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Góngora-Garza, Gerardo; de León-González, Jesús Angel. (1993). Dos nuevos sílidos (Polychaeta: Syllidae) y nuevos regístros para México. Con una clave a las especies de síldos del Pacífico Mexicano. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 34(1): 17-28.
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10.21411/CBM.A.726A6161 [view]
Góngora-Garza, Gerardo; de León-González, Jesús Angel
1993
Dos nuevos sílidos (Polychaeta: Syllidae) y nuevos regístros para México. Con una clave a las especies de síldos del Pacífico Mexicano
Cahiers de Biologie Marine
34(1): 17-28
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World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
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This paper documents the presence of four species of syllids from Isla María Madre, Nayarit, México. Two of them are described as new for science: Odontosyllis heterodonta n. sp. and Pseudosyllides mexicana n. sp. Autolytus prolifer and Pionosyllis luquei are for the first time recorded in the Pacific. A key of the syllids of the mexican pacific coast are shown.
Eastern Pacific warm temperate to tropical
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Systematics, Taxonomy
Odontosyllis heterodonta Góngora-Garza & Léon-González, 1993 (original description)
Pseudosyllides mexicana Góngora-Garza & Léon-González, 1993 accepted as Inermosyllis mexicana (Góngora-Garza & Léon-González, 1993) (original description)
Typosyllis bella Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Syllis bella (Chamberlin, 1919) (new combination reference)
Pseudosyllides mexicana Góngora-Garza & Léon-González, 1993 accepted as Inermosyllis mexicana (Góngora-Garza & Léon-González, 1993) (original description)
Typosyllis bella Chamberlin, 1919 accepted as Syllis bella (Chamberlin, 1919) (new combination reference)
Holotype USNM 148669, geounit Mexican part of the North Pacific Ocean, identified as Odontosyllis heterodonta Góngora-Garza & Léon-González, 1993
Holotype USNM 148670, geounit Mexican part of the North Pacific Ocean, identified as Pseudosyllides mexicana Góngora-Garza & Léon-González, 1993
Holotype USNM 148670, geounit Mexican part of the North Pacific Ocean, identified as Pseudosyllides mexicana Góngora-Garza & Léon-González, 1993
Distribution
Mexican Pacific coast. [details]
Distribution
Mexican Pacific coast. [details]
Etymology
The specific epithet heterodonta refers to the differences between the pharyngeal teeth. [details]
Etymology
The specific epithet mexicana refers to the type locality of the species, the Mexican coast of the Pacific Ocean. [details]
Habitat
Among algae and sponges, littoral. [details]
Habitat
Among algae and sponges, littoral. [details]
Type locality
North Pacific Ocean, Mexico, Nayarit, Marías Islands, María Madre Island (between 21º30' and 21º40'N, and ... [details]
Type locality
North Pacific Ocean, Mexico, Nayarit, Marías Islands, María Madre Island (between 21º30' and 21º40'N, and ... [details]