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Faulwetter, Sarah; Vasileiadou, Aikaterini; Papageorgiou, Nafsika; Arvanitidis, Christos. (2008). Description of a new species of Streptosyllis (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from the Mediterranean and Canary Islands with a re-description of Streptosyllis arenae and comments on the taxonomy of Streptosyllis and some morphologically similar genera. Zootaxa. 1847(1): 1–18.
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10.11646/zootaxa.1847.1.1 [view]
Faulwetter, Sarah; Vasileiadou, Aikaterini; Papageorgiou, Nafsika; Arvanitidis, Christos
2008
Description of a new species of <i>Streptosyllis</i> (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from the Mediterranean and Canary Islands with a re-description of <i>Streptosyllis arenae</i> and comments on the taxonomy of <i>Streptosyllis</i> and some morphologically similar genera.
Zootaxa
1847(1): 1–18
Publication
AnnelidaBase. Open access article.
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A new Streptosyllis species, S. nunezi n. sp., is described from shallow sandy substrates in the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands. The new species is distinguished by a unique combination of characters: teeth of the shafts of the compound chaetae covered by hyaline hood; 1–2 lateral tips formed by the hyaline hood covering the blades of the compound chaetae; strongly serrated dorsal simple chaetae which appear as 2–4 robust teeth when viewed laterally. The re-description of its closest congener, the type species S. arenae Webster and Benedict, 1884, is also provided based on the type material, as well as a key to the currently valid species and table of characters for the genus. Finally, some comments are made for the characters distinguishing the genera Streptosyllis, Syllides, Anoplosyllis, Astreptosyllis and Streptospinigera, which are listed in a table and a potential key for their identification is proposed.
Canary Islands
Eastern Atlantic warm temperate to boreal
Lusitanian region: Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands to west Iberian Peninsula together
Mediterranean
Eastern Atlantic warm temperate to boreal
Lusitanian region: Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands to west Iberian Peninsula together
Mediterranean
Systematics, Taxonomy
Streptosyllis arenae Webster & Benedict, 1884 (redescription)
Streptosyllis nunezi Faulwetter, Vasileiadou, Papageorgiou & Arvanitidis, 2008 (original description)
Streptosyllis nunezi Faulwetter, Vasileiadou, Papageorgiou & Arvanitidis, 2008 (original description)
Holotype USNM 1113750, geounit Crete, identified as Streptosyllis nunezi Faulwetter, Vasileiadou, Papageorgiou & Arvanitidis, 2008
Depth range
1 to 20 m. [details]
Distribution
Mediterranean Sea (Crete, Greece, and Tuscany, Italy), and Northeastern Atlantic (Canary Islands). [details]
Editor's comment
Faulwetter et al. (2008) described Streptosyllis nunezi with base on specimens from the Mediterranean and Canary ... [details]
Etymology
The species is named after Dr. Jorge Núñez, for his contribution to the study describing the new species. [details]
Habitat
Fine to coarse sandy substrates in shallow waters. [details]
Type locality
Greece, Crete, Pahia Ammos Beach (35º06'43"N, 25º48'34"E). [details]