Trypanosyllis zebra (Grube, 1860)

Syllis zebra Grube, 1860: 86, pl. 3, fig. 7.

Trypanosyllis zebra . — Langerhans 1879: 556.— Haswell 1920: 101.— Fauvel 1923: 269, figs 101 a–e.— Day 1967: 256, figs 12.6. a–b.— San Martín 2003: 311, figs 171–173.

Trypanosyllis krohnii Claparède, 1864: 558, pl. 7, fig. 2.

Syllis taeniaformis Haswell, 1886: 741, pl. 1, figs 4, 5.

Trypanosyllis taeniaformis .— Augener 1913: 230.— Westheide 1974: 39, figs 16a–d.

Trypanosyllis (Trypanedenta) taeniaformis .— Imajima & Hartman 1964: 127, figs 30 h–k.— Imajima 1966: 239, figs 45 a–i.— Hartmann-Schröder 1989: 18.

Trypanosyllis richardi Gravier, 1900: 168, pl. 9, figs 12, 13.

Trypanosyllis vittigera Ehlers, 1887: 151, pl. 40, figs 1–3.— Uebelacker 1984: 30.88, figs 30.81, 82a–h.

Parautolytus luzonensis Pillai, 1965: 123, figs 5e–i, 6a–c.

Material examined. 1 spec. ZMA V.Pol. 5270, Indonesia, Komodo, NE Cape, 08°29'S 119°34.1'E, sandy bottom, algae, occasional sponges and tunicates, 30–34 m, Snellius II, Sta. 4.096d, 19–20 Sept. 1984.

Remarks. The specimen agrees well with the previous descriptions. After San Martín (2003), Trypanosyllis richardi Gravier, 1900 (Red Sea), T. taeniaformis Haswell, 1886 (Western Australia) and T. vittigera Ehlers, 1887 (Caribbean Sea) are considered to be synomyms of T. zebra . Nevertheless, a revision of the material of T. zebra, as well as the other nominal species, is required in order to clarify the wide geographical distribution of this taxon.

Distribution. East Atlantic Ocean (English Channel to South Africa), Mediterranean Sea, Caribbean, Red Sea, Indonesia and Pacific Ocean.