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Musco L, Çinar ME & Giangrande A (2005) A new species of Sphaerosyllis (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Exogoninae) from the coasts of Italy and Cyprus (Eastern Mediterranean Sea). Italian Journal of Zoology, 72: 161-166
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The faunistic analysis of hard and soft benthic materials collected from the Marine Reserve of Porto Cesareo (Ionian Sea, Salento Peninsula, Italy) and the coast of northern Cyprus (Levant Sea) revealed a new species of Sphaerosyllis, S. boeroi sp. n. (Polychaeta, Syllidae, Exogoninae). This species is mainly characterized by having compound chaetae with discernable subdistal spine, a strong dorso-ventral gradation in size of blades throughout the body, elongated slender blades of superior compound chaetae on anterior and middle parapodia, parapodial glands with fibrillar material, and the distributional pattern of papillae on the body surface. Sphaerosyllis boeroi is described and compared to the other morphologically similar species, with emphasis on its ecological and reproductive patterns.
Mediterranean
Systematics, Taxonomy
Sphaerosyllis boeroi Musco, Çinar & Giangrande, 2005 (original description)
Holotype MNCN 16.01/10251, geounit Ionian Sea, identified as Sphaerosyllis boeroi Musco, Çinar & Giangrande, 2005
Distribution
Eastern Mediterranean Sea: Italy (Porto Cesareo), and Cyprus. [details]
Editor's comment
The geocoordinates of the type locality provided by Musco et al. (2005) have an error in the longitude, instead of ... [details]
Etymology
The species is dedicated to Prof. Ferdinando Boero, Director of the Stazione di Biologia Marina of Porto Cesareo. [details]
Habitat
In a variety of substrata, like superficial sciaphilous substratum, hard photophilus substratum with Chondrilla ... [details]
Type locality
Ionian Sea, Italy, Porto Cesareo, Marina Serra, Galatone (40º14.9'N, 17º53.4'E). [details]
