An account of the taxonomy and distribution of Syllidae (Annelida, Polychaetes) in the eastern Mediterranean, with notes on the genus Prosphaerosyllis San Martin, 1984 in the Mediterranean Author Faulwetter, Sarah Author Chatzigeorgiou, Georgios Author Galil, Bella S. Author Arvanitidis, Christos text ZooKeys 2011 150 281 326 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.150.2146 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.150.2146 1313-2970-150-281 Sphaerosyllis bulbosa Southern, 1914 Sphaerosyllis bulbosa Southern, 1914: 20, plates I-II , figs 2 a-g ; Fauvel, 1923: 304, figs. 116 h-r ; Cognetti 1961 : 30; Rullier 1972 : 69; Campoy 1982 : 276; Parapar et al. 1994 : 98, fig. 4; Cinar et al. 2003 : 756; San Martin 2003: 191, figs 98-99. Sphaerosyllis (Sphaerosyllis) bulbosa : Hartmann-Schroeder 1996 : 175. Material examined. Haifa Bay, Israel: ALA-IL-7 (4 ind.), ALA-IL-10 (51 ind.) [coll. 11.10.2009]. Type locality. Ireland (Atlantic Ocean). Distribution. North-east Atlantic, Arctic Sea ( Ramos et al. 2010 ), New Caledonia ( Rullier 1972 ). Mediterranean Sea: WB, CB, AD, AS, LB, BS ( Surugiu 2005 ).New record for the Israeli coast. Habitat. Until 70 m depth, in sandy or muddy sediments, on calcareous substrates. Remarks. The examined material differs from the description of San Martin (2003) in having papillated palps.