Ehlers, 1912 : 19
WesenbergLund 1961 : 67
Revision of Autolytinae (Syllidae: Polychaeta).
Nygren, Arne
Zootaxa
2004
680
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Ehlers, 1912
Ehlers
1912
[264,664,283,310]
Polychaeta
Syllidae
Autolytus
Animalia
Phyllodocida
190
191
Annelida
species
longstaffi
Autolytus longstaffi Ehlers, 1912: 19–21, pl. 2, fig. 6, 11; Hartman 1964: 78, pl. 24, fig. 3.? Autolytus longstaffi WesenbergLund 1961: 67–68.
Distribution. Antarctic.
Remarks. Typesdo not exist. Description of male and female stolons. Maleof Proceraea type, with 2 pairs of tentacular cirri, achaetous knobs, 6 chaetigers in region a, and thick typeof bayonet chaetae. Female with 6 chaetigers in region a as interpreted from illustration (5 according to Ehlers' description), tentacular cirri and achaetous knobs not mentioned, chaetae of same typeas in male. WesenbergLund (1961)briefly describes an atokous form with developing stolons behind chaetiger 11–13, that may or may not be A. longstaffi. Autolytus longstafficould be the stolons to several Proceraeataxa.