Parapionosyllis brevicirra Day, 1954

Parapionosyllis brevicirra Day, 1954: 16, fig. 2; Hartmann-Schröder 1962: 98, figs. 81–83; 1965: 292; San Martín 2003: 281, figs. 153–155.

Material examined. Station 51 (2), station 50 (2), station 36 (26), station 41 (2) and station 8 (1). All specimens archived at LBUV.

Remarks. The specimens examined are identical to those from the western Mediterranean although they have fewer parapodial glands and these are less pigmented and marked.

Distribution. Tristan da Cunha, S Chile, Mediterranean. Chilean Patagonia: from Concepción channel to Beagle channel (50°16 ʹ S - 55°08 ʹ S).

Habitat. Shallow sandy bottoms and Posidonia oceanica meadows in W Mediterranean (San Martín 2003). Sand among algae and rhizoids of brown algae, up to 40 m depth (Hartmann-Schröder 1965). Inside tubes of Chaetopterus cf. variopedatus in fjords and channels from Patagonia. Salinity: from 15 to 35 PSU, temperature: from 8.01 to 10.8° C. Intertidal and shallow subtidal (30m depth).