Eusyllis kupfferi Langerhans, 1879

Çinar, Melih Ertan, 2009, Alien polychaete species (Annelida: Polychaeta) on the southern coast of Turkey (Levantine Sea, eastern Mediterranean), with 13 new records for the Mediterranean Sea, Journal of Natural History 43 (37 - 38), pp. 2283-2328 : 2291-2292

Eusyllis kupfferi Langerhans, 1879

Eusyllis kupfferi Langerhans 1879: 552 , fig. 14; San Martín 1990: 607, figs 12, 13. Çinar and Ergen 2003: 177–178, fig. 1. San Martín and Hutchings 2006: 276–278 , figs 12D–F, 13A–G, 14A–E; Aguado and San Martín 2007: 209.

Material examined

ESFM-POL/05-407 , 12 September 2005, K 1, 1 m, stones, 2 specimens ; ESFM-POL/ 05-579 , 11 September 2005, K4, 0.5 m, ropes, 3 specimens ; ESFM-POL/05-457 , 12 September 2005, K5, 1– 3 m, rocks, 4 specimens ; 13 September 2005, K6, 1– 3 m, rocks, 5 specimens; ESFM-POL/2005-291 , 13 September 2005, K 7, 2 m, sand, 1 specimen ; ESFM-POL/2005-486 , 15 September 2005, K 11, 1 m, J. rubens , 11 specimens ; ESFM-POL/2005-715 , 19 September 2005, K19, 0.1– 5 m, rocks, 6 specimens ; ESFM-POL/2005-1208 , 21 September 2005, K24, 0.5 m, Co. mediterranea , 1 specimen ; ESFM-POL/2005-2333 , 24 September 2005, K30, 0.1 m, Halopteris scoparia , 1 specimen ; ESFM-POL/2005-2769 , 25 September 2005, K 32, 2 m, rocks, 3 specimens ; ESFM-POL/2005-2641 , 25 September 2005, K33, 0.1 m, Co. mediterranea , 12 specimens ; ESFM-POL/2005-2709 , 26 September 2005, K 34, 1m, port’s piling, 17 specimens ; ESFM-POL/2005-2669 , 3 October 2005, K44, 0.1 m, Co. mediterranea , 1 specimen ; ESFM-POL/2005-2264 , 3 October 2005, K45, 0.2 m, Amphiroa rigida , 1 specimen ; ESFM-POL/2005-2291 , 5 October 2005, K50, 0.1 m, Cystoseira crinita , 5 specimens ; ESFM-POL/2005-2283 , 7 October 2005, K53, 0.1 m, Cy. elegans , 1 specimen .

Remarks

The morphological features of the specimens examined are similar to the original and subsequent descriptions of Eusyllis kupfferi . This species is mainly characterized by having a transverse dark brownish line on the dorsomedian part of each anterior segment, unidentate falcigers, a slightly curved dorsal chaeta with a long filament and an aciculum with a rounded tip.

Distribution

This species was previously reported from the western and eastern Atlantic, Australia and Mediterranean Sea ( Aguado and San Martín 2007). In the Mediterranean, it was first reported from the coast of northern Cyprus on algae and rocks between 1 and 15 m depths (Çinar and Ergen 2003), and subsequently from the Lebanon coast on hard substrata between 3 and 34 m depths ( Aguado and San Martín 2007). This species is considered to have been introduced to the area in the ballast waters of ships (Çinar and Ergen 2003). It is a new species to the marine fauna of Turkey.

Prosphaerosyllis longipapillata ( Hartmann-Schröder, 1979) Sphaerosyllis longipapillata Hartmann-Schröder 1979: 106 , figs 148–150. Çinar et al. 2003: 757–759, fig. 5.

Prosphaerosyllis longipapillata ; San Martín 2005: 61–64, figs. 17A–G, 18A–H.

Material examined

ESFM-POL /2005-891, 23 September 2005, Anamur, D28, 36°03′37″ N, 32°53′11″ E, 25 m, muddy sand with Udotea petiolata and Caulerpa prolifera , 1 specimen.

Distribution

This species was previously known from Australia and the Mediterranean (Çinar et al. 2003). It is considered to have been introduced to the area in the ballast waters of ships (Çinar et al. 2003). It is new to the marine fauna of Turkey.