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Aguado, M.T.; San Martín, G. (2008). Re-description of some enigmatic genera of Syllidae (Phyllodocida: Polychaeta). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 88(01): 35-56.

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141808

DOI

10.1017/S002531540800026X [view]

Authors

Aguado, M.T.; San Martín, G

Year

2008

Title

Re-description of some enigmatic genera of Syllidae (Phyllodocida: Polychaeta)

Journal

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Suffix

88(01): 35-56

Type

Publication

Link

http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S002531540800026X

Abstract

Several type series of unusual and poorly known genera of Syllidae have been examined. New diagnoses for the following genera and re-descriptions of their type species are provided: Anguillosyllis, Clavisyllis, Lamellisyllis and Nuchalosyllis; Brachysyllis, previously synonymized with Dioplosyllis, is herein considered to be a valid taxon. The species Brachysyllis infuscata is also re-described. Three genera are considered to be non-valid taxa: Braniella, synonymous with Anguillosyllis; Alluaudella, synonymous with Odontosyllis; and Exogonella, synonymous with Parexogone. Their type species herein are re-described and assigned to their corresponding valid genus. Finally, Exogonoides is considered nomina dubia since its relationships with other syllids could not be established. Keys to species of Anguillosyllis and Brachysyllis are also included.

Bibliographical term

Systematics, Taxonomy

Taxonomic terms

Annelida
Polychaeta

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Taxa (10)
Notes (23)

Anguillosyllis Day, 1963 (redescription)
Anguillosyllis capensis Day, 1963 (redescription)
Anguillosyllis palpata (Hartman, 1967) (new combination reference)
Anguillosyllis pupa (Hartman, 1965) (new combination reference)
Braniella Hartman, 1965 accepted as Anguillosyllis Day, 1963 (source of synonymy)
Braniella palpata Hartman, 1967 accepted as Anguillosyllis palpata (Hartman, 1967) (source of synonymy)
Braniella pupa Hartman, 1965 accepted as Anguillosyllis pupa (Hartman, 1965) (source of synonymy)
Exogone (Parexogone) Mesnil & Caullery, 1918 represented as Parexogone Mesnil & Caullery, 1918 (status source)
Odontosyllis Claparède, 1863 (redescription)
Parexogone Mesnil & Caullery, 1918 (redescription)

Classification

for Anguillosyllis Day, 1963

Anguillosyllis has intermediate morphological characteristics between Exogoninae and Eusyllinae according to Aguado ... [details]

Classification

for Orseis lagunae Hartman, 1961

Looks rather like a hesionid and so Hartman placed the species in Hesionidae. However, it is since recognised as a ... [details]

Depth range

for Anguillosyllis pupa (Hartman, 1965)

Off Atlantic coast of the USA: 117-4892 m. Off NE South America: 770-3783 m. [details]

Depth range

for Clavisyllis alternata Knox, 1957

Shallow water to about 8 m. [details]

Diagnosis

for Parexogone Mesnil & Caullery, 1918

[ San Martin (2005) & Agudao & San Martin (2008) ] Body small, meiofaunal, surface smooth. Prostomium with three ... [details]

Distribution

for Anguillosyllis palpata (Hartman, 1967)

Antarctic Ocean and nearby areas (Cape Horn, Drake Passage, Weddell Sea). [details]

Distribution

for Anguillosyllis pupa (Hartman, 1965)

Atlantic Ocean: off USA, and NE South America. [details]

Distribution

for Brachysyllis infuscata (Ehlers, 1901)

Southeast Pacific Ocean, Juan Férnadez Islands (Chile). [details]

Distribution

for Clavisyllis alternata Knox, 1957

New Zealand: North Island (port of New Plymouth), and South Island (Menzies Bay, northern side of Banks Peninsula). [details]

Distribution

for Lamellisyllis comans Day, 1960

South Africa, South Bay. [details]

Distribution

for Odontosyllis madagascariensis (Gravier, 1905)

Madagascar. Known only from the type locality. [details]

Habitat

for Clavisyllis alternata Knox, 1957

On hydroids (Sertularia sp.). [details]

Holotype

for Alluaudella longicirrata Mohammad, 1973

Holotype NHML 1971.43 was re-examined by Aguado & San Martín (2008). [details]

Identification

for Anguillosyllis Day, 1963

Aguado & San Martín (2008) provide a dichotomic key for the species of the genus. [details]

Identification

for Brachysyllis Imajima & Hartman, 1964

Aguado & San Martín (2008) provide a dichotomic key for the species of the genus. [details]

Specimen

for Lamellisyllis comans Day, 1960

Known only from the holotype. [details]

Status

for Exogone (Parexogone) Mesnil & Caullery, 1918

All Exogone (Parexogone) were raised from subgenus to genus by Böggemann and Westheide (2004), because (p.433) of ... [details]

Synonymy

for Alluaudella Gravier, 1905

The synonymy of Alluaudella Gravier, 1905 with Odontosyllis Claparède, 1863 was suggested by San Martín & ... [details]

Synonymy

for Alluaudella longicirrata Mohammad, 1973

San Martín & Hutchings (2006) examined the holotype of Alluaudella longicirrata Mohammad, 1973, stating that it ... [details]

Taxonomy

for Brachysyllis Imajima & Hartman, 1964

The genus Brachysyllis Imajima & Hartman, 1964 was synonymized with Dioplosyllis Gidholm, 1962 by Imajima (1966), ... [details]

Taxonomy

for Brachysyllis japonica Imajima & Hartman, 1964

The species was moved to the genus Dioplosyllis Gidholm, 1962 by Imajima (1966), but reinstated in the genus ... [details]

Type material

for Clavisyllis alternata Knox, 1957

Holotype (and only type specimen) deposited in the Canterbury Museum (Cristchurch, New Zealand), by Knox (1957), ... [details]

Type material

for Exogonoides antennata Day, 1963

According to Aguado & San Martín (2008: 54) the holotype (BM 1963.1.34) and the paratype (BM 1963.1.35) could ... [details]