Syllis glarearia ( Westheide, 1974 )

Salcedo, Diana L. & Solís-Weiss, Guillermo San Martín And Vivianne, 2012, The genus Syllis (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Syllinae) in the southern Mexican Pacific, with the description of two new species and three new records, Zootaxa 3263, pp. 47-62 : 49-50

Syllis glarearia ( Westheide, 1974)

Typosyllis glarearia: Westheide, 1974: 55 –58; Licher, 1999: 175 –177, Fig. 78. Syllis glarearia: Aguado & San Martín, 2006 : 737.

Material examined. 207 specimens (CPICML PO-37-084). 12 specimens, Caleta E1B1, 16°49.797’N, 99°54.062’W, 25 May 2006, 12 m, coarse sand. 32 specimens, Caleta E1B2, 16°49.797’N, 99°54.062’W, 25 May 2006, 12 m, coarse sand. 65 specimens, Palmitas E2B1, 16°49.420’N, 99°54.733’W, 25 May 2006, 10.5 m, coarse sand. 86 specimens, Palmitas E2B2, 16°49.420’N, 99°54.733’W, 25 May 2006, 10.5 m, coarse sand. 3 specimens, El Jardín E3B1, 16°49.436’N, 99°54.981’W, 26 May 2006, coarse sand. 9 specimens, El Jardín E3B2, 16°49.436’N, 99°54.981’W, 26 May 2006, coarse sand.

Remarks. Syllis glarearia ( Westheide, 1974) was one of the most abundant species in the studied area. The characters agree well with the original description ( Westheide, 1974). S. glarearia had only been reported from the Galapagos Islands so that this new record from the Mexican Pacific extends its distribution range to the north. Habitat. Medium to coarse sand.

Distribution. Galapagos Islands, Panama (Pacific) and Southern Mexican Pacific.