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Streptosyllis varians Webster & Benedict, 1887

131401 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131401)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Annelida
  4. Polychaeta
  5. Errantia
  6. Phyllodocida
  7. Nereidiformia
  8. Syllidae
  9. Anoplosyllinae
  10. Streptosyllis
  11. Streptosyllis varians
accepted
Species
Streptosyllis Webster & Benedict, 1884
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Webster, Harrison Edwin and Benedict, James E. (1887). The Annelida Chaetopoda, from Eastport, Maine. <em>U.S. Commission of Fish & Fisheries. Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries.</em> 1885. part 13, II. appendix to report of commissioner, D.22. :707-758, including pls. 1-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15839855
page(s): 718-719, plate II figs. 24-31, plate III figs. 32-34a-b [details] OpenAccess publication
Taxonomy Subfamily: Eusyllinae, according to Trott (2004).  
Taxonomy Subfamily: Eusyllinae, according to Trott (2004). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Streptosyllis varians Webster & Benedict, 1887. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131401 on 2026-08-14
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Streptosyllis varians Webster & Benedict, 1887. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=131401 on 2026-08-14
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Bellan, Gérard
2007-03-29 10:21:37Z
checked
Musco, Luigi
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian

original description Webster, Harrison Edwin and Benedict, James E. (1887). The Annelida Chaetopoda, from Eastport, Maine. <em>U.S. Commission of Fish & Fisheries. Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries.</em> 1885. part 13, II. appendix to report of commissioner, D.22. :707-758, including pls. 1-8., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15839855
page(s): 718-719, plate II figs. 24-31, plate III figs. 32-34a-b [details] OpenAccess publication

taxonomy source Maciolek, Nancy J. (2026). Anoplosyllinae Aguado & San Martín, 2009 (Annelida: Syllidae) from shelf and slope depths in the northwest Atlantic Ocean, primarily off New England, slope depths in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana, and shallow water in British Columbia in the Northeast Pacific. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5758(1): 1-78., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5758.1.1
page(s): 48, figures 18-20; note: description of new records from off Massachusetts, etc. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

additional source Dauvin, J.-C.; Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gentil, F. (2003). Liste actualisée des espèces d'Annélides Polychètes présentes en Manche [An up to date list of polychaetous annelids from the English Channel]. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 44(1): 67-95., available online at http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/sites/www.sb-roscoff.fr/files/documents/station-biologique-roscoff-dauvinal2003-3835.pdf [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS)
note: checklist listing [details] 

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Pettibone, M. H. (1952). Checklist of Polychaeta of New England region. 1-32. [details] 

additional source Fauvel, P. (1923). Polychètes errantes. Faune de France. <em>Librairie de la Faculte des Sciences. Paris.</em> 5: 1-488., available online at http://www.faunedefrance.org/ [details] 

additional source Pettibone, Marian H. (1963). Marine polychaete worms of the New England region. I. Aphroditidae through Trochochaetidae. <i>Bulletin of the United States National Museum</i>. 227(1): 1-356., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7870746
page(s): 127, fig. 31k [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Taxonomy Subfamily: Eusyllinae, according to Trott (2004). [details]
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