Syllides spinosus Hartmann-Schröder, 1979

San Martin, G & Hutchings, PA, 2006, Eusyllinae (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from Australia with the Description of a New Genus and Fifteen New Species, Records of the Australian Museum 58, pp. 257-370 : 362-363

publication ID

2201-4349

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038287B3-A268-FFA0-A945-21CFFE54F836

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Syllides spinosus Hartmann-Schröder, 1979
status

 

Syllides spinosus Hartmann-Schröder, 1979

Fig. 89A–C

Syllides articulosus spinosus Hartmann-Schröder, 1979: 99 View in CoL , figs 126–128; 1981: 34; 1991: 37.

Material examined. AUSTRALIA: NEW SOUTH WALES: NE corner of Clark Is., 33°51.85'S 151°14.47'E, encrustation on outside of bottle, 5 m, coll. P.A. Hutchings, 17 Apr 1996, 2 ( AM W26322) GoogleMaps . WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Exmouth, Tantabiddy Creek , 21.56°S 113°58'E, medium sand, intertidal, coll. G. Hartmann-Schröder, 1 ( HZM P-16907) GoogleMaps .

Description. Body 2.2 mm long, 0.3 wide mm with 30 chaetigers. Dorsal cirri long, with hyaline vacuoles on most articles ( Fig. 89A). Tufts of cilia in front of each anterior eyespot. Ciliary bands on dorsum of each segment ( Fig. 89A). Parapodia with about 5 compound chaetae, relatively long blades, bidentate, both teeth distinctly separated, with short spines on margin; blades of 2 medium length Remarks. The long, basal spurs on medium-length blades of compound chaetae have not previously been described. This character is considered to be a useful character to distinguish between species in this genus. Syllides bansei Perkins, 1981 , has similar compound chaetae, but the dorsal simple chaetae differ in having a distal hood ( Perkins, 1981). Syllides edentatus Westheide, 1974 , also has a similar arrangement of chaetae, but the pair of the medium size chaetae have several long spines instead of a single basal spur as occurs in Syllides spinosus ( Westheide, 1974; San Martín, 2003). Syllides benedicti Banse, 1972 , also has a single long basal spur on the pair of medium-length bladed chaetae, but the dorsal simple chaetae are distally rounded, with some spines present in addition to the spines on margin ( Banse, 1972). For a discussion of the differences between the stem species S. articulosus and S. spinosus see Hartmann-Schröder, 1979; furthermore, S. articulosus lacks long basal spurs on any blade ( Somaschini & San Martín, 1997).

Habitat. Occurring in coarse and medium sand, on encrustations, from intertidal to shallow depths.

Distribution. Australia (Western Australia, Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales).

AM

Australian Museum

HZM

Museum of Natural History (Hrvatski Zooloski Muzej)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Annelida

Class

Polychaeta

Order

Phyllodocida

Family

Syllidae

Genus

Syllides

Loc

Syllides spinosus Hartmann-Schröder, 1979

San Martin, G & Hutchings, PA 2006
2006
Loc

Syllides articulosus spinosus Hartmann-Schröder, 1979: 99

Hartmann-Schroder, G 1979: 99
1979
Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF