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Issue: Vol. 4221 No. 4: 19 Jan. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-01-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4221.4.1
Page range: 401–430
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Deep sea Syllidae (Annelida, Phyllodocida) from Southwestern Atlantic

Departamento de Biologia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Marquês de São Vicente, 255, Gávea, 22451-900, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Laboratório de Polychaeta, Depto de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Avenida Carlos Chagas Filho 373, Bloco A, 21941-902, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Laboratório de Poliquetologia (LaPol), Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, travessa 14, n. 101, 05508-090, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Rua José Lourenço Kelmer, s/n, Martelos, 36036-330, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil
Annelida Polychaeta Anguillosyllis Exogone Parexogone Prosphaerosyllis Sphaerosyllis Syllis

Abstract

We describe herein ten species of Syllidae from the Southern Brazil continental slope (700–2000 m deep), belonging to the genera Anguillosyllis, Exogone, Parexogone, Prosphaerosyllis, Sphaerosyllis and Syllis. Out of those, three species are new to science and six are formally reported for Brazil for the first time. Some synonymies are proposed and a taxonomic key for all described species of the genus Anguillosyllis is provided.

 

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