as Anchinothria glutinatrix (Ehlers, 1887) (original description)
Diopatra pourtalesii Ehlers, 1879 accepted as Anchinothria pourtalesii (Ehlers, 1879) (additional source)
Ehlerprotula Uchida, 1978 accepted as Protula Risso, 1826 (additional source)
Ehlerprotula antennata (Ehlers, 1887) accepted as Protula antennata Ehlers, 1887 (original description)
Euarche Ehlers, 1887 (original description)
Euarche tubifex Ehlers, 1887 (original description)
Eumenia glabra Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Asclerocheilus glabrus (Ehlers, 1887) (original description)
Eunice antillensis Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Leodice antillensis (Ehlers, 1887) (original description)
Eunice articulata Ehlers, 1887 (original description)
Eunice conglomerans Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Eunice denticulata Webster, 1884 (original description)
Eunice floridana (Pourtalès, 1867) (additional source)
Eunice fucata Ehlers, 1887 (original description)
Eunice tibiana (Pourtalès, 1867) (new combination reference)
Eunice violaceomaculata Ehlers, 1887 (original description)
Euphrosine triloba Ehlers, 1887 (original description)
Eupomatus floridanus Bush, 1910 accepted as Hydroides floridana (Bush, 1910) (additional source)
Eupomatus uncinatus non Philippi sensu Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Hydroides floridana (Bush, 1910) (original description)
Filigrana huxleyi Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Salmacina huxleyi (Ehlers, 1887) (original description)
Filograna huxleyi Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Salmacina huxleyi (Ehlers, 1887) (original description)
Glycera oxycephala Ehlers, 1887 (original description)
Hesione praetexta Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Hesione picta Müller in Grube, 1858 (original description)
Hesione vittigera Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Hesione picta Müller in Grube, 1858 (original description)
Hyalopomatus langerhansi Ehlers, 1887 (original description)
Hypsicomus circumspiciens Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Notaulax circumspiciens (Ehlers, 1887) (original description)
Laetmatonice producta accepted as Laetmonice producta Grube, 1877 (basis of record)
Lumbriconereis bidens Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Lumbrineris bidens Ehlers, 1887 (original description)
Lumbriconereis floridana Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Lumbrineris floridana Ehlers, 1887 (original description)
Lumbriconereis robusta Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Scoletoma robusta (Ehlers, 1887) (original description)
Lysidice notata Ehlers, 1887 (original description)
Maldane cuculligera Ehlers, 1887 (original description)
Marphysa floridana Pourtalès, 1867 accepted as Eunice floridana (Pourtalès, 1867) (source of synonymy)
Marphysa tibiana Pourtalès, 1867 accepted as Eunice tibiana (Pourtalès, 1867) (source of synonymy)
Melinna parumdentata Ehlers, 1887 (original description)
Nephthys (Aglaophamus) inermis Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Inermonephtys inermis (Ehlers, 1887) (original description)
Nephthys phyllocirra Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Nephtys phyllocirra Ehlers, 1887 (original description)
Nephthys squamosa Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Nephtys squamosa Ehlers, 1887 (original description)
Nereis (Ceratonereis) versipedata Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Composetia versipedata (Ehlers, 1887) (original description)
Nereis articulata Hsueh, 2020 accepted as Nereis taichungensis Hsueh, 2020 (additional source)
Nereis articulata Ehlers, 1887 (original description)
Nicidion brevis Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Eunice brevis (Ehlers, 1887) (original description)
Nicomachella Ehlers, 1887 (original description)
Nicomachella picta Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Praxillura picta (Ehlers, 1887) (original description)
Ninoe kinbergi Ehlers, 1887 (original description)
Onuphis (Paronuphis) Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Hyalinoecia Malmgren, 1867 (original description)
Onuphis (Paronuphis) gracilis Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Hyalinoecia artifex Verrill, 1880 (original description)
Paradiopatra Ehlers, 1887 (original description)
Paramarphysa Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Nicidion Kinberg, 1865 (original description)
Paramarphysa longula Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Nicidion longula (Ehlers, 1887) (original description)
Paronuphis Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Hyalinoecia Malmgren, 1867 (original description)
Pectinaria (Petta) pellucida Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Petta pellucida (Ehlers, 1887) (original description)
Phyllodoce (Anaitis) papillosa Ehlers, 1887 (original description)
Phyllodoce oculata Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Phyllodoce erythrophylla (Schmarda, 1861) (original description)
Placostegus incomptus Ehlers, 1887 (original description)
Polynoe granulata Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Halosydna leucohyba (Schmarda, 1861) (original description)
Polynoe lactea Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Lepidonotus lacteus (Ehlers, 1887) (original description)
Polynoe taeniata Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Thormora taeniata (Ehlers, 1887) (original description)
Pontogenia sericoma Ehlers, 1867 (original description)
Potamis Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Potamethus Chamberlin, 1919 (original description)
Potamis spathiferus Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Potamethus spathiferus (Ehlers, 1887) (original description)
Protis Ehlers, 1887 (original description)
Protis simplex Ehlers, 1887 (original description)
Protula antennata Ehlers, 1887 (original description)
Rhamphobrachium Ehlers, 1887 (original description)
Rhamphobrachium agassizi Ehlers, 1887 (original description)
Rhamphobrachium brevibrachiatum (Ehlers, 1874) accepted as Rhamphobrachium (Spinigerium) brevibrachiatum (Ehlers, 1874) (new combination reference)
Rhodine sima Ehlers, 1887 (original description)
Sigalion pourtalesii Ehlers, 1887 (original description)
Spirobranchus tricornis Mörch, 1863 accepted as Spirobranchus giganteus (Pallas, 1766) (new combination reference)
Sthenelais simplex Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Ehlersileanira simplex (Ehlers, 1887) (original description)
Stylarioides collarifer Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Therochaeta collarifera (Ehlers, 1887) (original description)
Stylarioides scutiger Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Pherusa scutigera (Ehlers, 1887) (original description)
Terebella bruneocomata Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Amphitritides bruneocomata (Ehlers, 1887) (original description)
Terebella cetrata Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Pista cetrata (Ehlers, 1887) (original description)
Terebella reticulata Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Scionides reticulata (Ehlers, 1887) (original description)
Terebella turgidula Ehlers, 1887 accepted as Eupolymnia crassicornis (Schmarda, 1861) (original description)
Trypanosyllis vittigera Ehlers, 1887 (original description)
Syntype MCZ, geounit Florida Keys, identified as Aphrodite acuminata Ehlers, 1887
Syntype MCZ, geounit Florida Keys, identified as Aphrodite acuminata Ehlers, 1887
Syntype, geounit Gulf of Mexico, identified as Aphrodita obtecta Ehlers, 1887
Holotype MCZ 834, geounit Key West, identified as Terebella cetrata Ehlers, 1887
Syntype MCZ ANNa 737, geounit Florida Keys, identified as Aphrodite acuminata Ehlers, 1887
Holotype MCZ ANNa 818, geounit Cuba, identified as Pontogenia sericoma Ehlers, 1867
Holotype MCZ ANNa-746, geounit Florida Strait, identified as Nereis articulata Ehlers, 1887
Syntype MCZ ANNa-844, geounit Key West, identified as Branchiosyllis oculata Ehlers, 1887
Syntype MCZ ANNc-2559, geounit Florida Strait, identified as Pectinaria (Petta) pellucida Ehlers, 1887
Syntype MCZ unknown, geounit Florida Keys, identified as Eunice fucata Ehlers, 1887
Syntype YPM YPMNH 6745, geounit Key West, identified as Branchiosyllis oculata Ehlers, 1887
Original diagnosis by Ehlers (1887: 148): "Syllidarum genus pinnis labia conica et branchiam lamellosam gerentibus." [details]
Atlantic Ocean: Florida (Straits of Florida); Saint Vincent (Caribbean Sea). [details]
West Atlantic Ocean: Florida Straits (Key West); Caribbean Sea (Aruba; Curaçao; Tobago). [details]
Not stated. The specific epithet oculata is a Latin adjective meaning 'having eyes', as refers presumably to the ... [details]
The specific epithet articulata is a Latin adjective meaning 'articulated' or 'jointed', and though not explicitly ... [details]
Type of sediment not stated; occurs in deep shelf depths. [details]
Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard (MCZ ANNa-746). [details]
The type of Paronuphis is Paronuphis gracilis, originally Onuphis (Paronuphis) gracilis Ehlers, 1887, and it was ... [details]
Key West, Florida, USA, Straits of Florida, Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 24.54°, -81.82°). [details]
Caribbean Sea, off Havana, Cuba, 175 fathoms (320 meters). [details]
Dry Tortugas, Channel between East and Middle Key, deptb 5 to 7 fathoms, Gulf of Mexico / Caribbean Sea. [details]
Off Sand Key, Straits of Florida, Florida, USA, Atlantic Ocean (gazetteer estimate 24.3992°, -81.7613°). [details]
Santarem Channel (disused name?), north of Cuba, between Bahamas and Salt Key bank, station geolocation not known ... [details]