Cryptochaetosyllis imitatio Jimi, Britayev & Martin in Jimi et al., 2024
Description [Note that figure 3E is of Coryphellina exoptata, a nudibranch mollusc of family Flabellinidae, included for comparison]
Figure 3. Cryptochaetosyllis imitatio living specimens. (A). Holotype NSMT-Pol H-928, Japanese female with Sacconereis stolon. (B). Paratype NSMT-Pol P-929, Japanese male with Polybostrichus stolon. (C). Vietnamese specimen on Dendronephthya sp.; c: central antenna; l; lateral antennae; d1–d13: dorsal cirri; p, pharynx; ac: anal cirri; top right scheme: worm outline. (D). Vietnamese specimen, lacking posteriormost segments. (E). A specimen of Coryphellina exoptata from the Bay of Nhatrang (Vietnam). Photos in (C–D) by O. V. Savinkin and in E by T. I. Antokhina.
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Source: Figure 3 in Jimi, N.; Britayev, T. A.; Sako, M.; Woo, S. P.; Martin, D. (2024). A new genus and species of nudibranch-mimicking Syllidae (Annelida, Polychaeta). Scientific Reports. 14(1)17123: 1-11., available online at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-66465-4 ·
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