Syllis violacea Grube, 1870

Martín, Guillermo San, Lucas, Yolanda & Hutchings, Pat, 2024, The genus Syllis Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 (Annelida: Syllidae: Syllinae) from Australia (Fourth part), Zootaxa 5453 (1), pp. 1-32 : 15-18

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5453.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11232924

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Syllis violacea Grube, 1870
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Syllis violacea Grube, 1870 View in CoL

Figures 9 View FIGURE 9 , 10 View FIGURE 10 , 11 View FIGURE 11

Syllis violacea Grube, 1870: 500 View in CoL .

Typosyllis violacea View in CoL . — Licher 1999: 215, fig. 91.

Material examined. AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES: MI NSW 3399 , Sydney Harbour, White Bay berth 3, 33° 51’ 46” S, 151° 11’ 0” E, coll. 5 March 2009, by SCUBA 11.8 m, scraping of wharf piles, AM W.54222, 1 specimen GoogleMaps .

Description. Body of large size and robust, 21 mm long, almost 1 mm wide, 75 chaetigers. Most anterior segments with two large dorsal transverse rows of dark purple pigment ( Figs 9A, C, D View FIGURE 9 , 10A View FIGURE 10 ), segments becoming pale on subsequent segments and paler from proventricular segments backwards ( Figs 9A, B View FIGURE 9 , 10B View FIGURE 10 ). Prostomium oval, two pairs of red eyes in trapezoidal arrangement. Antennae, tentacular and dorsal cirri colourless, relatively short in relation to size of specimen. Dorsal cirri similar all along body, somewhat longer on anterior segments, alternating in length; long cirri with about 45 articles ( Fig. 11B View FIGURE 11 ), short cirri with about 32 articles ( Fig. 11A View FIGURE 11 ), and marked cirrophore. Parapodial lobes conical, with two marked lobes ( Fig. 11A, B View FIGURE 11 ); prechaetal lobe longer than postchaetal one. Ventral cirri digitiform, longer than parapodial lobes on anterior segments ( Fig. 11A View FIGURE 11 ). Compound chaetae heterogomph falcigers, with distinctly bidentate blades and moderately long, slightly curved spines on margin ( Fig. 11C, D, E View FIGURE 11 ), similar along body and with slight dorsoventral gradation in size, somewhat elongate on anterior parapodia; shafts distally spinose. Anterior parapodia with about 14 chaetae per parapodium, blades 45 µm long above, 37 µm below ( Fig. 11C View FIGURE 11 ); midbody parapodia with 10 chaetae per parapodium, blades 42 µm above, 35 µm below ( Fig. 11D View FIGURE 11 ); posterior parapodia with 10 chaetae per parapodium, blades 36 µm above, 33 µm below ( Fig. 11E View FIGURE 11 ). Dorsal and ventral simple chaetae not seen. Aciculae straight ( Fig. 11 View FIGURE 11 F-H), distally acute; five in anterior parapodia ( Fig. 11F View FIGURE 11 ), reducing to four in midbody parapodia ( Fig. 11G View FIGURE 11 ) and three in posterior parapodia ( Fig. 11H View FIGURE 11 ). Posterior segments apparently regenerating ( Figs 9A View FIGURE 9 , 10B View FIGURE 10 ).

Remarks. This single specimen agrees quite well with the description made by Licher (1999) of S. violacea from the Red Sea, especially in the colour pattern, shape of chaetae and aciculae, but of a larger size. The chaetae of the Australian specimen seem to have somewhat longer spines on blades margin, but this difference is small. The specimen is very fragile; for this reason, we decided not to dissect it to examine the pharynx and proventricle. This identification needs to be confirmed by molecular studies.

Habitat. In mangroves.

Distribution. Red Sea. Australia (NSW). First record from Australia.

AM

Australian Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Annelida

Class

Polychaeta

Order

Phyllodocida

Family

Syllidae

Genus

Syllis

Loc

Syllis violacea Grube, 1870

Martín, Guillermo San, Lucas, Yolanda & Hutchings, Pat 2024
2024
Loc

Typosyllis violacea

Licher, F. 1999: 215
1999
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