Prosphaerosyllis longipapillata ( Hartmann-Schröder, 1979 ), Hartmann-Schroder, 1979

Aguado, M. Teresa, Murray, Anna & Hutchings, Pat, 2015, Syllidae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Zootaxa 4019 (1), pp. 35-60 : 44-45

Prosphaerosyllis longipapillata ( Hartmann-Schröder, 1979)

( Fig. 5 B)

Sphaerosyllis longipapillata Hartmann-Schröder, 1979: 106 , figs 148–150. Sphaerosyllis longipapillata .— Çinar et al. 2003: 757 –759, fig. 5.

Prosphaerosyllis longipapillata .— San Martín 2005: 61 –64, figs 17A–G, 18A–H.

Material examined. AM W.44995, MI QLD 2433; AM W.44994, MI QLD 2437; AM W.44985, MI QLD 2437; AM W.44993, MI QLD 2433; AM W.44717, MI QLD 2379; AM W.44787, MI QLD 2391; AM W.43860, MI QLD 2329; AM W.44099, MI QLD 2340; AM W.45202, MI QLD 2437.

Remarks. Specimen AM W.45202 is brooding eggs dorsally in two rows, two pairs per segment ( Fig. 5 B). Specimen AM W.44787 is epigamic. Some specimens possess dorsal cirri longer than those described by San Martín (2005). First report for Lizard Island.

Habitat. All kind of substrates, from intertidal to 466 m depth ( San Martín, 2005). Distribution. Australia (all states), Mediterranean (alien species).

Figures

FIGURE 5. A. Exogone africana AM W. 45201, dorsal view; B. Prosphaerosyllis longipapillata AM W. 45202, dorsal view; C. Paraopisthosyllis phyllocirra AM W. 44771, dorsal view; D. Megasyllis heterosetosa AM W. 44780, dorsal view; E. Megasyllis heterosetosa under fluorescent green light, dorsal view; F. P arasphaerosyllis indica AM W. 44422, pygidium, dorsal view. Scale bars: F = 50 µm.