The genus Syllis (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Syllinae) in the southern Mexican Pacific, with the description of two new species and three new records
Author
Salcedo, Diana L.
Author
Solís-Weiss, Guillermo San Martín And Vivianne
text
Zootaxa
2012
3263
47
62
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.214949
9b97cfc1-e4ad-435a-8a59-4151ccbc16e4
1175-5326
214949
Syllis gracilis
Grube, 1840
Syllis gracilis
:
Monro, 1933
: 30
;
Hartman, 1968
: 463
,
Fig. 1–4
;
Imajima, 1966a
: 248
–250, Fig. 49 a–k;
Fauchald & Reiner, 1975
: 83
;
Fauchald, 1977
: 20
–21,
Fig. 3
b;
López
et al
., 1997
: 63
; San Martín, 2003: 413–416, Fig. 426–427.
Syllis
(
Syllis
)
gracilis
:
Gardiner, 1976
: 139
, Fig. 12 l–n;
Uebelacker, 1984
: 30
–106, Fig. 30–102.
Material examined.
3 specimens
(CPICML PO-37-027):
1 specimen
, Caleta E1B1,
16°49.797’N
,
99°54.062’W
,
25 May 2006
, 12 m, coarse sand.
2 specimens
, Caleta E1B2,
16°49.797’N
,
99°54.062’W
,
25 May 2006
, 12 m, coarse sand.
Comparative material examined.
Syllis gracilis
,
7 specimens
(
MNCN
16.01/11416)
PANAMA
: Coiba island, Chiriqui Gulf, Rosario Beach,
1.2 m
.
Syllis gracilis
,
11 specimens
(
MNCN
16.01/11412)
PANAMA
: Coiba island, Ensenada Maria, Chiriqui Gulf,
2 m
.
Remarks.
The specimens agree well with the original description of the species.
Habitat.
Hard bottoms, particularly between algae, sponges and calcareous concretions. Intertidal to
300 m
depth (San Martín, 2003).
Distribution.
Apparently cosmopolitan, but could be a complex of species.