On a new species of Nuchalosyllis (Polychaeta: Syllidae), a rare syllid genus only known from Brazilian waters

Author(s)

Fukuda, Marcelo Veronesi ^[1] ; de Matos Nogueira, Joao Miguel ^[1]

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Biociencias, Dept Zool, BR-05508900 Sao Paulo - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom; v. 93, n. 4, p. 963-966, JUN 2013.
• Web of Science Citations: 5

Abstract

Nuchalosyllis Rullier \& Amoureux, 1979 is an extremely rare syllid genus, only known from the holotype of its type species, N. lamellicornis Rullier \& Amoureux, 1979. The genus is characterized by the dorso-ventrally flattened body and the unique comb-like nuchal epaulettes. We herein describe the second specimen of this genus ever found, which is also a new species, Nuchalosyllis maiteae sp. nov.; it differs from N. lamellicornis in having different morphology of nuchal epaulettes, spinose papillae on cirrophores of dorsal cirri throughout and sub-bidentate posterior body falcigers. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 10/19424-7 - Taxonomic study of the syllids (Annelida: Polychaeta: Syllidae) from the Araçá Bay and ultrastructural analysis of the incubation methods of eggs and juveniles in Exogoninae
• Grantee: Marcelo Veronesi Fukuda
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral