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Uebelacker, J. M. (1982). Haplosyllis agelas, a new polychaetous annelid (Syllidae) from the Bahamas. Bulletin of Marine Science. 32(4): 856-861.
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Uebelacker, J. M.
1982
<i>Haplosyllis agelas</i>, a new polychaetous annelid (Syllidae) from the Bahamas
Bulletin of Marine Science
32(4): 856-861
Publication
Kristian Fauchald's Polychaeta DB
Specimens of the syllid polychaete Haplosyllis agelas new species were obtained from the sponge Agelas dispar, collected from coral heads near Grand Bahama Island. The new species differs from other members of the genus primarily in the shape of the setae and in its restriction, as currently known, to a single species of sponge from the Bahamas.
Bahama Islands
Associations, Symbiosis, Commensalism (parasitism see *PAR)
Systematics, Taxonomy
Systematics, Taxonomy
Haplosyllis agelas Uebelacker, 1982 (original description)
Holotype USNM 62008, geounit Bahamas, identified as Haplosyllis agelas Uebelacker, 1982
Paratype USNM 62009, geounit Bahamas, identified as Haplosyllis agelas Uebelacker, 1982
Paratype ZMH P-16467, geounit Bahamas, identified as Haplosyllis agelas Uebelacker, 1982
Paratype USNM 62009, geounit Bahamas, identified as Haplosyllis agelas Uebelacker, 1982
Paratype ZMH P-16467, geounit Bahamas, identified as Haplosyllis agelas Uebelacker, 1982
Association
The species was found on the demosponge Agelas dispar Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864. [details]
Distribution
West Atlantic: Bahamas, Grand Bahama Island. [details]
Etymology
The specific epithet agelas is the generic name of the host of the species, the demosponge Agelas dispar ... [details]
Habitat
On the demosponge Agelas dispar Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864, at about 20 m depth. [details]
Reproduction
Two specimens with oocytes in the coelomic cavity, beginning in chaetigers 31 and 33. [details]
Type locality
West Atlantic, Bahamas, Grand Bahama Island, 1.5 km south of Lucaya (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with ... [details]
