Sphaerosyllis bulbosa Southern, 1914

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 : 291

Sphaerosyllis bulbosa Southern, 1914

Sphaerosyllis bulbosa Southern, 1914: 20, plates I–II, figs 2 a–g; Fauvel, 1923: 304, figs. 116 h–r; Cognetti 1961: 30; Rullier 1972: 69; Campoy 1982: 276; Parapar et al. 1994: 98, fig. 4; Çinar et al. 2003: 756; San Martin 2003: 191, figs 98-99.

Sphaerosyllis (Sphaerosyllis) bulbosa : Hartmann-Schröder 1996: 175.

Material examined.

Haifa Bay, Israel: ALA-IL-7 (4 ind.), ALA-IL-10 (51 ind.) [coll. 11.10.2009].

Type locality.

Ireland (Atlantic Ocean).

Distribution.

North-east Atlantic, Arctic Sea ( Ramos et al. 2010), New Caledonia ( Rullier 1972). Mediterranean Sea: WB, CB, AD, AS, LB, BS ( Surugiu 2005).New record for the Israeli coast.

Habitat.

Until 70 m depth, in sandy or muddy sediments, on calcareous substrates.

Remarks.

The examined material differs from the description of San Martín (2003) in having papillated palps.