Amblyosyllis vesiculosa Hartmann-Schröder, 1989

San Martin, G & Hutchings, PA, 2006, Eusyllinae (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from Australia with the Description of a New Genus and Fifteen New Species, Records of the Australian Museum 58, pp. 257-370 : 265-266

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Amblyosyllis vesiculosa Hartmann-Schröder, 1989
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Fig. 5A–C

Amblyosyllis vesiculosa Hartmann-Schröder, 1989: 25 View in CoL , figs 28–33.

Material examined. AUSTRALIA: NEW SOUTH WALES: Lake Macquarie , 33°03'S 151°38'E algae & epibionts, intertidal, coll. G. Hartmann-Schröder, holotype ( HZM P-19661) GoogleMaps .

Description. Specimen complete, but broken in two pieces, in good condition. Body small, 2 mm long, 0.2 mm wide, with 13 chaetigers. Prostomium rounded; 4 eyes in trapezoidal arrangement. Antennae inserted on anterior margin of prostomium, median one with about 11 articles, lateral ones with about 7 articles ( Fig. 5A). Palps ventrally folded, not visible dorsally. Nuchal lappets rounded, extending to anterior margin of chaetiger 1 ( Fig. 5A). Peristomium visible dorsally; tentacular cirri similar to antennae; dorsal tentacular cirri with about 12 articles, ventral ones with 2–3 articles. Dorsal cirri about twice width of body, distinctly articulated, with about 12–14 articles; large, hyaline inclusions common throughout cirri and antennae ( Fig. 5A). Ventral cirri, rounded, similar length to parapodial lobes, sometimes with large inclusions. Parapodial lobes length similar to body width, blunt, distally bilobed ( Fig. 5B). Parapodia with compound chaetae, about 13–15 anteriorly, 9 posteriorly, heterogomph, with short, bidentate blades, with small dorsoventral gradation in length, with fine spines on margin ( Fig. 5C). Pharynx, strongly coiled, extending to chaetiger 5 ( Fig. 5A); trepan small, formed by 6 unidentate teeth (according to original description by Hartmann-Schröder, 1989), not verified. Proventricle on chaetiger 5, about length of segment, with about 14 muscle cell rows. Pygidium compact, with 2 coiled anal cirri.

Habitat. Occurring on algae, intertidally.

Distribution. Australia (New South Wales).

HZM

Museum of Natural History (Hrvatski Zooloski Muzej)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Annelida

Class

Polychaeta

Order

Phyllodocida

Family

Syllidae

Genus

Amblyosyllis

Loc

Amblyosyllis vesiculosa Hartmann-Schröder, 1989

San Martin, G & Hutchings, PA 2006
2006
Loc

Amblyosyllis vesiculosa Hartmann-Schröder, 1989: 25

Hartmann-Schroder, G 1989: 25
1989
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