Sphaerosyllis piriferopsis (Linero-Arana, Ildefonso & Diaz Diaz, Oscarn 2011)
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Ordo: Phyllodocida
Familia: Syllidae
Genus: Sphaerosyllis
Name
Sphaerosyllis piriferopsis Linero-Arana, Ildefonso, 2011 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Sphaerosyllis piriferopsis Linero-Arana, Ildefonso, 2011, ZooKeys 117: 6-6.
Description
Description. Length to 2.8 mm, width to 0.15 mm. Body slender, with up to 40 chaetigers. Papillae short scattered. Antennae clavate. Prostomium with two pairs of lentigerous eyes in trapezoidal arrangement. Palps fused dorsally. Dorsal cirri clavate, absent on chaetiger 2, replaced by papillae. Dorsal simple chaeta stout, present on all chaetigers. Dorsal compound falcigers unidentate with serrated blades (Fig. 1.25). Ventral falcigers smooth or with few serrations (Fig. 1.26) Slender ventral simple chaeta, only present on posterior chaetigers. Acicula enlarged subdistally, with curved, pointed tip (Fig. 1.27). Pharynx extending through 3-4 chaetigers, with anterior dorsal tooth. Proventriculus extending through 2 chaetigers, with 10-15 rows of muscle cells. Pygidium with a pair of anal cirri and several dorsal and ventral papillae.
Distribution
Distribution. Bahamas, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Belize, Venezuela.
Taxon Treatment
- Linero-Arana, Ildefonso; Diaz Diaz, Oscarn; 2011: Syllidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from the Caribbean coast of Venezuela ZooKeys, 117: 6-6. doi
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