Galapagos Species Database

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Erinaceusyllis centroamericana (Hartmann-Schröder, 1959)

Poliqueto, Polychaete

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Annelida

Class
Polychaeta

Order
Phyllodocida

Suborder
Nereidiformia

Family
Syllidae

Genus
Erinaceusyllis

Species
centroamericana

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Sphaerosyllis centroamericana Hartmann-Schröder, 1959 (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

References

  • Abbott, I. Abbott, L.K. (1973) New distribution records of 65 plant species within the Galapagos Archipelago. Charles Darwin Research Station (CDRS), unpublished.
  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
  • Westheide, W. (1991) The meiofauna of the Galápagos: a review. In: M.J. James (ed.): Galápagos marine invertebrates. Taxonomy, biogeography, and evolution in Darwin´s islands. Plenum Press, New York and London, p. 37-73.
  • Yuan, Yao-Wu Mabberley, D., Steane, D. A., Olmstead, R. (2010) Further disintegration and redefinition of Clerodendrum (Lamiaceae): Implications for the understanding of the evolution of an intriguing breeding strategy TAXON 59 (1) • February 2010: 125–133

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