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Ogawa, Namy; Mendes, Samuel Lucas da Silva Delgado; Siqueira, Gabriela; Rizzo, Alexandra. (2024). New species of Sphaerosyllis Claparède, 1863 (Annelida: Syllidae: Exogoninae) from Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). Ocean and Coastal Research. 72(suppl 1): 1-12.
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10.1590/2675-2824072.23080 [view]
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:54B04E61-92E3-4727-AD18-35ECA595A84E [view]
Ogawa, Namy; Mendes, Samuel Lucas da Silva Delgado; Siqueira, Gabriela; Rizzo, Alexandra
2024
New species of Sphaerosyllis Claparède, 1863 (Annelida: Syllidae: Exogoninae) from Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Ocean and Coastal Research
72(suppl 1): 1-12
Publication
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A new syllid species belonging to the genus Sphaerosyllis (Claparède, 1863) was found in Southeast Brazil during the development of the project “Environmental, social and economic susceptibility of Ilha Grande Bay to spillage and the presence of oil at sea.” Hence, this paper contains its morphological description, obtained after careful examination of several specimens under light and scanning electron microscopy. The new species can be diagnosed by the presence of intersegmental brown stripes along all body segments, fused palps for most of its length, a prostomium semicircular with three antennae, one simple dorsal chaeta, one simple ventral chaeta and 3–4 falcigers bearing unidentate blades. Finally, an identification key and a comparative table are provided for all the species formally recorded in Brazil to date.
Brazil
Systematics, Taxonomy
Sphaerosyllis lanai Ogawa, Mendes, Siqueira & Rizzo, 2024 (original description)
Holotype UERJ 8586, geounit Sao Paulo, identified as Sphaerosyllis lanai Ogawa, Mendes, Siqueira & Rizzo, 2024