Odontosyllis australiensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1979

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 : 284-286

Odontosyllis australiensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1979

Figs 19C–F, 20A–H, 21A–F

Odontosyllis australiensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1979: 95 , figs 97– 104; 1981: 31; 1984: 20.

? Odontosyllis hyalina .—Hartmann-Schröder, 1990: 50. Not Grube, 1878: 129.

Odontosyllis fulgurans .— Haswell, 1920: 107. Not Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1834: 229.

Synpalposyllis australiensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1983: 132 , figs 18–20.

Material examined. AUSTRALIA: NEW SOUTH WALES: 100 m NW of Julian Rocks, Byron Bay , 28°36.8'S 15°37.8'E, shell and gravel, 15 m, coll. Ho & party, 3 Mar 1992, 1 ( AM W28217) . WESTERN AUSTRALIA: N end of Long Is. , 28°27.9'S 113°46.3'E, dead coral substrate covered in coralline & brown algae, 5.5 m, coll. C. Bryce, 22 May 1994, 2 on SEM stub, ( AM W28380) ; Lafontaine Is., Kimberley region , 14°10'S 125°47'E, 15m, coll P.A. Hutchings, 19 July 1988, 1 ( AM W28933) ; Reef south of Lucas Is., Brunswick Bay , Kimberley region , 15°16'S 124°29'E, 2 m, coll P.A. Hutchings, 24 July 1988, 1 ( AM W28932) .

Additional material. AUSTRALIA: WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Denmark, Ocean Beach , algae, 18 Nov. 1975, coll. & id. Hartmann-Schröder, holotype of Synpalposyllis australiensis , ( HZM P-17400) . Singapore, syntype of Odontosyllis hyalina Grube, 1878: 129 , ( MPUW 325 ) .

comparison to non-epigamic specimens, and it is difficult to assess if both species are valid or synonymous. The syntype ( MPUW, 325) is in poor condition, covered by crystals of formalin, but the chaetae appear different (see above); so at this stage we are accepting both species as valid.

Habitat. Occurring on algae, dead coral and coarse sediments, from intertidal to shallow depths.

Distribution. Australia (Western Australia, New South Wales, Queensland).