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Pleijel, Fredrik; Mackie, Andrew S.Y. (1993). Nereiphylla pusilla (Polychaeta, Phyllodocidae) rediscovered and redescribed from Sicily. Vie et Milieu. 43(2-3): 155-160.
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Pleijel, Fredrik; Mackie, Andrew S.Y.
1993
<i>Nereiphylla pusilla</i> (Polychaeta, Phyllodocidae) rediscovered and redescribed from Sicily
Vie et Milieu
43(2-3): 155-160.
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
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Nereiphylla pusilla (Claparède, 1870) is redescribed and a neotype designated from newly collected specimens from eastern Sicily. It is distinguished from other European members of the genus by the combination of small size at maturity (3-5 mm long), possession of large eggs (about 150 µm in diameter) and short swollen dorsal, ventral and pygidial cirri. The species is currently known only from the north-western Mediterranean, Phyllodoce nana Saint-Joseph, 1906 from Cannes being a junior synonym. Comparisons with other species of Nereiphylla are provided and N. mimica Eibye-Jacobsen, 1992 from Belize is considered the closest related species.
Mediterranean
Systematics, Taxonomy
Date action by 2013-01-12 18:30:12Z created db_admin
Anaitis pusilla Claparède, 1870 accepted as Nereiphylla pusilla (Claparède, 1870) (new combination reference)
Nereiphylla pusilla (Claparède, 1870) (redescription) Paranaitis pusilla (Claparède, 1870) accepted as Nereiphylla pusilla (Claparède, 1870) (new combination reference) Phyllodoce nana Saint-Joseph, 1906 accepted as Nereiphylla pusilla (Claparède, 1870) (source of synonymy)
Neotype NMW NMW.Z.1991.002.5, geounit Sicily, identified as Nereiphylla pusilla (Claparède, 1870)
Dimensions No specimens found with more than 39 segments and 5.0 mm long. [details] Distribution Mediterranean Sea: France; Italy (Gulf of Naples; Sicily); northern Africa. Atlantic Ocean: Canary Islands. [details] Habitat Mainly on hard substrates (1-40 m), usually with encrusting organisms (e.g. bryozoans, sponges, ascidians, vermetid ... [details] Reproduction Mature specimens found in Sicily in May. Diameter of eggs about 150 µm, possibly indicating a lecitotrophic larval ... [details] Synonymy After the revision of type material Pleijel & Mackie (1993: 156, 159) suggested the synonymy of Phyllodoce nana ... [details] Type locality Neotype designated from off Capo Campolato (NE of Brucoli), eastern Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea (gazetteer ... [details] Type locality Cannes, Côte d'Azur, France, Mediterranean Sea. Specimens were collected at three different points: 1) Pointe de ... [details] |