TY  - JOUR
AB  - Twenty-four genera of Terebellidae Grube, 1850, are described including one new genus and forty-four species recorded and characterized from the Grand Caribbean region. Six species are newly described: <i>Lysilla caribe</i> sp. nov., <i>Polycirrus angeli</i> sp. nov., <i>Eupolymnia rullieri</i> sp. nov., <i>Euthelepus kritzleri</i> sp. nov., <i>Streblosoma tenhovei</i> sp. nov., and <i>Kritzlerius anomalus</i> gen. nov. and sp. nov. Twenty-four formerly recorded species are regarded as valid: <i>Biremis blandi</i> Polloni, Rowe & Teal, 1973, <i>Enoplobranchus sanguineus</i> Verrill, 1873, <i>Polycirrus holthei</i> Londoño-Mesa & Carrera-Parra, 2005, <i>P. pennulifera</i> Verrill, 1900, <i>P. purpureus</i> Schmarda, 1861, <i>Amphitritides bruneocomata</i> (Ehlers, 1887), <i>Eupolymnia crassicornis</i> (Schmarda, 1861), <i>Lanicola carus</i> (Young & Kritzler, 1987), <i>L. garciagomezi</i> (Londoño-Mesa, 2006), <i>Loimia minuta</i> Treadwell, 1929, <i>L. salazari</i> Londoño-Mesa & Carrera-Parra, 2005, <i>Neoamphitrite glasbyi</i> Londoño- Mesa & Carrera-Parra, 2005, <i>P. palmata</i> (Verrill, 1873), <i>P. sombreriana</i> McIntosh, 1885, <i>Polymniella aurantiaca</i> Verrill, 1900, <i>Scionides reticulata</i> (Ehlers, 1887), <i>Spinosphaera carrerai</i> Londoño-Mesa, 2003, <i>S. hutchingsae</i> Londoño-Mesa, 2003, <i>Terebella turgidula</i> Ehlers, 1887, <i>T. verrilli</i> Holthe, 1986, <i>Terebellobranchia mchughae</i> Londoño-Mesa & Carrera- Parra, 2005, <i>Streblosoma hartmanae</i> Kritzler, 1971, <i>S. polybranchia</i> Verrill, 1900, <i>Thelepus haitiensis</i> Treadwell, 1931, and <i>T. pascua</i> (Fauchald, 1977). Two species are reinstated: <i>Loimia bermudensis</i> Verrill, 1900, and <i>Thelepus crassibranchiatus </i>Treadwell, 1901. One species is reinstated with a new combination: <i>Eupolymnia magnifica</i> (Webster, 1884). Five species names are new combinations: <i>Pista cetrata</i> (Ehlers, 1887), <i>Pistella papillosa</i> (Tourtellotte & Kritzler, 1988), <i>Terebellobranchia hiata</i> (Treadwell, 1931), <i>Thelepus tenuis</i> (Verrill, 1900), and <i>T. verrilli</i> (Treadwell, 1911). Finally, five species are regarded as distinct but remain undescribed because of the poor condition of the specimens: <i>Amaeana</i> sp. 1, <i>Neoleprea</i> sp. A Kritzler, 1984, <i>Neoleprea</i> sp. 1, <i>Proclea</i> sp. 1, and <i>Thelepus</i> sp. 1. All of the type and non-type material available for each species from the region is revised and compared with specimens of species previously regarded as junior synonyms of others species described from areas outsie of the region. A key to all species is provided. 
A1  - Londoño-Mesa, Mario H.
DO  - 10.11646/zootaxa.2320.1.1
JO  - Zootaxa
N1  - World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
SP  - 1
EP  - 93
C1  - 2320: 1-93
TI  - Terebellidae (Polychaeta: Terebellida) from the Grand Caribbean region
UR  - http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/z02320p093f.pdf
VL  - 2320
PY  - 2009
Y2  - 2026-10-05
ER  -