Sphaerosyllis taylori (Linero-Arana, Ildefonso & Diaz Diaz, Oscarn 2011)
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Ordo: Phyllodocida
Familia: Syllidae
Genus: Sphaerosyllis
Name
Sphaerosyllis taylori Linero-Arana, Ildefonso, 2011 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Sphaerosyllis taylori Linero-Arana, Ildefonso, 2011, ZooKeys 117: 6-7.
Description
Description. Length to 2.4 mm, width to 0.18 mm. Body broad, with up to 24 chaetigers. Small scattered papillae on dorsum and parapodia. Antennae clavate. Prostomium with two pairs of lentigerous eyes in slightly trapezoidal arrangement. Palps fused. Dorsal cirri clavate, absent from chaetiger 2, replaced by papillae. Dorsal simple chaeta slender, curved (Fig. 2.1), from chaetiger 1, with minute serrations on anterior chaetigers. Anterior dorsal compound falcigers unidentate with serrated edges (Fig. 2.2), posterior ones with few coarse serrations (Fig. 2.3); median and ventral chaetae with smooth blades. Smooth, slender ventral simple chaeta, only present on posterior chaetigers (Fig. 2.4). Acicula stout with curved tip (Fig. 2.5). Pharynx extending through 3 chaetigers, with dorsal tooth located on anterior margin; proventriculus through 2 chaetigers with 17-19 rows of muscle cells. Pygidium with a pair of anal cirri and dorsal papillae.
Distribution
Distribution. Galapagos Islands, Black Sea, North Atlantic (North Sea to Canary Islands), Mediterranean, Connecticut, Maryland, 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: 6-7. doi
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