Terebellidae (Polychaeta: Terebellida) from the Grand Caribbean region 2320
Author
Londoño-Mesa, Mario H.
text
Zootaxa
2009
2009-12-22
2320
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2320.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.2320.1.1
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Lysilla
Malmgren, 1866
Malmgren, 1866:392–393
.—
Hutchings & Glasby, 1986:325
.—
Hartmann-Schröder, 1996:523
.
Type
species:
Lysilla loveni
Malmgren, 1866
, by monotypy.
Diagnosis:
Tentacular membrane expanded, trilobed, wide; eyespots and lateral lappets absent; small midventral shields; six to 12 thoracic segments; notopodia from segment 3, notochaetae smooth, hirsute or pinnate; abdominal notopodia and notochaetae absent; thoracic and abdominal neuropodia and neurochaeta absent.
Remarks:
Only one species has been described for the Western Atlantic Ocean,
Lysilla alba
Webster, 1879
, from
Virginia
.
Londoño-Mesa and Carrera-Parra (2005)
reported an undescribed species,
Lysilla
sp.
from the Mexican
Caribbean
; nevertheless, this species was not named because it was only
one specimen
in poor condition. Herein, I report an additional specimen in better condition; it is named as
Lysilla caribe
sp. nov.
being the only species described from the Grand
Caribbean
region.