San Martin, Guillermo; Lopez, Eduardo. (2002). New species of Autolytus Grube, 1850, Paraprocerastea San Martin & Alos, 1989, and Sphaerosyllis Claparede, 1863 (Syllidae, Polychaeta) from the Iberian Peninsula. Sarsia. 87(2): 135-143.
New species of Autolytus Grube, 1850, Paraprocerastea San Martin & Alos, 1989, and Sphaerosyllis Claparede, 1863 (Syllidae, Polychaeta) from the Iberian Peninsula.
Sarsia
87(2): 135-143
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
During the project "Fauna Ibérica", established to develop a complete inventory of Iberian fauna, several new species belonging to the family Syllidae Grube, 1850 were found. In this paper, Autolytus labordai n. sp., Paraprocerastea draculai n. sp., and Sphaerosyllis parabulbosa n. sp. are described. Autolytus labordai n. sp. is characterized by having long nuchal lappets, short appendages, relatively long blades on the compound chaetae, and a trepan composed of eight or nine large teeth separated from one another by two medium-sized teeth or by two medium-sized teeth with one small tooth between them. Paraprocerastea draculai n. sp. is characterized by having tapering and somewhat flattened antennae, tentacular cirri and dorsal cirri of chaetiger 1, and short and ovoid dorsal cirri on the remaining parapodia. Its trepan is composed of two large, fang-shaped teeth, separated by two semicircles of 12-14 smaller teeth. Lastly, it only possesses simple chaetae, of which those of the anterior two chaetigers are different. Sphaerosyllis parabulbosa n. sp. is characterized by having minute antennae, tentacular and dorsal cirri, parapodial glands with rod-like material from chaetiger 4, unidentate blades on compound chaetae, and aciculae distally bent at a right angle.
