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16.01/10261, 
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, Alsancak Harbour, station 2, 
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, dissolved Oxygen concentration: 
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, Pasaport Harbour, station 3, 
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, on an artificial metal platform covered with tubes of the serpulid polychaetes, 
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, dissolved Oxygen concentration: 
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complete, without anal cirri, 
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long, 
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wide, H+10= 
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, with 52 chaetigers. Body narrow anteriorly, enlarged in middle, gradually tapering to posterior end (
<figureCitation id="07EC6DE9CB2DFF82FDD0A728FD4E3D18" box="[620,690,1047,1073]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[264,367,1719,1743]" captionTargetBox="[332,1273,288,1719]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[329,1283,283,1719]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Syllis ergeni. A. Anterior end, holotype MNCN 16.01 / 10261. B. Anterior falcigers, holotype. C. Middle falcigers, holotype. D. Posterior falcigers, holotype. E. Dorsal simple chaeta, holotype. F. Ventral simple chaeta, holotype. G. Aciculae on anterior parapodia, paratype ESFM­ POL / 04 ­ 183. H. Aciculae on middle parapodia, paratype. I. Aciculae on posterior parapodia, paratype. J. Proventriculus and pharynx, paratype. Scale line A 440 µm, B ­ F 38 µm, G ­ I 36 µm, J 930 µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/169737/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="45">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
A; 3A). Ventral surface of worm flattened, dorsal surface of anterior segments domed­shaped; body height as high as body width (
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D). Dorsum of body between peristomium and chaetiger 20 dark brownish, then becoming pale towards posterior end (
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A, B). Anterior segments (especially peristomium and chaetigers 1–5) more pigmented. Prostomium whitish, with some small brownish patches around eyes and between lateral antennae. No colour marking on dorsum of posterior segments; pale yellowish. On some 
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, two dark brown transversal lines present on anterior and posterior parts of each anterior segment (
<figureCitation id="07EC6DE9CB2DFF82FC2EA610FC253C60" box="[914,985,1327,1353]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="5.[264,367,1735,1759]" captionTargetBox="[264,1322,313,1708]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[264,1323,310,1708]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 3. Syllis ergeni. — A. Dorsal view of body, holotype MNCN 16.01 / 10261. — B. Anterior end, paratype ESFM­POL / 04 ­ 183. — C. Opening of pharynx, paratype. — D. Anterior­lateral view, paratype. — E. Glands on dorsum of anterior segments, paratype. — F. Proventriculus, paratype. Scale line A 440 µm, B 664 µm, C 218 µm, D 135 µm, E 21 µm, F 50 µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/169738/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="45">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
D). Dorsum of anterior segments with small, numerous sphaerical glands; dorsum of posterior segments with bacillary glands (
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E). A few inclusions present within joints of antennae and cirri. Prostomium somewhat pentagonal, wider than long, having two pairs of reddish eyes with lenses in open trapezoidal arrangement; anterior pair (27.5 µm in diameter) larger than posterior ones (17.5 µm in diameter) (
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A; 3A). No ocular specks. Median antenna longer than lateral ones, located between eyes, with 30 joints; joints indistinct, rectangular at base, rounded towards tip. Lateral antennae emerging from anterior part of prostomium, morphologically similar to median antenna, with 26 joints. Palps somewhat triangular in shape, rounded anteriorly, free at base (
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A). Peristomium narrow on dorsal side, densely pigmented, with two pairs of tentacular cirri; dorsal pair with 29 joints, ventral ones with 24 joints. Dorsal cirri morphologically similar to antennae, smaller than body width, thicker and longer on anterior parapodia than those on middle and posterior ones; with ca. 32–25 joints on anterior parapodia, 34–17 joints on middle parapodia, 20–16 joints on posterior parapodia. Ventral cirri digitiform, smaller than parapodial lobe, relatively thick on anterior parapodia, thin on posterior parapodia. Parapodial lobes subrectangular on anterior segments, triangular on posterior ones. Anterior parapodia with falcigers only, numbering 12; clearly bidentate, distal tooth coarse, hook shaped, proximal tooth always conspicuous, relatively thin, slightly shorter than distal tooth; gap between distal and proximal teeth wide, crescent­like; proximal tooth with spines on cutting edge; spines on cutting edge thin, relatively thicker and longer basally, progressively diminishing in size distally; blades 30–25 µm long; shaft of falcigers with thin spines on tip (
<figureCitation id="07EC6DE9CB2CFF83FB02A10BFAF43B67" box="[1214,1288,564,590]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[264,367,1719,1743]" captionTargetBox="[332,1273,288,1719]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[329,1283,283,1719]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Syllis ergeni. A. Anterior end, holotype MNCN 16.01 / 10261. B. Anterior falcigers, holotype. C. Middle falcigers, holotype. D. Posterior falcigers, holotype. E. Dorsal simple chaeta, holotype. F. Ventral simple chaeta, holotype. G. Aciculae on anterior parapodia, paratype ESFM­ POL / 04 ­ 183. H. Aciculae on middle parapodia, paratype. I. Aciculae on posterior parapodia, paratype. J. Proventriculus and pharynx, paratype. Scale line A 440 µm, B ­ F 38 µm, G ­ I 36 µm, J 930 µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/169737/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="46">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
B). Falcigers on middle parapodia numbering 9, morphologically similar to anterior ones but slightly thicker and longer; blades 32.5–25 µm long (
<figureCitation id="07EC6DE9CB2CFF83FC1FA1BBFC0C3BB7" box="[931,1008,644,670]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[264,367,1719,1743]" captionTargetBox="[332,1273,288,1719]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[329,1283,283,1719]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Syllis ergeni. A. Anterior end, holotype MNCN 16.01 / 10261. B. Anterior falcigers, holotype. C. Middle falcigers, holotype. D. Posterior falcigers, holotype. E. Dorsal simple chaeta, holotype. F. Ventral simple chaeta, holotype. G. Aciculae on anterior parapodia, paratype ESFM­ POL / 04 ­ 183. H. Aciculae on middle parapodia, paratype. I. Aciculae on posterior parapodia, paratype. J. Proventriculus and pharynx, paratype. Scale line A 440 µm, B ­ F 38 µm, G ­ I 36 µm, J 930 µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/169737/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="46">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
C). Falcigers on posterior parapodia numbering 7, with blades of 27.5–20 µm long (
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D). Solitary dorsal simple chaeta, present from chaetiger 33, relatively long, thinner than shafts of falcigers, distally bifid, with short subdistal spinulation (
<figureCitation id="07EC6DE9CB2CFF83FD67A1C3FCD83A3F" box="[731,804,764,790]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="4.[264,367,1719,1743]" captionTargetBox="[332,1273,288,1719]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[329,1283,283,1719]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 2. Syllis ergeni. A. Anterior end, holotype MNCN 16.01 / 10261. B. Anterior falcigers, holotype. C. Middle falcigers, holotype. D. Posterior falcigers, holotype. E. Dorsal simple chaeta, holotype. F. Ventral simple chaeta, holotype. G. Aciculae on anterior parapodia, paratype ESFM­ POL / 04 ­ 183. H. Aciculae on middle parapodia, paratype. I. Aciculae on posterior parapodia, paratype. J. Proventriculus and pharynx, paratype. Scale line A 440 µm, B ­ F 38 µm, G ­ I 36 µm, J 930 µm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/169737/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="46">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
E). Ventral, simple chaeta present on last 6 posterior parapodia, short, curved, with subdistal spines, strongly bidentate; teeth about the same size (
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F). Anterior parapodia with 3 aciculae; two aciculae morphologically similar to each other, subdistally inflated with short oblique tip, pointed distally; one aciculum thinner than others bending at nearly 90º angle at tip, rounded distally. Middle parapodia with three aciculae; two aciculae acuminate with oblique tip, pointed distally; other bending distally at 45º angle, truncated distally. Posterior parapodia with two aciculae; one acuminate, pointed distally; other bending distally at 45º angle, truncated distally. Larger specimen (
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: ESFM­POL/04­183) with 5 aciculae on anterior parapodia; four acuminate, with short oblique tip, pointed distally; one aciculum thinner than others bending distally at nearly 90º angle, with rounded tip (
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G). Middle parapodia with three aciculae; two similar to each other, acuminate with oblique tip, pointed distally; other bending distally at 45º angle, with truncated tip (
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H). Posterior parapodia with two aciculae; one acuminate, pointed distally; the other bending distally at 45º angle, with truncated tip (
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I). Proventriculus 
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J; 3F). Pharynx brownish, bearing “ 
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J, 3C).Pygidium rounded; anal cirri missing on 
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, with 70 chaetigers) with anal cirri, with 20 distinct joints. No stylus.
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB2BFF84FEB4A588FE7A3FE6" bold="true" box="[264,390,1719,1743]" pageId="4" pageNumber="47">FIGURE 2</emphasis>
. 
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. Anterior end, holotype MNCN 16.01/10261. 
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. Anterior falcigers, holotype. 
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. Middle falcigers, holotype. 
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. Posterior falcigers, holotype. 
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. Dorsal simple chaeta, holotype. 
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. Ventral simple chaeta, holotype. 
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. Aciculae on anterior parapodia, paratype ESFM­ POL/04­183. 
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. Aciculae on middle parapodia, paratype. 
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. Aciculae on posterior parapodia, paratype. 
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. Proventriculus and pharynx, paratype. Scale line 
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440 µm, 
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38 µm, 
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36 µm, 
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930 µm.
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB2AFF85FEB4A5F8FE783FF6" bold="true" box="[264,388,1735,1759]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">FIGURE 3</emphasis>
. 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB2AFF85FE2FA5F8FDEB3FF7" box="[403,535,1735,1758]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">Syllis ergeni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. — 
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB2AFF85FDFCA5F8FDAC3FF7" box="[576,592,1735,1758]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">A</emphasis>
. Dorsal view of body, holotype MNCN 16.01/10261. — 
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB2AFF85FB0EA5F8FB3E3FF7" box="[1202,1218,1735,1758]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">B</emphasis>
. Anterior end, paratype ESFM­POL/04­183. — 
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB2AFF85FD20A5D5FD523E28" box="[668,686,1770,1793]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">C</emphasis>
. Opening of pharynx, paratype. — 
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB2AFF85FB98A5D5FBCB3E28" box="[1060,1079,1770,1793]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">D</emphasis>
. Anterior­lateral view, paratype. — 
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB2AFF85FE33A432FE633E0D" box="[399,415,1805,1828]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">E</emphasis>
. Glands on dorsum of anterior segments, paratype. — 
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB2AFF85FC41A432FBF73E0D" box="[1021,1035,1805,1828]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">F</emphasis>
. Proventriculus, paratype. Scale line 
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB2AFF85FECBA410FE7B3E6F" box="[375,391,1839,1862]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">A</emphasis>
440 µm, 
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB2AFF85FE52A410FE023E6F" box="[494,510,1839,1862]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">B</emphasis>
664 µm, 
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB2AFF85FDD9A410FD8B3E6F" box="[613,631,1839,1862]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">C</emphasis>
218 µm, 
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB2AFF85FD62A410FD0D3E6F" box="[734,753,1839,1862]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">D</emphasis>
135 µm, 
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB2AFF85FCE4A410FC943E6F" box="[856,872,1839,1862]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">E</emphasis>
21 µm, 
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB2AFF85FC7DA410FC2D3E6F" box="[961,977,1839,1862]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="48">F</emphasis>
50 µm.
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB29FF86FEB4A5B9FE793FB7" bold="true" box="[264,389,1670,1694]" pageId="6" pageNumber="49">FIGURE 4</emphasis>
. 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB29FF86FE29A5B8FDE63FB7" box="[405,538,1671,1694]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="49">Syllis ergeni</emphasis>
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, paratype ESFM­POL/04­172. — 
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB29FF86FC30A5B8FC603FB7" box="[908,924,1671,1694]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="49">A</emphasis>
. Specimen with stolon. — 
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB29FF86FB03A5B8FB333FB7" box="[1215,1231,1671,1694]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="49">B</emphasis>
. Lateral view of stolon. — 
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB29FF86FE70A593FE223FEA" box="[460,478,1708,1731]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="49">C</emphasis>
. Anterior end of stolon. — 
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB29FF86FCBFA593FCEA3FEA" box="[771,790,1708,1731]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="49">D</emphasis>
. Anterior end of stolon. Scale line 
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB29FF86FB2FA593FB5F3FEA" box="[1171,1187,1708,1731]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="49">A</emphasis>
1000 µm, 
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB29FF86FAA6A593FAD63FEA" box="[1306,1322,1708,1731]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="49">B</emphasis>
566 µm, 
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB29FF86FED6A5EDFE613FC0" box="[362,413,1746,1769]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="49">C, D</emphasis>
285 µm. The specimen was stained with ShirlastainA (brown stain) (Figs. A and C) to clear appendages of the stock and stolon.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB28FF87FE84A223FE1F381C" bold="true" box="[312,483,283,310]" pageId="7" pageNumber="50">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB28FF87FE84A223FE20381F" bold="true" box="[312,476,284,310]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="50">Reproduction</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
One 
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(ESFM­POL/04­172) with a stolon (
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A); stock 
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long, 
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wide, H+10= 
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, with 46 chaetigers (
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A, B); stolon male, 
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long, 
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wide, with 21 chaetigers. Stolon flattened ventrally, domed dorsally, whitish in colour because of sperm in coelomic cavity. Prostomium of stolon narrow with two pairs of reddish eyes, enlarged, in close trapezoidal arrangement. Anterior part of prostomium of stolon has one pair of triangular antennae and one pair of palps, which could be termed as “ 
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB28FF87FDB6A133FD7C3B0C" box="[522,640,524,549]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="50">tetraceros</emphasis>
” (
<bibRefCitation id="FB460C9DCB28FF87FD1DA133FC993B0F" author="Malaquin" box="[673,869,524,550]" pageId="7" pageNumber="53" refString="Malaquin, A. (1893) Recherches sur les syllidiens. Memoires de la Societe des Sciences de l'Agriculture et des Arts de Lille, 18, 1 - 477." type="journal article" year="1893">Malaquin, 1893</bibRefCitation>
). Palps with bulbous palpophore and long triangular palpostyle (
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D). Swimming chaetae from chaetiger 2, short, smaller than parapodial lobes on chaetiger 2, slightly longer than parapodial lobes on middle and posterior parapodia, ca. 138 µm long (
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D). Dorsal cirri with 33–22 joints on anterior parapodia, 20–18 joint on posterior ones. Falcigers numbering 9 on anterior parapodia, 8 on posterior cirri; bidentate; blades 20–15 µm long on anterior parapodia, 18–13 µm long on posterior cirri. Anterior parapodia with two aciculae; one acuminate, the other bending distally, with truncated tip. Posterior parapodia with one aciculum; bending distally, with truncated tip. Solitary dorsal simple chaeta from chaetiger 5, bifid, serrated subdistally. Solitary ventral simple chaeta present only on last three chaetiger, bidentate, serrated subdistally. Pygidium with two anal cirri of 21 joints, without stylus. An anomaly was observed on the 
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specimen. The last chaetiger of stock (chaetiger 47) is asymmetrical; one side bearing prostomial features of stolon (eyes, palps..etc.), the other side with a “normal” parapodial structure including chaetae, dorsal and ventral cirri (
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C, D). The following segment (chaetiger 48) is the true prostomium of the stolon; each side with appendages and eyes.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9F68716CCB28FF87FE84A7B3FC263C65" blockId="7.[264,1325,283,1896]" pageId="7" pageNumber="50">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB28FF87FE84A7B3FD3C3D8C" box="[312,704,1164,1190]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="50">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB28FF87FE84A7B3FDD43D8F" bold="true" box="[312,552,1164,1190]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="50">Ecological features.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB28FF87FD93A7B3FD3C3D8C" box="[559,704,1164,1189]" class="Polychaeta" family="Syllidae" genus="Syllis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="7" pageNumber="50" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="ergeni" status="sp. nov.">Syllis ergeni</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B6901005CB28FF87FD7BA7B3FCE63D8F" box="[711,794,1164,1190]" pageId="7" pageNumber="50" rank="species">sp.nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
was found to be associated with 
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB28FF87FB20A7B3FE563DF9" class="Bivalvia" family="Mytilidae" genus="Mytilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mytiloida" pageId="7" pageNumber="50" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="galloprovincialis">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB28FF87FB20A7B3FE563DF9" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="50">Mytilus galloprovincialis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB28FF87FE05A788FD693DF9" box="[441,661,1207,1232]" class="Polychaeta" family="Serpulidae" genus="Hydroides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sabellida" pageId="7" pageNumber="50" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="elegans">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB28FF87FE05A788FD693DF9" box="[441,661,1207,1232]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="50">Hydroides elegans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB28FF87FD73A788FCA43DF9" box="[719,856,1207,1232]" class="Polychaeta" family="Serpulidae" genus="Hydroides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sabellida" pageId="7" pageNumber="50" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="dianthus">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB28FF87FD73A788FCA43DF9" box="[719,856,1207,1232]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="50">H. dianthus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Its density was 42±30 ind.m ­2 (n=3) at station 2 and 50±29 ind.m ­2 (n=3) at station 3. It comprised 0.71% of total polychaete individuals and 0.27% of total faunal populations at station 2, and 0.11% of total polychaete individuals and 0.08% of total faunal populations at station 3.
</paragraph>
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The biomass value (wet weight) of the specimens of 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB28FF87FC57A665FB7F3C5A" box="[1003,1155,1370,1395]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="50">Syllis ergeni</emphasis>
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ranged from 0.087± 
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.m ­2 (station 2) to 0.041± 
<quantity id="582FDC89CB28FF87FD6CA6BAFCE63CB6" box="[720,794,1413,1439]" metricMagnitude="-5" metricUnit="kg" metricValue="3.0" pageId="7" pageNumber="50" unit="g" value="0.03">0.03 g</quantity>
.m ­2 (station 3). 
<collectingCountry id="E7C031FCCB28FF87FC68A6BAFC083CB6" box="[980,1012,1413,1439]" name="American Samoa" pageId="7" pageNumber="50">As</collectingCountry>
hard bottom communities in the polluted harbour environment of Izmir Bay were mainly composed of clusters of 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB28FF87FEB4A6EAFDCC3CC7" box="[264,560,1493,1518]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="50">Mytilus galloprovincialis</emphasis>
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and 
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB28FF87FDD2A6EAFD1B3CC7" box="[622,743,1493,1518]" class="Polychaeta" family="Serpulidae" genus="Hydroides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sabellida" pageId="7" pageNumber="50" phylum="Annelida" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB28FF87FDD2A6EAFD1B3CC7" box="[622,743,1493,1518]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="50">Hydroides</emphasis>
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spp., which have high biomass values, the relative importance of 
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB28FF87FE5AA6C2FDB23F3F" box="[486,590,1533,1559]" class="Polychaeta" family="Syllidae" genus="Syllis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="7" pageNumber="50" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="ergeni">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB28FF87FE5AA6C2FE083F3F" box="[486,500,1533,1558]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="50">S</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB28FF87FDB8A6C2FDB23F3F" box="[516,590,1533,1558]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="50">ergeni</emphasis>
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in the communities in terms of biomass value can be omitted. Hard bottom communities at the stations from where specimens of 
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB28FF87FB9FA51AFB483F17" box="[1059,1204,1573,1598]" class="Polychaeta" family="Syllidae" genus="Syllis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="7" pageNumber="50" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="ergeni">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB28FF87FB9FA51AFB483F17" box="[1059,1204,1573,1598]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="50">Syllis ergeni</emphasis>
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were collected were mainly dominated by the following species; Station 2: 
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB28FF87FBAAA572FEDF3FB8" class="Bivalvia" family="Mytilidae" genus="Mytilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mytiloida" pageId="7" pageNumber="50" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="galloprovincialis">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB28FF87FBAAA572FEDF3FB8" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="50">Mytilus galloprovincialis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(max. density: 11750 ind.m ­2), 
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB28FF87FD1AA547FC243FB8" box="[678,984,1656,1681]" class="Polychaeta" family="Dorvilleidae" genus="Schistomeringos" kingdom="Animalia" order="Eunicida" pageId="7" pageNumber="50" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="rudolphi">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB28FF87FD1AA547FC243FB8" box="[678,984,1656,1681]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="50">Schistomeringos rudolphi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(delle Chiaje, 1828), (max. 3400 ind.m ­2), 
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB28FF87FE08A59CFCDC3F95" authority="Quatrefages, 1865" authorityName="Quatrefages" authorityYear="1865" box="[436,800,1698,1724]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Nereis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="7" pageNumber="50" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="falsa">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB28FF87FE08A59CFDBC3F95" box="[436,576,1699,1724]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="50">Nereis falsa</emphasis>
Quatrefages, 1865
</taxonomicName>
(max. 1125 ind.m ­2) and 
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB28FF87FBF3A59CFDCE3FC1" authority="Frey &amp; Leuckart, 1847" authorityName="Frey &amp; Leuckart" authorityYear="1847" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Neanthes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="7" pageNumber="50" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="succinea">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB28FF87FBF3A59CFAD73F95" box="[1103,1323,1699,1724]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="50">Neanthes succinea</emphasis>
(Frey &amp; Leuckart, 1847)
</taxonomicName>
(max. 800 ind.m ­2); Station 3: 
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB28FF87FC10A5F1FB753FCE" box="[940,1161,1742,1767]" class="Polychaeta" family="Serpulidae" genus="Hydroides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Sabellida" pageId="7" pageNumber="50" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="elegans">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB28FF87FC10A5F1FB753FCE" box="[940,1161,1742,1767]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="50">Hydroides elegans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(max. 24875 ind.m ­2), 
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB28FF87FECFA5C6FE0B3E3B" box="[371,503,1785,1810]" class="Polychaeta" family="Dorvilleidae" genus="Schistomeringos" kingdom="Animalia" order="Eunicida" pageId="7" pageNumber="50" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="rudolphi">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB28FF87FECFA5C6FE0B3E3B" box="[371,503,1785,1810]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="50">S. rudolphi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(max. 18325 ind.m ­2), 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB28FF87FCB4A5C6FC6E3E3B" box="[776,914,1785,1810]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="50">H. dianthus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(max. 7975 ind.m ­2), 
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB28FF87FB28A5C6FE973E14" class="Bivalvia" family="Mytilidae" genus="Mytilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Mytiloida" pageId="7" pageNumber="50" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="galloprovincialis">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB28FF87FB28A5C6FE973E14" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="50">M. galloprovincialis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(max. 6325 ind.m ­2) and 
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB28FF87FD14A41BFB693E14" authority="Claparede, 1864" authorityName="Claparede" authorityYear="1864" box="[680,1173,1827,1853]" class="Polychaeta" family="Hesionidae" genus="Ophiodromus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="7" pageNumber="50" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="pallidus">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB28FF87FD14A41BFC4E3E14" box="[680,946,1828,1853]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="50">Ophiodromus pallidus</emphasis>
(Claparède, 1864)
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(max. 4925 ind.m ­2). All of the above­mentioned species are known to be typical species of organically polluted bottoms and are widely used as pollution indicators in the Mediterranean Sea (
<bibRefCitation id="FB460C9DCB27FF88FEFEA27BFE2A3877" author="Ergen" box="[322,470,324,350]" pageId="8" pageNumber="53" refString="Ergen, Z. (1976) Izmir Korfezi ve Civari Poliketlerinin Ekolojik ve Taksonomik Ozellikleri. Ege Universitesi Fen Fakultesi Ilmi Raporlar Serisi, 209, 1 - 73." type="journal article" year="1976">Ergen, 1976</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="FB460C9DCB27FF88FE5EA27BFD803877" author="Bellan" box="[482,636,324,350]" pageId="8" pageNumber="53" refString="Bellan, G. (1980) Relationship of pollution to rocky substratum polychaetes on the French Mediterranean coast. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 11, 318 - 321." type="journal article" year="1980">Bellan, 1980</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="D7CD22E7CB27FF88FE84A253FDB73B67" pageId="8" pageNumber="51" type="distribution">
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FE84A253FE2D38AF" bold="true" box="[312,465,364,390]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">Distribution.</emphasis>
The 
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locality of this species is Izmir Bay, near Alsancak Harbour, which is one of the biggest harbours in 
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. It holds many inter­oceanic cargo vessels. 
<collectingCountry id="E7C031FCCB27FF88FEB4A283FED438FF" box="[264,296,444,470]" name="American Samoa" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">As</collectingCountry>
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB27FF88FE8CA283FE3C38FC" box="[304,448,444,469]" class="Polychaeta" family="Syllidae" genus="Syllis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="8" pageNumber="51" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="ergeni">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FE8CA283FE3C38FC" box="[304,448,444,469]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">Syllis ergeni</emphasis>
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has not been recorded in the area, which has been monitored since the mid 1970’s, its possible introduction to the area via ballast water and ship fouling cannot be excluded. Future reports of this species in other regions would enable us to understand its zoogeographic distribution.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="D7CD22E7CB27FF89FE84A163FDAF3C47" lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="52" pageId="8" pageNumber="51" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="9F68716CCB27FF89FE84A163FDAF3C47" blockId="8.[264,1323,284,1870]" lastBlockId="9.[264,1325,284,1510]" lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="52" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FE84A163FE563B5C" bold="true" box="[312,426,603,630]" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FE84A163FE5F3B5F" bold="true" box="[312,419,604,630]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">Remarks</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB27FF88FE0DA163FDBD3B5C" box="[433,577,604,629]" class="Polychaeta" family="Syllidae" genus="Syllis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="8" pageNumber="51" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="ergeni">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FE0DA163FDBD3B5C" box="[433,577,604,629]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">Syllis ergeni</emphasis>
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is mainly characterized by having bidentate falcigers with short blades, dark brownish­reddish colour pattern on dorsum of anterior segments. Dense pigmentation on large dorsal areas of anterior segments was reported in the following 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FB57A193FAD63BEC" box="[1259,1322,684,709]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">Syllis</emphasis>
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species; 
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB27FF88FECBA1EBFD323BC7" authority="San Martin, 1992" authorityName="San Martin" authorityYear="1992" box="[375,718,724,750]" class="Polychaeta" family="Syllidae" genus="Syllis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="8" pageNumber="51" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="barbata">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FECBA1EBFE0F3BC4" box="[375,499,724,749]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. barbata</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="FB460C9DCB27FF88FE40A1EBFD323BC7" author="San" box="[508,718,724,750]" pageId="8" pageNumber="53" refString="San Martin, G. (1992) Syllis Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Syllinae) from Cuba, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida and North Carolina, with a revision of several species described by Verrill. Bulletin of Marine Science, 51, 167 - 196." type="journal article" year="1992">San Martín, 1992</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB27FF88FD60A1EBFC143BC7" authority="Ehlers, 1864" authorityName="Ehlers" authorityYear="1864" box="[732,1000,724,750]" class="Polychaeta" family="Syllidae" genus="Syllis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="8" pageNumber="51" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="krohni">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FD60A1EBFCBA3BC4" box="[732,838,724,749]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. krohni</emphasis>
Ehlers, 1864
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB27FF88FC49A1EBFB6B3BC4" box="[1013,1175,724,749]" class="Polychaeta" family="Syllidae" genus="Syllis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="8" pageNumber="51" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="magdalena">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FC49A1EBFB6B3BC4" box="[1013,1175,724,749]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. magdalena</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Wesenberg­ Lund, 1962, 
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB27FF88FE18A1C3FD003A3F" authority="Imajima, 1966" authorityName="Imajima" authorityYear="1966" box="[420,764,764,790]" class="Polychaeta" family="Syllidae" genus="Syllis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="8" pageNumber="51" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="monilata">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FE18A1C3FDD13A3C" box="[420,557,764,789]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. monilata</emphasis>
(Imajima, 1966)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB27FF88FCB6A1C3FBB53A3F" authority="Grube, 1878" authorityName="Grube" authorityYear="1878" box="[778,1097,764,790]" class="Polychaeta" family="Syllidae" genus="Syllis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="8" pageNumber="51" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="nigrescens">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FCB6A1C3FC5B3A3C" box="[778,935,764,789]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. nigrescens</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="FB460C9DCB27FF88FC0EA1C3FBB53A3F" author="Grube" box="[946,1097,764,790]" pageId="8" pageNumber="53" refString="Grube, A. E. (1878) Annulata Semperiana. Beitrage zur Kenntnis de Annelidenfauna der Philippinen nach den von Herrn Prof. Semper mitgebrachten Sammlungen. Memoires de l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de St. - Petersbourg, 25, 1 - 300." type="journal article" year="1878">Grube, 1878</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB27FF88FBE5A1C3FEBA3A17" authority="Fauvel, 1934" authorityName="Fauvel" authorityYear="1934" class="Polychaeta" family="Syllidae" genus="Syllis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="8" pageNumber="51" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="okadai">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FBE5A1C3FB353A3C" box="[1113,1225,764,789]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. okadai</emphasis>
Fauvel, 1934
</taxonomicName>
; 
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB27FF88FEEEA01BFCF23A17" authority="Hartmann-Schroder, 1960" authorityName="Hartmann-Schroder" authorityYear="1960" box="[338,782,804,830]" class="Polychaeta" family="Syllidae" genus="Syllis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="8" pageNumber="51" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="schulzi">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FEEEA01BFE433A14" box="[338,447,804,829]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. schulzi</emphasis>
(Hartmann­Schröder, 1960)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB27FF88FCA5A01BFB213A17" authority="Marion &amp; Bobretzky, 1875" authorityName="Marion &amp; Bobretzky" authorityYear="1875" box="[793,1245,804,830]" class="Polychaeta" family="Syllidae" genus="Syllis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="8" pageNumber="51" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="torquata">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FCA5A01BFC663A14" box="[793,922,804,829]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. torquata</emphasis>
Marion &amp; Bobretzky, 1875
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB27FF88FAA8A01BFDF13A4F" authority="Grube, 1870" authorityName="Grube" authorityYear="1870" class="Polychaeta" family="Syllidae" genus="Syllis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="8" pageNumber="51" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="violacea">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FAA8A01BFE973A4C" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. violacea</emphasis>
Grube, 1870
</taxonomicName>
. However, all these species, except for 
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB27FF88FC5BA073FBAE3A4C" box="[999,1106,844,869]" class="Polychaeta" family="Syllidae" genus="Syllis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="8" pageNumber="51" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="krohni">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FC5BA073FBAE3A4C" box="[999,1106,844,869]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. krohni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB27FF88FBDEA073FAFF3A4C" box="[1122,1283,844,869]" class="Polychaeta" family="Syllidae" genus="Syllis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="8" pageNumber="51" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="magdalena">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FBDEA073FAFF3A4C" box="[1122,1283,844,869]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. magdalena</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB27FF88FAA8A073FE783AA4" class="Polychaeta" family="Syllidae" genus="Syllis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="8" pageNumber="51" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="nigrescens">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FAA8A073FE783AA4" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. nigrescens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FE7EA04BFDB83AA4" box="[450,580,884,909]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. violacea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, have a dense pigmentation only on a limited number of segments; only on dorsum of peristomium, chaetigers 1, 2 and 
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<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB27FF88FBB3A0A3FB813A9C" box="[1039,1149,924,949]" class="Polychaeta" family="Syllidae" genus="Syllis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="8" pageNumber="51" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="okodai">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FBB3A0A3FB813A9C" box="[1039,1149,924,949]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. okodai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; only on chaetigers 1 and 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FE6CA0FBFDAA3AF4" box="[464,598,964,989]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. monilata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; only on peristomium in 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FC3FA0FBFC0E3AF4" box="[899,1010,964,989]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. schulzi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; and only on peristomium and chaetiger 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FE5CA0D3FDA73D2C" box="[480,603,1004,1029]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. barbata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB27FF88FD2FA0D3FCE83D2C" box="[659,788,1004,1029]" class="Polychaeta" family="Syllidae" genus="Syllis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="8" pageNumber="51" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="torquata">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FD2FA0D3FCE83D2C" box="[659,788,1004,1029]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. torquata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see 
<bibRefCitation id="FB460C9DCB27FF88FCEEA0D3FBDE3D2F" author="San" box="[850,1058,1004,1030]" pageId="8" pageNumber="53" refString="San Martin, G. (1992) Syllis Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Syllinae) from Cuba, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida and North Carolina, with a revision of several species described by Verrill. Bulletin of Marine Science, 51, 167 - 196." type="journal article" year="1992">San Martín, 1992</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="FB460C9DCB27FF88FB91A0D3FB3A3D2F" author="Licher" box="[1069,1222,1004,1030]" pageId="8" pageNumber="53" refString="Licher, F. (1999) Revision der gattung Typosyllis Langerhans, 1879 (Polychaeta: Syllidae). Morphologie, Taxonomie und Phylogenie. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturfornscheden Gesellschaft, 551, 1 - 336." type="journal article" year="1999">Licher, 1999</bibRefCitation>
). Unlike species mentioned above, 
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB27FF88FD81A72BFD5A3D04" box="[573,678,1044,1069]" class="Polychaeta" family="Syllidae" genus="Syllis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="8" pageNumber="51" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="krohni">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FD81A72BFD5A3D04" box="[573,678,1044,1069]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. krohni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<typeStatus id="406CCFCECB27FF88FD0AA72BFD163D07" box="[694,746,1044,1070]" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">type</typeStatus>
locality: Adriatic Sea) has dark violet pigmentation on dorsum of all anterior and sometimes middle segments. However, it differs from 
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB27FF88FAA8A703FEAE3D54" class="Polychaeta" family="Syllidae" genus="Syllis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="8" pageNumber="51" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="ergeni">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FAA8A703FEAE3D54" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. ergeni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having violet colour pigmentation (dark brownish in 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FC55A75BFBAC3D54" box="[1001,1104,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. ergeni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), distally widened dorsal cirri (tapering in 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FD9CA7B3FD743D8C" box="[544,648,1164,1189]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. ergeni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and unidentate blades on posterior parapodia (all bidentate in 
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB27FF88FEE4A78BFE3C3DE4" box="[344,448,1204,1229]" class="Polychaeta" family="Syllidae" genus="Syllis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="8" pageNumber="51" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="ergeni">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FEE4A78BFE3C3DE4" box="[344,448,1204,1229]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. ergeni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). 
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB27FF88FE64A78BFD5D3DE4" box="[472,673,1204,1229]" class="Polychaeta" family="Syllidae" genus="Syllis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="8" pageNumber="51" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="magdalena">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FE64A78BFD5D3DE4" box="[472,673,1204,1229]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">Syllis magdalena</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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locality: 
<collectingCountry id="E7C031FCCB27FF88FCE9A78BFC6A3DE7" box="[853,918,1204,1230]" name="Chile" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">Chile</collectingCountry>
) is easily separated from 
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB27FF88FB7FA78BFAD73DE4" box="[1219,1323,1204,1229]" class="Polychaeta" family="Syllidae" genus="Syllis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="8" pageNumber="51" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="ergeni">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FB7FA78BFAD73DE4" box="[1219,1323,1204,1229]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. ergeni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having unidentate falcigers. 
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB27FF88FDC2A7E3FCB93DDC" box="[638,837,1244,1269]" class="Polychaeta" family="Syllidae" genus="Syllis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="8" pageNumber="51" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="nigrescens">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FDC2A7E3FCB93DDC" box="[638,837,1244,1269]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">Syllis nigrescens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<typeStatus id="406CCFCECB27FF88FCEAA7E3FC763DDF" box="[854,906,1244,1270]" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">type</typeStatus>
locality: Phillippine) has also distinctive colour pattern (dark brown­black) (
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) on dorsum of anterior chaetigers, but it differs from 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FE54A613FDAD3C6C" box="[488,593,1324,1349]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. ergeni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the following characters: aciculae slender, slightly acuminate in 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FEE1A66BFE0A3C44" box="[349,502,1364,1389]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. nigrescens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
vs. acuminate and bent­tipped in 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FCC2A66BFC183C44" box="[894,996,1364,1389]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. ergeni</emphasis>
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; needle­like acicula present on anterior parapodia in 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FD9AA643FD3C3CBC" box="[550,704,1404,1429]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. nigrescens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
vs. absent in 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FCE2A643FC383CBC" box="[862,964,1404,1429]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. ergeni</emphasis>
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; antennae with 20–11 joints in 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FEB4A69BFE5E3C94" box="[264,418,1444,1469]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. nigrescens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
vs. with 30–26 joints in 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FD70A69BFCC93C94" box="[716,821,1444,1469]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. ergeni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; dorsal cirri with 24–12 joints in 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FB79A69BFEBB3CCC" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. nigrescens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
vs. with 34–16 joints in 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FD3CA6F3FD173CCC" box="[640,747,1484,1509]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. ergeni</emphasis>
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; blades of falcigers measuring 20–40 µm in 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FAA8A6F3FE783F24" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. nigrescens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
vs. 20–32.5 µm in 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FDCDA6CBFD263F24" box="[625,730,1524,1549]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. ergeni</emphasis>
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; proximal tooth and spines of blades of posterior falcigers relatively indistinct and small in 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FD42A523FC653F1C" box="[766,921,1564,1589]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. nigrescens</emphasis>
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vs. distinct and long in 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FB06A523FADE3F1C" box="[1210,1314,1564,1589]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. ergeni</emphasis>
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; proventriculus occupying 10 segments in 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FD48A57BFC723F74" box="[756,910,1604,1629]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. nigrescens</emphasis>
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vs. 5–8 segments in 
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FB3AA57BFB093F74" box="[1158,1269,1604,1629]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB27FF88FB3AA57BFB0D3F74" box="[1158,1265,1604,1629]" class="Polychaeta" family="Syllidae" genus="Syllis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="8" pageNumber="51" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="ergeni">S. ergeni</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
The other syllid species with distinctive colour pattern is 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FC3FA553FBFA3FAC" box="[899,1030,1644,1669]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. violacea</emphasis>
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(
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locality: Red Sea) that has dark brown colour in alcohol. This species differs from 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FC41A5ABFB993F84" box="[1021,1125,1684,1709]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. ergeni</emphasis>
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in having dorsal cirri longer than body width (shorter than body width in 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FC26A583FBFC3FFC" box="[922,1024,1724,1749]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. ergeni</emphasis>
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), somewhat slender aciculae (acuminate in 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FE52A5DBFDA43FD4" box="[494,600,1764,1789]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. ergeni</emphasis>
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), long and distinctive peristomium (very short in 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FB0CA5DBFAE53FD4" box="[1200,1305,1764,1789]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. ergeni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), posterior falcigers with small proximal tooth (long in 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FC3AA433FC123E0C" box="[902,1006,1804,1829]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. ergeni</emphasis>
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) and blades with a narrow gap between distal and proximal tooth (wide gap in 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB27FF88FCDBA40BFC323E64" box="[871,974,1844,1869]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="51">S. ergeni</emphasis>
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). The other species that show a close morphological affinity with 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB26FF89FD68A223FCB8381C" box="[724,836,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="52">S. ergeni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB26FF89FCCAA223FBF2381C" box="[886,1038,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="52">S. compacta</emphasis>
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, which was originally described from the Red Sea and subsequently reported from the Mediterranean Sea (
<bibRefCitation id="FB460C9DCB26FF89FB47A27BFE5838AF" author="San" pageId="9" pageNumber="53" refString="San Martin G. (1984) Estudio biogeografico, faunistico y sistematico de los Poliquetos de la Familia Silidos (Syllidae: Polychaeta) en Baleares. Publicaciones de la Universidad Compluense de Madrid, 187 / 84, 1 - 529." type="journal article" year="1984">San Martín, 1984</bibRefCitation>
[as 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB26FF89FE66A253FD2838AC" box="[474,724,364,389]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="52">Syllis golfonovoensis</emphasis>
(Hartmann, Schröder, 1962)
</taxonomicName>
], 
<bibRefCitation id="FB460C9DCB26FF89FBF4A253FADB38AF" author="Lopez" box="[1096,1319,364,390]" pageId="9" pageNumber="53" refString="Lopez, E., San Martin, G. &amp; Jimenez, M. (1996) Syllinae (Syllidae, Annelida, Polychaeta) from Chafarinas Islands (Alboran Sea, W Mediterranean). Miscel-lania Zoologica, 19, 105 - 118." type="journal article" year="1996">López et al., 1996</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="FB460C9DCB26FF89FEB4A2ABFDF83887" author="Cinar" box="[264,516,404,430]" pageId="9" pageNumber="53" refString="Cinar, M. E. &amp; Ergen, Z. (2002) Faunistic analysis of Syllidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Aegean Sea. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 43, 171 - 178." type="journal article" year="2002">Çinar &amp; Ergen, 2002</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="FB460C9DCB26FF89FDADA2ABFD633887" author="Cinar" box="[529,671,404,430]" pageId="9" pageNumber="53" refString="Cinar, M. E. (2003) Ecological features of Syllidae (Polychaeta) from shallow-water benthic environments of the Aegean Sea, eastern Mediterranean. Journal of Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 83, 737 - 745." type="journal article" year="2003">Çinar, 2003</bibRefCitation>
). However, these two species are easily separated from each other with the following characters; 1) colour (dark reddish in 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB26FF89FB9BA283FB7338FC" box="[1063,1167,444,469]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="52">S. ergeni</emphasis>
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, pale brownish in 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB26FF89FEE9A2DBFE1438D4" box="[341,488,484,509]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="52">S. compacta</emphasis>
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) 2) aciculae (one acicula on anterior parapodia with tip bending at a right angle in 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB26FF89FE17A133FDEE3B0C" box="[427,530,524,549]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="52">S. ergeni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, no such acicula in 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB26FF89FD46A133FC753B0C" box="[762,905,524,549]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="52">S. compacta</emphasis>
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; aciculae on middle parapodia with pointed tip in 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB26FF89FE13A10BFDE43B64" box="[431,536,564,589]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="52">S. ergeni</emphasis>
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, rounded tip in 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB26FF89FD6AA10BFC9A3B64" box="[726,870,564,589]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="52">S. compacta</emphasis>
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) 3) spines on falcigers (spines on cutting edge of falcigers small, thin, not surpassing the level of the proximal tooth in 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB26FF89FB78A163FAD73B5C" box="[1220,1323,604,629]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="52">S. ergeni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
vs. spines on cutting edge of falcigers in 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB26FF89FC99A1BBFC423BB4" box="[805,958,644,669]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="52">S. compacta</emphasis>
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, especially those at base of blades, long, thick, surpassing the level of proximal tooth) 4) proximal tooth of falcigers (always distinct, thick and long in 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB26FF89FD03A1EBFCD03BC4" box="[703,812,724,749]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="52">S. ergeni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
vs. small, thin and indistinct on inferior falcigers in posterior part of body in 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB26FF89FD70A1C3FCA33A3C" box="[716,863,764,789]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="52">S. compacta</emphasis>
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), 5) gap between distal and proximal tooth of blades (wide and crescent like in 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB26FF89FCB8A01BFC923A14" box="[772,878,804,829]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="52">S. ergeni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
vs. very narrow in 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB26FF89FBE2A01BFB0C3A14" box="[1118,1264,804,829]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="52">S. compacta</emphasis>
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), 6) blade length (inferior blade lengths of falcigers of 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB26FF89FCE0A073FC103A4C" box="[860,1004,844,869]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="52">S. compacta</emphasis>
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(range: 15–19 µm) shorter than those of 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB26FF89FE14A04BFDED3AA4" box="[424,529,884,909]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="52">S. ergeni</emphasis>
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(range: 20–25 µm) 6) stylus on pygidium (present on 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB26FF89FB2FA04BFADF3AA4" box="[1171,1315,884,909]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="52">S. compacta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, absent on 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB26FF89FE29A0A3FDFB3A9C" box="[405,519,924,949]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="52">S. ergeni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) 7) Proventriculus (without colour pattern and occupying ca. 10 segments with more than 35 muscle cell rows in 
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB26FF89FC20A0FBFBCE3AF4" box="[924,1074,964,989]" class="Polychaeta" family="Syllidae" genus="Syllis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="9" pageNumber="52" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="compacta">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB26FF89FC20A0FBFBCE3AF4" box="[924,1074,964,989]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="52">S. compacta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
vs. with distinctive colour pattern and occupying 5 segments with 32 muscle cell rows in 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB26FF89FB81A0D3FB583D2C" box="[1085,1188,1004,1029]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="52">S. ergeni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), 8) Dorsal cirri (wrinkled at base in 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB26FF89FD93A72BFD6A3D04" box="[559,662,1044,1069]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="52">S. ergeni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, annulated in 
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB26FF89FC80A72BFC373D04" box="[828,971,1044,1069]" class="Polychaeta" family="Syllidae" genus="Syllis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="9" pageNumber="52" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="compacta">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB26FF89FC80A72BFC373D04" box="[828,971,1044,1069]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="52">S. compacta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), 9) peristomium (not distinct dorsally in 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB26FF89FE30A703FDE73D7C" box="[396,539,1084,1109]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="52">S. compacta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
vs. distinct in 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB26FF89FD7AA703FCAA3D7C" box="[710,854,1084,1109]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="52">S. compacta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). The other species that show similarity with 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB26FF89FEF5A75BFE4A3D54" box="[329,438,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="52">S. ergeni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in terms of shape of aciculae and falcigers are 
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB26FF89FBAFA75BFB693D54" box="[1043,1173,1124,1149]" class="Polychaeta" family="Syllidae" genus="Syllis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="9" pageNumber="52" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="remanei">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB26FF89FBAFA75BFB693D54" box="[1043,1173,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="52">S. remanei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Hartmann­ Schröder, 1960), 
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB26FF89FE68A7B3FBE73D8F" authority="Hartmann-Schroder, 1987" authorityName="Hartmann-Schroder" authorityYear="1987" box="[468,1051,1164,1190]" class="Polychaeta" family="Syllidae" genus="Syllis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="9" pageNumber="52" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="warrnamboolensis">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB26FF89FE68A7B3FD373D8C" box="[468,715,1164,1189]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="52">S. warrnamboolensis</emphasis>
(Hartmann­Schröder, 1987)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB26FF89FB9BA7B3FE613DE7" authority="Averincev, 1972" authorityName="Averincev" authorityYear="1972" class="Polychaeta" family="Syllidae" genus="Syllis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="9" pageNumber="52" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="kerguelensis">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB26FF89FB9BA7B3FB2A3D8C" box="[1063,1238,1164,1189]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="52">S. kerguelensis</emphasis>
(Averincev, 1972)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB26FF89FE17A78BFCFE3DE7" authority="Ben-Eliahu, 1977" authorityName="Ben-Eliahu" authorityYear="1977" box="[427,770,1204,1230]" class="Polychaeta" family="Syllidae" genus="Syllis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="9" pageNumber="52" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="kabilica">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB26FF89FE17A78BFDD43DE4" box="[427,552,1204,1229]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="52">S. kabilica</emphasis>
Ben­Eliahu, 1977
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="58D70AEFCB26FF89FC83A78BFB273DE7" authority="Campoy, 1982" authorityName="Campoy" authorityYear="1982" box="[831,1243,1204,1230]" class="Polychaeta" family="Syllidae" genus="Syllis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="9" pageNumber="52" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="columbretensis">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB26FF89FC83A78BFBF23DE4" box="[831,1038,1204,1229]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="52">S. columbretensis</emphasis>
(Campoy, 1982)
</taxonomicName>
. However, 
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<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB26FF89FEF0A7E3FE443DDC" box="[332,440,1244,1269]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="52">S. ergeni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from all of the above­mentioned species in its distinctive colour pattern, the number of aciculae, the number of joints in dorsal cirri, the morphology and lengths of blades of falcigers and simple chaetae, and the morphology and colour of proventriculus and pharynx.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="D7CD22E7CB26FF89FE84A643FC963CCF" pageId="9" pageNumber="52" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="9F68716CCB26FF89FE84A643FC963CCF" blockId="9.[264,1325,284,1510]" pageId="9" pageNumber="52">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB26FF89FE84A643FE413CBF" bold="true" box="[312,445,1404,1430]" pageId="9" pageNumber="52">
<emphasis id="ADA3AD7ECB26FF89FE84A643FE4B3CBF" bold="true" box="[312,439,1404,1430]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="52">Etymology</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
The new species is dedicated to Prof. Dr. Zeki Ergen, from Ege University, who made excellent contributions to the understanding of polychaete diversity inhabiting the Turkish as well as eastern Mediterranean coasts.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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