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Verdes, Aida; Aguado, M. Teresa; San Martín, Guillermo. (2013). Re-description of some poorly known species of the family Syllidae (Annelida). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 93(08): 2109-2122.
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10.1017/s0025315413000660 [view]
Verdes, Aida; Aguado, M. Teresa; San Martín, Guillermo
2013
Re-description of some poorly known species of the family Syllidae (Annelida)
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
93(08): 2109-2122
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Several poorly known species of the family Syllidae (Annelida) have been revised and re-described. New diagnosis and taxonomic remarks are provided for Erinaceusyllis erinaceus, Opisthosyllis neglecta comb. nov., Parapionosyllis parapionosylliformis [sic for paraprionosylliiformis] comb. nov., Prosphaerosyllis semiverrucosa comb. nov. and Amblyosyllis granosa.
Systematics, Taxonomy
Amblyosyllis granosa Ehlers, 1897 (redescription)
Erinaceusyllis erinaceus (Claparède, 1863) (redescription)
Opisthosyllis neglecta (Grube, 1869) (new combination reference)
Parapionosyllis parapionosylliiformis (Hartmann-Schröder, 1962) (new combination reference)
Prosphaerosyllis semiverrucosa (Ehlers, 1913) (new combination reference)
Erinaceusyllis erinaceus (Claparède, 1863) (redescription)
Opisthosyllis neglecta (Grube, 1869) (new combination reference)
Parapionosyllis parapionosylliiformis (Hartmann-Schröder, 1962) (new combination reference)
Prosphaerosyllis semiverrucosa (Ehlers, 1913) (new combination reference)
Classification
Although not based on molecular data, thus an interim classification, Verdes, Aguado & San Martin (2013) included ... [details]
Spelling
The species name is wrongly spelled by the recombining authors (Verdes et al 2013) with a single i instead of as ... [details]
Taxonomy
Verde et al (2013) appear to have examined only the original 4 specimens from Simonstown, South Africa. There were ... [details]