Paraehlersia ferrugina ( Langerhans, 1881 )

Núñez, Jorge & Martín, Guillermo San, 2024, Syllidae Grube, 1850 (Annelida) from Conception, Amanay and Banquete Banks off Canary Islands, with the description of two new species, Zootaxa 5477 (1), pp. 43-65 : 48

Paraehlersia ferrugina ( Langerhans, 1881)

Ehlersia ferrugina Langerhans, 1881: 104–105 , pl. 4 fig. 10; Laubier 1968: 85, fig. 3; Núñez & San Martín 1996: 207, fig. 3D–I.

Syllis (Ehlersia) ferrugina . Southern 1914: 38; Fauvel 1923: 269, fig. 100k–u. Langerhansia ferrugina . Ben-Eliahu 1977: 44, fig. 17; Campoy 1982: 400, pl. 44.

Syllis (Langerhansia) ferrugina . Day 1967: 244, fig. 12.2.o–r; 1973: 29, fig. 4n–q; Gardiner 1976: 140, fig. 12t –u.

Paraehlersia ferrugina . San Martín 2003: 61–65, figs. 19–21; San Martín, López & Aguado 2009: 1478.

Material examined. INFUECO stations: BC10 0710, 1 specimen, 219 m depth; BC8 0611, 3 specimens, 87 m depth; BC17 0611, 1 specimen, 833 m depth.

Habitat. Species frequent in varied environments with interstitial habits, both on hard and soft substrates, from intertidal to depths of more than 400 m ( Campoy 1982; San Martín 2003; Núñez et al. 2005). Common on seaweeds, Posidonia oceanica and Cymodocea nodosa meadows and coraligenous concretions. The updated bathymetric range, based on material herein analysed, extends to 833 m depth.

Distribution. Wide distribution in tropical, temperate, and subtropical waters, although the taxon can be a complex of species ( San Martín et al. 2009).