Dayipsammolyce Pettibone, 1997

Cruz-Gómez, Christopher, 2022, Pelogeniinae Chamberlin, 1919 (Annelida, Sigalionidae) from the Grand Caribbean Region, European Journal of Taxonomy 807, pp. 1-59 : 9

Genus Dayipsammolyce Pettibone, 1997

Dayipsammolyce Pettibone, 1997: 27 .

Type species

Psammolyce ctenidophora Day, 1973 by original designation.

Diagnosis

Pelogeniinae with prostomium oval, longer than wide. Upper lip with facial tubercle stalked, bulbous. Median antennal ceratophore bulbous, base with ctenidia. Segment II without middorsal lobe; neuropodia without appendages; neurochaetal blades bifid. Segment III without dorsal cirri; neuropodia without appendages; neurochaetal blades bifid. First pair of elytra elongated.

Key to species of Dayipsammolyce Pettibone, 1997

1. Second elytra subrectangular, with five posterior processes; handles of neurochaetae from segment II with transverse rows of spines, blades straight, bifid....................................................................... ............................................... D. ctenidophora ( Day, 1973) , North Carolina, Northwestern Atlantic

– Second elytra pear-shaped, with one median and one posterior process; handles of neurochaetae from segment II whorled, blades short, straight, falcate, bifid ........................................................... ............................................................................... D. paulayi sp. nov., Saint Martin, Caribbean Sea

Remarks

Wolf (1984) recorded Psammolyce ctenidophora (= Dayipsammolyce ctenidophora ) from eastern Florida, in the Gulf of Mexico; later, Pettibone (1997) stated that his description did not agree with this species, without further comment. The specimens recorded by Wolf (1984) were described and illustrated with features that resemble those of Neopsammolyce and Dayipsammolyce . For instance, the prostomium, neurochaetae and second elytra agree with those of D. paulayi sp. nov. However, his illustration of neurochaetae from anterior segments and the statement that some specimens lack ctenidia on the base of the median antennal ceratophore differ from Dayipsammolyce but fit with Neopsammolyce . This record should be revised.