Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Syllis gracilis Grube, 1840

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Species Syllis gracilis Grube, 1840


Compiler and date details

Jan 2011 - P. Hutchings & M. Yerman, Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Lower E coast, S Gulfs coast

Ecological Descriptors

Mud bottom, sand bottom, seagrass, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

And kelp.

 

Misidentifications

as Syllis longissima.
Fauvel, P. 1917. Annélides polychètes de l'Australie meridionale. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 56: 159–278 [188–189, fig. 12].

Citations

Syllis gracilis.
—Gravier, C. 1900. L'Étude des Annélides Polychètes de la Mer Rouge. Annales Zoologici Fennici 4 2: 137–282 [150–152, pl. 9, figs 406].
—Haswell, W.A. 1920. Australian Syllidae, Eusyllidae and Autolytidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 45: 90–112 [97, pl. 10].
—Augener, H. 1927. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914–1916. No. 38. Polychaeten von Südost und Süd-Australien. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Førenig i København 83: 71–275 [148–150].
—Hutchings, P.A. & Murray, A. 1984. Taxonomy of Polychaetes from the Hawkesbury River and the southern estuaries of New South Wales, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 3: 1–118 [34].

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
17-Oct-2023 22-Apr-2013 MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023 15-Feb-2011 MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023 07-Oct-2010 MODIFIED
24-Mar-2010 MODIFIED