Díaz-Castañeda, Victoria; San Martín, Guillermo. (2001). Syllidae (Polychaeta) from San Quintín lagoon, Baja California, Mexico, with the description of a new genus. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 114(3): 708-719.

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Díaz-Castañeda, Victoria; San Martín, Guillermo

2001

114(3): 708-719

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http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34558872

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During a recent study of the polychaetes from San Quintin lagoon (Baja California) 514 specimens belonging to the family Syllidae (Polychaeta) were collected, but only a few species were previously reported. In this paper, we report seven species: Syllis aciculata (Treadwell, 1945), Syllis gracilis (Grube, 1840), Syllis heterochaeta (Moore, 1909), Exogone (Exogone) lourei (Berkeley & Berkeley, 1938), Sphaerosyllis californiensis (Hartman, 1966), Grubeosyllis mediodentata, a new combination, and Cicese sphaerosylliformis, a new genus, and species. Grubeosyllis mediodentata is characterized by having cylindrical, somewhat elongated papilliform dorsal cirri, a long proventriculus and pharynx, pharyngeal tooth located in front of the midline of the pharynx, and compound setae with long bidentate blades provided with long, fine spines on margin. The new genus Cicese is similar to the genus Sphaerosyllis since it has antennae, tentacular cirri and anal cirri with bulbous bases, as well as papillae on the palps and dorsum, but it has two pairs of tentacular cirri instead of a single pair.

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Systematics, Taxonomy

Annelida
Polychaeta

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