Eusyllis maxima ( Monro, 1930 )

Brusa, Vivian S., Aguado, M. Teresa, Martín, Guillermo San & Rouse, Greg, 2013, Revision of the genus Eusyllis Malmgren, 1867 (Annelida: Phyllodocida: Syllidae: Eusyllinae), with the description of a new species from the eastern Pacific Ocean, Zootaxa 3599 (1), pp. 37-50 : 47

Eusyllis maxima ( Monro, 1930)

Pionosyllis maxima Monro, 1930: 92 , Fig. 29.—Hartman (1964): 87, pl. 27, Figs. 3–5 .— Hartman-Schröder & Rosenfeldt (1988): 39.

Pionosyllis anops Hartman, 1953: 24 , Fig. 6a–c; (1964): 85, pl. 26, Figs. 5 –6. Pionosyllis epipharynx Hartman, 1953: 23 , Figs. 3–4 ; 1964: 87, pl. 27, Figs. 3–5 ; 1967: 58. Eusyllis maxima Jiménez, San Martín & López (1995) : 497, 499, 500, Figs. 1 a–f.

Material examined. Eusyllis maxima : ( MNCNM 16.01/1535, 3650 and 3675). Distribution. Southern areas of Indian, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. South Georgia: East of Jason Light, May Bay, Cumberland Bay and near localities; Antarctica; South Argentine.

Habitat. Grey mud and/or rocks; intertidal algae.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Eusyllis grandmariae n. sp. (Holotype alive, dorsal view).

FIGURE 3. Eusyllis grandmariae n. sp. (Paratype) SEM. (A) anterior part, dorsal view; (B) prostomium and anterior segments; (C) everted pharynx; (D) anterior part, ventral view; (E) parapodia, ventral view.

FIGURE 4. Eusyllis grandmariae n. sp. (Paratype) SEM (A – D) compound chaetae.

FIGURE 5. Eusyllis nuchalata (Paratype) (A) parapodia and cirri; (B) parapodia, dorsal view; (C) compound chaetae. Scales: (A – B) 0. 18 mm, C 20 µm.