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Glasby, C.J. and Watson, C. 2001. A new genus and species of Syllidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) commensal with octocorals. The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences, 17: 43-51.
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A survey of cnidarian material from Darwin Harbour, northern Australia, in the collection of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, yielded two species of commensal syllid polychaetes: Haplosyllis cf. bisetosa Hartmann-Schroder, 1960, an alcyonacean commensal previously known only from the Red Sea, plus a new species (and genus) of Syllinae, Alcyonosyllis phili. The new genus is characterised by having simple hooked chaetae with a subdistal boss and unarticulated dorsal cirri which are arranged in an alternating pattern of large, dorsally displaced cirri and smaller, lateral ones. Haplosyllis xeniaecola Hartmann-Schroder, 1993, which is also a commensal of alcyonaceans, is transferred to this new genus. Alcyonosyllis phili was found on nephtheid soft corals and gorgonians from the northwestern, northern and eastern coasts of Australia; it also occurs in southern New Guinea. Observations on the number of hosts harbouring A.phili and Haplosyllis cf. bisetosa and the number of worms per host are also provided.
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Systematics, Taxonomy
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Alcyonosyllis Glasby & Watson, 2001 (original description)
Alcyonosyllis phili Glasby & Watson, 2001 (original description)
Alcyonosyllis xeniaecola (Hartmann-Schröder, 1993) (new combination reference)
Haplosyllis gorgoniacolo Sun & Yang, 2004 accepted as Alcyonosyllis gorgoniacolo (Sun & Yang, 2004) (additional source)
Haplosyllis xeniaecola Hartmann-Schröder, 1993 accepted as Alcyonosyllis xeniaecola (Hartmann-Schröder, 1993) (new combination reference)
Alcyonosyllis phili Glasby & Watson, 2001 (original description)
Alcyonosyllis xeniaecola (Hartmann-Schröder, 1993) (new combination reference)
Haplosyllis gorgoniacolo Sun & Yang, 2004 accepted as Alcyonosyllis gorgoniacolo (Sun & Yang, 2004) (additional source)
Haplosyllis xeniaecola Hartmann-Schröder, 1993 accepted as Alcyonosyllis xeniaecola (Hartmann-Schröder, 1993) (new combination reference)
Darwin Harbour for Alcyonosyllis phili Glasby & Watson, 2001
Paratype MNCN 16.01/8712, geounit Darwin Harbour, identified as Alcyonosyllis phili Glasby & Watson, 2001
Paratype LACM Poly2075, geounit Darwin Harbour, identified as Alcyonosyllis phili Glasby & Watson, 2001
Holotype NTM W17206, geounit Darwin Harbour, identified as Alcyonosyllis phili Glasby & Watson, 2001
Paratype NTM W17207, geounit Darwin Harbour, identified as Alcyonosyllis phili Glasby & Watson, 2001
Paratype NTM W17208, geounit Darwin Harbour, identified as Alcyonosyllis phili Glasby & Watson, 2001
Paratype NTM W17209, geounit Darwin Harbour, identified as Alcyonosyllis phili Glasby & Watson, 2001
Paratype BMNH ZB2001.6910-6912, geounit Darwin Harbour, identified as Alcyonosyllis phili Glasby & Watson, 2001
Paratype LACM Poly2075, geounit Darwin Harbour, identified as Alcyonosyllis phili Glasby & Watson, 2001
Holotype NTM W17206, geounit Darwin Harbour, identified as Alcyonosyllis phili Glasby & Watson, 2001
Paratype NTM W17207, geounit Darwin Harbour, identified as Alcyonosyllis phili Glasby & Watson, 2001
Paratype NTM W17208, geounit Darwin Harbour, identified as Alcyonosyllis phili Glasby & Watson, 2001
Paratype NTM W17209, geounit Darwin Harbour, identified as Alcyonosyllis phili Glasby & Watson, 2001
Paratype BMNH ZB2001.6910-6912, geounit Darwin Harbour, identified as Alcyonosyllis phili Glasby & Watson, 2001
Distribution
Northwestern, northern and eastern coasts of Australia, and southern Papua New Guinea. [details]
Etymology
Name formed from the scientific name for soft corals (Alcyonacea) and Syllis, the type genus of the polychaete ... [details]
Etymology
The species is named after the author's colleague and friend Philip Alderslade (Curator of Cnidarians, NTM), who ... [details]
Habitat
On alcyonacean corals. Darwin (northern Australia) material was found on an undescribed genus and species of ... [details]
Taxonomy
Martin et al. (2009) refer a list of species belonging to the genus Alcyonosyllis which included Syllis ... [details]
Type locality
Australia, Northern Territory (marine), Darwin Harbour, East Arm Port (12º29.4'S, 130º53.9'E). [details]