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Revision of the genus Megasyllis (Annelida, Syllidae) with descriptions of four new species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2013

Guillermo San Martín ,
María Teresa Aguado  and
Patricia Álvarez-Campos
Guillermo San Martín*
Affiliation:
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Departamento de Biología (Zoología), Facultad de Ciencias, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
María Teresa Aguado
Affiliation:
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Departamento de Biología (Zoología), Facultad de Ciencias, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain American Museum of Natural History, Invertebrates Division, New York, NY 10024-5192, USA
Patricia Álvarez-Campos
Affiliation:
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Departamento de Biología (Zoología), Facultad de Ciencias, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: G. San Martín, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Departamento de Biología (Zoología), Facultad de Ciencias, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain email: guillermo.sanmartin@uam.es
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Abstract

The genus Megasyllis is herein reorganized excluding the size from the diagnosis, since it is not a characteristic of all the species of the genus. We provide here a taxonomic account of all known species and a key to species identification. Seven species are new combinations, and re-descriptions of the four latter are included: Megasyllis nipponica (Imajima, 1966) and M. multiannulata (Aguado, San Martín & Nishi, 2008) from Japan; Megasyllis procera (Hartman, 1965) from the Atlantic; Megasyllis pseudoheterosetosa (Böggemann & Westheide, 2004) from the Indian Ocean. Megasyllis glandulosa (Augener, 1913), from Australia; Megasyllis marquesensis (Monro, 1939) from the Marquesas Islands, Micronesia and Megasyllis subantennata (Hartmann-Schröder, 1984) from Australia. Four new species from the Pacific Ocean namely Megasyllis tigrina sp. nov., Megasyllis mariandreworum sp. nov. (both from Australia), Megasyllis chrissyae sp. nov. (from the Philippines) and Megasyllis eduardoi sp. nov. (from New Zealand) are described.

Keywords

AnnelidaSyllidaeSyllinaeMegasyllistaxonomyrevisionnew species
Type
Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 94 , Issue 2 , March 2014 , pp. 331 - 351
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2013 

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