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San Martín, Guillermo; Álvarez-Campos, Patricia; Aguado, María Teresa. (2013). The genus Branchiosyllis Ehlers, 1887 (Annelida, Syllidae, Syllinae) from off the American coasts, with the description of a new species from Venezuela. Pan-American Journal of Aquatic Sciences. 8(3): 166-179.
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San Martín, Guillermo; Álvarez-Campos, Patricia; Aguado, María Teresa
2013
The genus <i>Branchiosyllis</i> Ehlers, 1887 (Annelida, Syllidae, Syllinae) from off the American coasts, with the description of a new species from Venezuela
Pan-American Journal of Aquatic Sciences
8(3): 166-179
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
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A revision of the genus Branchiosyllis from the American coasts is presented. A new species from Venezuelan coast is described, the new species, differing from all other species of the genus by having a laterally compressed body, striking colour pattern, and the presence of well-developed branchiae. Specimens of B. oculata Ehlers, 1887, from Cuba, B. lamellifera Verrill, 1900, from Venezuela and B. pacifica Rioja, 1941, from Panamá are characterized herein; B. salazari Ruiz-Ramírez & Harris, 2008, is reported for the first time for Venezuela. Finally, a key to all the known species of the genus is provided.
America, South
Caribbean region
Systematics, Taxonomy
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2014-04-16 23:00:17Z
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Gil, João
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Gil, João

Holotype MNCN 16.01/14690, geounit Caribbean Sea, identified as Branchiosyllis bonei San Martín, Álvarez-Campos & Aguado, 2013
Syntype YPM 56864, geounit Bermuda, identified as Branchiosyllis lamellifera Verrill, 1900
 Depth range
 for Branchiosyllis bonei San Martín, Álvarez-Campos & Aguado, 2013

2 m. [details]
 Depth range
 for Branchiosyllis diazi Rioja, 1958

Intertidal to 32 m.  [details]
 Depth range
 for Branchiosyllis lamellifera Verrill, 1900

Shallow water to 8 m. [details]
 Depth range
 for Branchiosyllis oculata Ehlers, 1887

Intertidal to 50 m. [details]
 Depth range
 for Branchiosyllis pacifica Rioja, 1941

3-16 m.  [details]
 Distribution
 for Branchiosyllis bonei San Martín, Álvarez-Campos & Aguado, 2013

Caribbean Sea, Venezuela, San Esteban National Park. Known only from the type locality.  [details]
 Distribution
 for Branchiosyllis diazi Rioja, 1958

Southwestern Atlantic Ocean: Gulf of Mexico (Isla Verde, Veracruz, Mexico) and Brazil (near Recife).  [details]
 Distribution
 for Branchiosyllis exilis (Gravier, 1900)

Apparently circumtropical; also present in the warmest areas of the Mediterranean Sea.  [details]
 Distribution
 for Branchiosyllis lorenae San Martín & Bone, 1999

Caribbean Sea: Venezuela (Morrocoy National Park) and Cuba (Archipiélago de los Canarreos).  [details]
 Distribution
 for Branchiosyllis oculata Ehlers, 1887

Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. [details]
 Distribution
 for Branchiosyllis pacifica Rioja, 1941

Eastern tropical Pacific Ocean (Mexico, Panama). Report from Curaçao probably refers to Branchiosyllis lamellifera ... [details]
 Etymology
 for Branchiosyllis bonei San Martín, Álvarez-Campos & Aguado, 2013

The species is named after Dr. David Bone, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela, who organized the ... [details]
 Habitat
 for Branchiosyllis bonei San Martín, Álvarez-Campos & Aguado, 2013

Algae and hydrozoans, at shallow water.  [details]
 Habitat
 for Branchiosyllis diazi Rioja, 1958

Among algae and in sand, in shallow water.  [details]
 Habitat
 for Branchiosyllis exilis (Gravier, 1900)

Amongst algae, sponges, gorgonians, and coral rubble, in shallow water.  [details]
 Habitat
 for Branchiosyllis lamellifera Verrill, 1900

On and inside sponges. Verrill (1900) stated that probably ocurred in dead corals.  [details]
 Habitat
 for Branchiosyllis lorenae San Martín & Bone, 1999

In shallow Thalassa testudinum beds, less than 0.5 m depth.  [details]
 Habitat
 for Branchiosyllis oculata Ehlers, 1887

Sponges, dead corals, algae, hydrozoans, sand, in shallow water.  [details]
 Habitat
 for Branchiosyllis pacifica Rioja, 1941

Algae and coral rubble, in shallow water.  [details]
 Reproduction
 for Branchiosyllis bonei San Martín, Álvarez-Campos & Aguado, 2013

Unknown. [details]
 Taxonomy
 for Branchiosyllis lamellifera Verrill, 1900

Current taxon was considered to be synonym with Branchiosyllis oculata Ehlers, 1887 by Hartman (1942), but it was ... [details]
 Type locality
 for Branchiosyllis bonei San Martín, Álvarez-Campos & Aguado, 2013

Caribbean Sea, Venezuela, San Esteban National Park (geocoordinates not provided, estimated using a gazetteer to be ... [details]
 Type material
 for Branchiosyllis diazi Rioja, 1958

According to San Martín et al. (2013) the types of the species are lost. [details]
 Type material
 for Branchiosyllis lamellifera Verrill, 1900

The species was described by Verrill (1900) with base on three specimens, being "none perfect". San Martín et al. ... [details]

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