Ehlersileanira Pettibone, 1970

Cruz-Gómez, Christopher, 2022, Reinstatement of Ehlersileanira simplex (Ehlers, 1887) comb. nov. reinst., distinct from E. incisa (Grube, 1877) (Annelida: Sigalionidae), with a key to all the species of Ehlersileanira, Journal of Natural History 56 (1 - 4), pp. 157-172 : 170-171

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scientific name	Ehlersileanira Pettibone, 1970
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Key to species of Ehlersileanira Pettibone, 1970 View in CoL

1 Median antennal ceratophore with only auricles ...................................................................... 2

- Median antennal ceratophore with auricles and ctenidia......................................................... ......... E. andamanensis Aungtonya and Eibye-Jacobsen, 2016 View in CoL , Thailand, Andaman Sea.

2(1) Median antennal style with short distal article; branchiae from segment 9 ..................... .............................................................................. E. incisa ( Grube, 1877) View in CoL , Congo, Western Africa.

- Median antennal style with articles of similar length; branchiae from more posterior segments.................................................................................................................................................... 3

3(2) Tentacular cirri long, about four times as long as prostomium; branchiae from segment 16............................................ E. simplex ( Ehlers, 1887) View in CoL , off Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico.

- Tentacular cirri short, about three times as long as prostomium; branchiae begin before segment 16 ................................................................................................................................. 4

4(3) Prostomium with two pairs of eyes; median antennal ceratophore with a small pair of auricles, which cover 1/4 of the prostomium................................................................................. ................................................ Leanira vulturis Horst, 1917 View in CoL , Indonesia, Malayan Archipelago.

- Prostomium without eyes; median antennal ceratophore with a large pair of auricles, which cover 2/3 of the prostomium .................................................................................................. .............................................................. Leanira izuenzis Takahashi, 1938 , Izu Peninsula, Japan.

References

Aungtonya C, Eibye-Jacobsen D. 2016. A New Species of the Genus Ehlersileanira (Polychaeta: Sigalionidae) from the Andaman Sea, Thailand. Species Diversity. 21 (2): 111 - 116. doi: 10.12782 / sd. 21.2.111.

Ehlers E. 1887. Report on the Annelids of the Dredging Expedition of the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer ' Blake'. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 15: 1 - 335.

Grube AE. 1877. Die von der Gazzelle (Captain von Schleinitz) mitgebrachten Anneliden, zu denen noch 2 von Dr. Buchholz gesammelte kommen. Bericht Uber Die Zur Bekanntmachung Geeigneten Verhandlungen der Konigl Preuss Akademie der Wissenschaften Zu Berlin. 1877: 509 - 554.

Horst R. 1917. Polychaeta Errantia of the Siboga-Expedition. Part 2. Aphroditidae and Chrysopetalidae. Siboga-Expeditie Monography. 24 b: 1 - 192.

Pettibone MH. 1970. Revision of some species referred as Leanira Kinberg (Polychaeta: Sigalionidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 53: 1 - 25. doi: 10.5479 / si. 00810282.53

Takahashi K. 1938. Polychaetous Annelids of Izu Peninsula 1. Polychaeta, collected by the Misago during the Zoological Survey around the Izu Peninsula. Science Reports of the Tokyo Burnika Daigaku, Ser B. 3: 193 - 220.