RAS name details
Sphaerosyllis perspicax Ehlers, 1908
174895 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:174895)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ehlers, Ernst. (1908). Die bodensässigen Anneliden aus den Sammlungen der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. 1-168. IN: Chun, Carl (Ed.). <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer ''Valdivia'' 1898-1899.</em> 16(1): 1-168, plates I-XXIII., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18687
page(s): 66-67, plate VI figs. 1-3 [details]
page(s): 66-67, plate VI figs. 1-3 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Sphaerosyllis perspicax Ehlers, 1908. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2021) Register of Antarctic Species at: http://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=174895 on 2026-10-03
RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Sphaerosyllis perspicax Ehlers, 1908. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=174895 on 2026-10-03
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Ehlers, Ernst. (1908). Die bodensässigen Anneliden aus den Sammlungen der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. 1-168. IN: Chun, Carl (Ed.). <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer ''Valdivia'' 1898-1899.</em> 16(1): 1-168, plates I-XXIII., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18687
page(s): 66-67, plate VI figs. 1-3 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Ehlers, Ernst. (1913). Die Polychaeten-Sammlungen der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901‒1903. <em>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901‒1903 im Auftrage des Reichsamtes des Innern.</em> 13(4): 397-598, plates XXVI-XLVI., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2139283
page(s): 480-481 [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Day, J.H. (1967). A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. British Museum (Natural History). London. vol 1 & vol 2, 1-878., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
new combination reference Soto, Eulogio H.; San Martín, Guillermo. (2017). Exogoninae (Annelida: Syllidae) from Chilean Patagonia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4353(3): 521-539., available online at https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4353.3.7
page(s): 534, fig. 7; note: as Erinaceusyllis perspicax [details] Available for editors
page(s): 66-67, plate VI figs. 1-3 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Ehlers, Ernst. (1913). Die Polychaeten-Sammlungen der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901‒1903. <em>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901‒1903 im Auftrage des Reichsamtes des Innern.</em> 13(4): 397-598, plates XXVI-XLVI., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2139283
page(s): 480-481 [details]
additional source Glasby, Christopher J.; Read, Geoffrey B.; Lee, Kenneth E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. <em>[Book chapter].</em> Chapt 17, pp. 312-358. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Day, J.H. (1967). A monograph on the Polychaeta of Southern Africa. British Museum (Natural History). London. vol 1 & vol 2, 1-878., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8596 [details]
new combination reference Soto, Eulogio H.; San Martín, Guillermo. (2017). Exogoninae (Annelida: Syllidae) from Chilean Patagonia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4353(3): 521-539., available online at https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4353.3.7
page(s): 534, fig. 7; note: as Erinaceusyllis perspicax [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
