A taxonomic revision of the genus Haplosyllis Langerhans, 1887 (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Syllinae)
Author
Lattig, Patricia
Author
Martin, Daniel
text
Zootaxa
2009
2220
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.190035
997c03d9-26dd-417b-aff2-c232907ab19c
1175-5326
190035
Haplosyllis villogorgicola
Martin, Núñez, Riera & Gil, 2002
Haplosyllis villogorgicola
Martin, Núñez, Riera & Gil, 2002
: 457
–461, figs 2–4, 5A, 6.
Examined material.
Canary Islands. 6
Paratypes
MNCN
16.01/7833. Punta Guadamonte, Radazul, southeastern coast of Tenerife,
28º24’N
16º19’W
.
Diagnosis.
Body slender, fragile, length
4–13 mm
, up to 80 chaetigers. Dorsal cirri long, some longer than body width. Midbody cirri alternating with short (13–22 articles) and long (14–44 articles). Chaetae with distal tooth smaller than proximal one, very thin. Three to five chaetae per parapodia.
Reproduction.
Unknown.
Host
. Specific ectosymbiont of the gorgonian
Villogorgia vebricoides
(Koch, 1887) (
Martin
et al
. 2002
)
.
Remarks.
The species is illustrated, described and compared with the closely related
H. chamaeleon
in
Martin
et al
. (2002)
.