Deep sea Syllidae (Annelida, Phyllodocida) from Southwestern Atlantic
Author
Barroso, Rômulo
Author
Paiva, Paulo Cesar De
Author
Nogueira, João Miguel De Matos
Author
Fukuda, Marcelo Veronesi
text
Zootaxa
2017
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4
401
430
journal article
37286
10.5281/zenodo.252007
9bca82d8-9571-4098-9e52-f05182541be2
1175-5326
252007
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Prosphaerosyllis isabellae
(
Nogueira, San Martín & Amaral, 2001
)
Sphaerosyllis isabellae
Nogueira
et al.
, 2001
: 1777
–1779,
Fig. 1
.
Prosphaerosyllis isabellae
.
San Martín 2005
: 68
, Fig. 23;
Fukuda
et al.
2009
:
1450
–1453,
Figs. 4–5
.
Material examined.
Project '
Oceanprof
'. 22°40’57.84”S, 40°16’30.35”W,
0–2 cm
,
1045 m
, 1 spec. (MNRJP 1177),
22 Nov 2002
.
Diagnosis.
Palps densely papillated. Dorsal cirri throughout with bulbous base, with iridescent inclusions, distal end with nearly spherical tip. A pair of papillae on each parapodium; aciculae subdistally bent and thick, with acute tip. Pharynx with pair of brown glands in chaetiger 1.
Remarks.
The specimen herein studied is similar to those of the original description. This is the deepest record of this species.
Geographic
distribution and bathymetric range.
Atlantic Ocean—Brazil
,
Rio de Janeiro
,
110–1045 m
deep
;
São Paulo
, shallow subtidal to
808 m
deep (
Nogueira
et al.
2001
;
Fukuda
et al.
2009
); Pacific Ocean:
Australia
,
6– 30 m
deep (
San Martín 2005
). The specimen found in Campos Basin was obtained from
1045 m
deep.