RAS taxon details
Syllis prolixa Ehlers, 1901
334894 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:334894)
accepted
Species
Typosyllis prolixa (Ehlers, 1901) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ehlers, E. (1901). Die Polychaeten des magellanischen und chilenischen Strandes. Ein faunistischer Versuch. <em>Festschrift zur Feier des Hundertfünfzigjährigen Bestehens des Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Physikalischen Klasse.</em> 1-232, 25 plates., available online at http://www.annelida.net/docs/Ehlers1901_PolychaetenMagellanischenChilenischenStrandes.pdf
page(s): 92-95, plate IX figs. 1-7 [details]
page(s): 92-95, plate IX figs. 1-7 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Syllis prolixa Ehlers, 1901. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/rest/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=334894 on 2026-08-09
RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Syllis prolixa Ehlers, 1901. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=334894 on 2026-08-09
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Ehlers, E. (1901). Die Polychaeten des magellanischen und chilenischen Strandes. Ein faunistischer Versuch. <em>Festschrift zur Feier des Hundertfünfzigjährigen Bestehens des Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Physikalischen Klasse.</em> 1-232, 25 plates., available online at http://www.annelida.net/docs/Ehlers1901_PolychaetenMagellanischenChilenischenStrandes.pdf
page(s): 92-95, plate IX figs. 1-7 [details]
basis of record Hartman, O. 1964. Polychaeta Errantia of Antarctica. Antarctic Research Series, 3: 1-131., available online at https://doi.org/10.1029/AR003 [details] Available for editors
additional source Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1930). Polychaete worms. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 2: 1-222., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15904801
page(s): 100, fig. 32 [details]
additional source Day, J.H. (1954). The Polychaeta of Tristan da Cunha. <em>Results of the Norwegian Scientific Expedition to Tristan da Cunha 1937-1938.</em> 29: 1-35.
page(s): 10 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1953). Non-pelagic Polychaeta of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901‒1903. <em>Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901‒1903 under the direction of Dr. Otto Nordenskjöld.</em> 4(11): 1-83., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62372341 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 92-95, plate IX figs. 1-7 [details]
basis of record Hartman, O. 1964. Polychaeta Errantia of Antarctica. Antarctic Research Series, 3: 1-131., available online at https://doi.org/10.1029/AR003 [details] Available for editors
additional source Monro, Charles Carmichael Arthur. (1930). Polychaete worms. <em>Discovery Reports, Cambridge.</em> 2: 1-222., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15904801
page(s): 100, fig. 32 [details]
additional source Day, J.H. (1954). The Polychaeta of Tristan da Cunha. <em>Results of the Norwegian Scientific Expedition to Tristan da Cunha 1937-1938.</em> 29: 1-35.
page(s): 10 [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Hartman, Olga. (1953). Non-pelagic Polychaeta of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901‒1903. <em>Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901‒1903 under the direction of Dr. Otto Nordenskjöld.</em> 4(11): 1-83., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62372341 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
