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 Author Faulwetter, Sarah Author Chatzigeorgiou, Georgios Author Galil, Bella S. Author Arvanitidis, Christos text ZooKeys 2011 150 281 326 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.150.2146 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.150.2146 1313-2970-150-281 Sphaerosyllis taylori Perkins, 1981 Sphaerosyllis taylori Perkins, 1981: 1140, fig. 26; Uebelacker 1984 : 29, figs 21-22; San Martin 1984b : 247, fig. 58; 2003: 206, fig. 108; Russell 1991 : 71; Nunez et al. 1992 : 49; Parapar et al. 1994 : 99; Simboura 1996 : 53, fig. 6; San Martin and Bone 2001 : 614; Cinar 1999 : 161, fig. 4.58; Ruiz-Ramirez and Salazar-Vallejo 2001 : 131, fig. 6 (115-122); Cinar et al. 2003 : 759; Linero-Arana and Diaz-Diaz 2011: 9, figs 2.1-2.5 in online material. Material examined. Haifa Bay, Israel: ALA-IL-1 (1 ind.); ALA-IL-2 (33 ind.) [coll. 31.5.2009]; ALA-IL-7 (103 ind.), ALA-IL-10 (14 ind.) [coll. 11.10.2009]. Type locality. Florida, Hutchinson Island. Distribution. North-east and north-west Atlantic (North Sea to Canary Islands, east coast of the U.S. to Venezuela), Pacific Ocean ( Galapagos Islands) ( Linero-Arana and Diaz-Diaz 2011), Arctic Sea ( Ramos et al. 2010 ), Mediterranean Sea: WB, CB, AD, AS, BS, LB ( Abd-Elnaby and San Martin 2010 ). New record for the Israeli coast. Habitat. Shallow subtidal depths, in muddy to coarse sands with organic material, on rocks among photophilic or calcareous algae, among Posidonia oceanica rhizomes.