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
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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).