Syllis gerundensis ( Alos & Campoy, 1981)

Faulwetter, Sarah, Chatzigeorgiou, Georgios, Galil, Bella S. & Arvanitidis, Christos, 2011, An account of the taxonomy and distribution of Syllidae (Annelida, Polychaetes) in the eastern Mediterranean, with notes on the genus Prosphaerosyllis San Martin, 1984 in the Mediterranean, ZooKeys 150, pp. 281-326 : 293

Syllis gerundensis ( Alos & Campoy, 1981)

Typosyllis gerundensis Alós and Campoy, 1981: 21, figs 1-3; Campoy 1982: 446, figs 55-56; Licher 2000: 171, fig. 77.

Syllis gerundensis : Çinar and Ergen 2003: 783; San Martín 2003: 419, figs 230-231.

Material examined.

Alykes, Crete, Greece: CALA-20b-08 (1 ind.), CALB-20b-08 (1 ind.) [coll. 17.6.2008]; CALA-5d-08 (2 ind.) [[coll. 18.6.2008]. Elounda, Crete, Greece: CELB-1e-07 (1 ind.) [coll. 29.9.2007]; CELB-1d-08 (1 ind.), CELA-5d-08 (3 ind.) [coll. 12.6.2008].

Type locality.

Columbretes Islands, Spain (western Mediterranean Sea).

Distribution.

Mediterranean Sea: WB, CB, AD, AS, LB.New record for the Aegean Sea.

Habitat.

Shallow subtidal depths, on calcareous grounds, sandy bottoms, among Posidonia oceanica rhizomes and photophilic algae, endobiont of sponges.