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| Author(s): |
Marcelo Veronesi Fukuda
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Biociências (IBIOC/SB) |
| Defense date: | 2010-05-10 |
| Examining board members: |
João Miguel de Matos Nogueira;
Antonia Cecilia Zacagnini Amaral;
Alvaro Esteves Migotto;
Edmundo Ferraz Nonato;
Cinthya Simone Gomes Santos
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| Advisor: | João Miguel de Matos Nogueira |
| Abstract | |
Syllidae Grube, 1850, is one of the largest polychaete families, comprehending relatively small-bodied errant animals, with homonomous segmentation and uniramous parapodia internally sustained by aciculae, exceptionally biramous in epitokous forms; located at the posterior part of the pharynx, the proventricle, a barrel-shaped muscular structure easily seen by transparency through the body wall, is one of the synapomorphies of the family. The group is notorious by the diversity of reproductive strategies, with representatives usually presenting the phenomena of epitoky, but external brooding of eggs, viviparity, parthenogenesis and architomy are all also found among syllids. Syllidae currently consists on 5 sub-families, Syllinae Grube, 1850, Autolytinae Langerhans, 1879, Exogoninae Langerhans, 1879, Eusyllinae Malaquin, 1893, and Anoplosyllinae Aguado & San Martín, 2009, defined by the morphology of the palps, antennae, peristomial and dorsal cirri, and by the shape of the pharynx and proventricle. Despite being one of the most abundant and diverse families of Polychaeta, the state of knowledge of the syllid fauna occurring off the Brazilian coast is still poor. Up to the present, only 25 genera and 84 species have been registered for the area, which is a relatively low number compared to regions where the syllid fauna has been more extensively investigated, as the Iberian Peninsula, for example. The present Thesis is a taxonomic study of the Syllidae from the southeasternsouthern coast off Brazil, based on material collected by three independent projects: REVIZEE/Score Sul/Bentos Marinho, BIOTA/FAPESP/Benthic Marine Biodiversity in the State of São Paulo, and Biodiversity of Intertidal Polychaetes (Annelida: Polychaeta) on Rocky Shores off the State of São Paulo. Identifications were based on morphological characters seen under compound light microscope and, in some cases, scanning electron microscope (SEM), with the aid of specialized and updated scientific literature. For some species, comparisons were made with type-material and specimens from other localities. Illustrations were done with the aid of drawing tubes and/or digital camera attached to the microscope, in addition to the SEM images, when available. Material examined consists of 10299 specimens, belonging to 24 genera and 83 species, of which 40 taxa are new occurrences for the Brazilian coast, and 15 species are new to science. (AU) | |