San Martín, G., Ibarzábal, Diana R., Jiménez, M. and López, E. 1997. Redescription of Haplosyllis floridana Augener, 1924 (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Syllinae), with notes on morphological variability and comments on the generic status. Bulletin of Marine Science 60(2): 364-370.

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Sanartín, M.; Ibarzábal, G.; Diana, R.; Jiménez, M.; López, E.

1997

60(2): 364-370

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http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1997/00000060/00000002/art00016

World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)

In this paper, we redescribe the species Haplosyllides floridana Augener, 1924 (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Syllinae), on the basis of a long series of specimens collected in a sample of the sponge Xetospongia muta, off Cuba. The conservation of the genus Haplosyllides Augener, 1924 is proposed, although several authors have considered this species as a genuine member of the genus Haplosyllis Langerhans, 1879; Haplosyllides has only one pair of prostomial eyes, the palps are fused to form a single piece, the antennae, dorsal and tentacular cirri are smooth, unarticled, and the pharyngeal tooth is only present on small specimens, lacking on large ones; also, the relative size of the proventriculus changes with the size of the specimen. The genus Haplosyllides was described on the basis of a solitary sexual stolen; since the stolons have different morphological features than non-reproductive (stock) specimens, the diagnosis of the genus was largely incomplete; we also provide a new diagnosis for the genus.

Caribbean region

Systematics, Taxonomy

Polychaeta

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