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A total of
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were obtained from three DIVA-Artabria I samples. Sample AT-1000,
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16.01/12018) and 5
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16.01/12021-25). Sample AT-600, 1
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, nodules and stones,
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16.01/12019). Sample DRN-800, 1
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Midbody parapodia with straight aciculae and moderately long spiniger-like chaetae having indistinct subdistal tooth and appearing almost unidentate.
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Description based on
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Body long, thin;
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long,
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wide, 72 chaetigers; longest specimen
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long,
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wide, 94 chaetigers. Prostomium semicircular to pentagonal, with four eyes in trapezoidal arrangement, anterior eyes larger than posterior; apparently without eyespots (
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A, B). Median antenna longer than prostomium and palps together, inserted between posterior eyes with 1214 articles (
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B); lateral antennae inserted near anterior margin of prostomium, similar in shape to median antenna, with 12 articles. Peristomium somewhat shorter than subsequent segments; dorsal tentacular cirri long, with 1723 articles; ventral cirri shorter than dorsal ones with about 10 articles. First dorsal cirri longer than remaining ones (2026 articles), then alternating short (1112 articles) and long (1718 articles), becoming progressively shorter and fusiform after proventricle, with 89 articles, at midbody to 78 articles in posterior-most cirri (
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AC). Anterior parapodia with 1014 compound heterogomph chaetae; dorsal-most ones with relatively long blades (70 µm long) with short marginal spines, slightly bidentate (
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A); remaining chaetae with shorter blades, decreasing progressively in length from dorsal (2728 µm long) to ventral (22 µm long), with short marginal spines and distinct subdistal tooth (
<figureCitation id="BAD3D181ED20E77931A0FA71FEF3F9DA" box="[159,227,1512,1536]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1934,1957]" captionTargetBox="[263,1334,212,1895]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[246,1345,193,1925]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 6. Syllis mercedesae sp. nov. A, B. Anterior compound chaetae; C. Anterior aciculae; D and E. Midbody compound chaetae; F. Midbody aciculae; G and H. Posterior compound chaetae; I. Posterior dorsal simple chaeta; J. Posterior ventral simple chaeta; K. Posterior acicula. Scale: 20 μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/210490/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="83">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
B). Number of compound chaetae per parapodium progressively decreasing to 8 from midbody: 12 dorsal, with elongated blades (70 µm long), spiniger-like, bidentate, with subdistal tooth small, and short marginal spines (
<figureCitation id="BAD3D181ED20E77931A0F9A9FEFCF992" box="[159,236,1584,1608]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1934,1957]" captionTargetBox="[263,1334,212,1895]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[246,1345,193,1925]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 6. Syllis mercedesae sp. nov. A, B. Anterior compound chaetae; C. Anterior aciculae; D and E. Midbody compound chaetae; F. Midbody aciculae; G and H. Posterior compound chaetae; I. Posterior dorsal simple chaeta; J. Posterior ventral simple chaeta; K. Posterior acicula. Scale: 20 μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/210490/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="83">Figs. 6</figureCitation>
D, E); remaining chaetae with marked dorsoventral gradation in blade length (from 40 to 20 µm), bidentate. Posterior parapodia with 8 compound chaetae, one with slightly elongated blade (44 µm long) and short marginal spines, bidentate, with subdistal tooth distinct (
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G); remaining chaetae with shorter articles (2728 µm to 1920 µm long), with short marginal spines and distinct subdistal tooth (
<figureCitation id="BAD3D181ED20E77932FFF905FDEDF96E" box="[960,1021,1692,1716]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1934,1957]" captionTargetBox="[263,1334,212,1895]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[246,1345,193,1925]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 6. Syllis mercedesae sp. nov. A, B. Anterior compound chaetae; C. Anterior aciculae; D and E. Midbody compound chaetae; F. Midbody aciculae; G and H. Posterior compound chaetae; I. Posterior dorsal simple chaeta; J. Posterior ventral simple chaeta; K. Posterior acicula. Scale: 20 μm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/210490/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="83">Fig 6</figureCitation>
H). Dorsal simple capillary chaeta on posterior parapodia, bidentate, smooth (
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Fig.
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I). Ventral simple chaeta on posterior parapodia, slender, bidentate, with subdistal tooth small, smooth (
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J). Anterior parapodia with four aciculae, three of them thin, with straight, blunt tips; one with truncate tip (
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C); then progressively decreasing to two at midbody (
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F) and one in posterior parapodia, straight, acute distally, protruding from parapodial lobes (
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K). Pygidium small, with two long anal cirri with 14 articles (
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C). Pharynx long and slender, through about nine segments (
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A); middorsal pharyngeal tooth located on anterior margin. Proventricle shorter than pharynx, through seven segments with about 2728 muscle cell rows.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="109C1116ED20E77931F8F825FF41F80E" bold="true" box="[199,337,1980,2004]" pageId="6" pageNumber="83">Etymology:</emphasis>
The species is named after Mercedes Lucas Rodríguez, sister of first author.
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<paragraph id="2257CD04ED21E77831A8F829FFADF83F" blockId="7.[151,1436,1968,2021]" pageId="7" pageNumber="84">
<emphasis id="109C1116ED21E77831A8F829FF05F81C" bold="true" box="[151,277,1968,1991]" pageId="7" pageNumber="84">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="109C1116ED21E7783020F829FFC6F81C" box="[287,470,1968,1990]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="84">Syllis mercedesae</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="109C1116ED21E77830E0F828FC22F81C" bold="true" box="[479,562,1969,1990]" pageId="7" pageNumber="84">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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A. Anterior end dorsal view; B. Prostomium, dorsal view (paratype); C. Pygidium dorsal view. Scale: 0.38 mm.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="2257CD04ED2EE77731A8F817FC9FF805" blockId="8.[151,1436,1934,2017]" pageId="8" pageNumber="85">
<emphasis id="109C1116ED2EE77731A8F817FF03F879" bold="true" box="[151,275,1934,1957]" pageId="8" pageNumber="85">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="109C1116ED2EE7773025F817FFDEF87E" box="[282,462,1934,1956]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="85">Syllis mercedesae</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="109C1116ED2EE77730EBF816FC35F87E" bold="true" box="[468,549,1935,1956]" pageId="8" pageNumber="85">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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A, B. Anterior compound chaetae; C. Anterior aciculae; D and E. Midbody compound chaetae; F. Midbody aciculae; G and H. Posterior compound chaetae; I. Posterior dorsal simple chaeta; J. Posterior ventral simple chaeta; K. Posterior acicula. Scale: 20 μm.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="6AF29E8FED2FE77631F8FF01FC34FF0E" pageId="9" pageNumber="86" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="2257CD04ED2FE77631F8FF01FC34FF0E" blockId="9.[151,1436,151,860]" pageId="9" pageNumber="86">
<emphasis id="109C1116ED2FE77631F8FF01FF79FF6A" bold="true" box="[199,361,151,176]" pageId="9" pageNumber="86">
<typeStatus id="FD5373A6ED2FE77631F8FF01FF10FF6A" box="[199,256,152,176]" pageId="9" pageNumber="86">Type</typeStatus>
locality:
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Continental slope off Ártabro Gulf (Galicia, NW
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), on hard substrates (dead corals and stones), from
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<date id="5656EBC4ED2FE776300DFF25FFD4FF0E" box="[306,452,188,212]" pageId="9" pageNumber="86" value="1091" valueMax="1132">1091 to 1132</date>
m
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deep.
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<subSubSection id="6AF29E8FED2FE77631F8FF79FFCAFC86" pageId="9" pageNumber="86" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="109C1116ED2FE77631F8FF79FF2BFF22" bold="true" box="[199,315,224,248]" pageId="9" pageNumber="86">Remarks.</emphasis>
Thirty two species of
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<emphasis id="109C1116ED2FE776337FFF79FC6CFF22" box="[576,636,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="86">Syllis</emphasis>
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are currently known for the Iberian Peninsula (
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;
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), none combining the presence of straight aciculae, protruding from parapodial lobes in posterior-most parapodia with the midbody moderately long spiniger-like chaetae with indistinct subdistal tooth, appearing almost unidentate. The new species resembles
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<emphasis id="109C1116ED2FE7763255FED5FA03FEBE" box="[874,1043,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="86">Syllis parapari</emphasis>
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(
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)
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, but the pseudo-spiniger chaetae in
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<emphasis id="109C1116ED2FE7763279FEE9FA1FFE52" box="[838,1039,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="86">Syllis mercedesae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="109C1116ED2FE7763525FEE9FA67FE52" bold="true" box="[1050,1143,368,392]" pageId="9" pageNumber="86">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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have shorter articles and indistinctly bidentate distal ends; the posterior dorsal and ventral simple chaetae are bidentate, smooth (with broad tip and spinulated in
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<emphasis id="109C1116ED2FE77630BFFE21FFEFFE0A" box="[384,511,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="86">S. parapari</emphasis>
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); the dorsal cirri are somewhat thicker and less sharpened distally (more elongated and sharpened in
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<emphasis id="109C1116ED2FE7763051FE44FFE4FE2E" box="[366,500,477,500]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="86">S. parapari</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); and, finally, the 68 anterior aciculae differ in shape in both species.
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<emphasis id="109C1116ED2FE7763460FE45FF30FDC2" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="86">Syllis beneliahuae</emphasis>
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(
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)
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also resembles the new species in having falciger chaetae very similar in shape, but differs in the acicular shape (slender, acuminate in
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<emphasis id="109C1116ED2FE77635D4FDBCFB84FDE6" box="[1259,1428,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="86">S. beneliahuae</emphasis>
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; straight, acute, protruding out of the parapodia in
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<emphasis id="109C1116ED2FE77633E4FDD1FD6CFDBA" box="[731,892,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="86">S. mercedesae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="109C1116ED2FE77632B9FDD1FDF3FDBA" bold="true" box="[902,995,584,608]" pageId="9" pageNumber="86">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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) The spiniger-like chaetae of the new species are similar to those of
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<emphasis id="109C1116ED2FE77630D1FDF5FC7FFD5E" box="[494,623,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="86">Syllis rosea</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
, but differs in their length and, also, in the shape of its posterior aciculae (broad, ending in right angle in
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<emphasis id="109C1116ED2FE776322FFD09FD7DFD72" box="[784,877,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="86">S. rosea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
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<emphasis id="109C1116ED2FE77632B6FD09FA38FD72" box="[905,1064,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="86">Syllis cornuta</emphasis>
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(species wrongly reported in the Iberian Peninsula) differs from
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<emphasis id="109C1116ED2FE776339DFD2CFD51FD16" box="[674,833,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="86">S. mercedesae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="109C1116ED2FE7763277FD2DFDB2FD16" bold="true" box="[840,930,692,716]" pageId="9" pageNumber="86">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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in having longer, slender dorsal cirri, as well as in some chaetal details. The differences among all these species in blade length of pseudospiniger chaetae, together with some other relevant characters are summarized in
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. Furthermore, no other species of the genus worldwide (
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) has the peculiar combination of characters of
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<emphasis id="109C1116ED2FE77632D6FCB9FA9EFCE2" box="[1001,1166,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="86">S. mercedesae</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="109C1116ED2FE77635A5FCB9FAE8FCE2" bold="true" box="[1178,1272,800,824]" pageId="9" pageNumber="86">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, allowing the description of a new species.
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