Syllis alternata Typosyllis alternata An account of the taxonomy and distribution of Syllidae (Annelida, Polychaetes) in the eastern Mediterranean, with notes on the genus Prosphaerosyllis San Martin, 1984 in the Mediterranean Faulwetter, Sarah Chatzigeorgiou, Georgios Galil, Bella S. Arvanitidis, Christos ZooKeys 2011 150 281 326 http://species-id.net/wiki/Syllis_alternata Moore, 1908 Moore 1908 Polychaeta Syllidae Syllis CoL Animalia Syllis alternata Phyllodocida 11 292 Annelida species alternata   Syllis alternataMoore, 1908: 323; 1909: 321;  Cinar1999: 246, fig. 4.102;  Cinarand Gambi 2005: 754;  Cinarand Ergen 2003: 777.  Typosyllis alternata: Kudenov and Harris 1995: 83, fig. 1.32; Licher 2000: 253, figs 17p, 106; Imajima 2003: 163.  Material examined. Alykes, Crete, Greece: CALB-15c-07 (1 ind.) [coll. 18.9.2007]; CALB-1a-07 (1 ind.) [coll. 19.9.2007]; CALA-10d-08 (2 ind.), CALA-15d-08 (1 ind.), CALB-20b-08 (1 ind.), CALA-20b-08 (2 ind.), CALA-20c-08 (5 ind.), CALB-20d-08 (6 ind.) [coll. 17.6.2008]. Elounda, Crete, Greece: CELB-20c-07 (1 ind.) [coll. 26.9.2007]; CELB-1a-07 (4 ind.) [coll. 29.9.2007]; CELA-10b-08 (1 ind.), CELB-10b-08 (1 ind.), CELA-10c-08 (1 ind.), CELB-10c-08 (1 ind.), CELA-10d-08 (2 ind.), [coll. 11.6.2008]; CELB-1a-08 (1 ind.), CELA-5b-08 (1 ind.), CELA-5d-08 (2 ind.), CELB-15c-08 (5 ind.) [coll. 12.6.2008].  Type locality. Alaska (Pacific Ocean).  Distribution. East Pacific (Alaska to Panama), west Atlantic (North Carolina to Cuba) ( Capa et al. 2001), Japan ( Imajima 2003), Indonesia (Aguado et al. 2008), Mediterranean: WB, CB, AS, LB. New record for the Greek coast.  Habitat. Until 2500 m depth ( Moore 1909), among Posidonia oceanicarhizomes, calcareous algae, corals and photophilic algae ( San Martin2003), in sandy and muddy sediments ( Moore 1909).