Eusyllis lamelligera Marion & Bobretzky, 1875

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 : 46

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Eusyllis lamelligera Marion & Bobretzky, 1875: 33 , Figs. 9 a–c. Syllis fragilis Webster, 1879: 217 –220, Figs. 42–43.

Eusyllis tenera Verrill, 1882: 368 –369.

Desmosyllis longisetosa Verrill, 1900: 626 .— Hartman, 1944: 204. Eusyllis fragilis Hartman (1944) : pl. 13, Fig. 12, pl. 14, Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 a–b. Eusyllis habei Imajima, 1966: 97 –99, Figs. 31 a–k.

Eusyllis dentata Hartmann-Schröder, 1990: 50 , Figs. 13–16.

Material examined. Eusyllis lamelligera : ( MNCNM 16.01/ 3724, 8674 to 8709, 11436, 11455, 11484); Eusyllis fragilis : ( YPMNH 48977); Eusyllis habei : Paratype ( NMNST 46); Eusyllis tenera ( YPMNH 48974); Desmosyllis longisetosa : Holotype ( YPMNH 48973).

Distribution. North Eastern Atlantic (English Channel to Canary Islands), North Western Atlantic ( U.S.A. to Cuba) and Mediterranean Sea. Australia (Pacific Ocean). Japan.

Habitat. Photophilic algae; Posidonia oceanica rhizomes; sand; gravel; inside sponges and corals.

Remarks. The holotype of D. longisetosa was very opaque. Thus, it was not possible to observe clearly the denticled arc without dissecting it. However, all other characters agree with E. lamelligera , specially the chaetae, aciculae and laminar ventral cirri and so we assume that they are synonymous. An epigamic specimen showed a distinct dorsal colour pattern, with brown bands alternating with intersegmental, yellow-pigmented zones.

References

Hartman, O. (1944) New England Annelida. Part 2. Including the unpublished plates by Verrill with reconstructed captions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 82, 331 - 343.

Hartmann-Schroder, G. (1990) Die Polychaeten der subtropischen und tropischen Ostkuste Australiens zwischen Lake Macquarie (New South Wales) im Suden und Gladstone (Queensland) im Norden. Teil 15. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut, 87, 41 - 87.

Imajima, M. (1966) The Syllidae (Polychaetous Annelids) from Japan III. Eusyllinae. Publications of Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 14, 85 - 116.

Marion, A. F. & Bobretzky, N. (1875) Etude des Annelides du Golfe de Marseille. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 2, 1 - 106.

Verrill, A. E. (1882) Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England, No. 7, and some additions to the fauna of the Vineyard Sound. American Journal of Science. New Haven, ser. 3, vol. 24, 360 - 371.

Verrill, A. E. (1900) Additions to the Turbellaria, Nemertina, and Annelida of the Bermudas, with revisions of some New England genera and species. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 10, 595 - 671.

Webster, H. E. (1879) Annelida Chaetopoda of the Virginia coast. Transactions of the Albany Institute, 9, 202 - 272.