Westheidesyllis splendida Fukuda & Paiva 2024, sp. nov. ...

• Main Authors: Rodolfo Leandro Nascimento, Marcelo Veronesi Fukuda, Paulo Cesar de Paiva
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2024
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Annelida; Polychaeta; Phyllodocida; Syllidae; Westheidesyllis; Westheidesyllis splendida; Hutchinson Island
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10803991; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10803991

Westheidesyllis splendida sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: D172737A-CC06-4DAB-B6E7-F82FDBD4A8E2 Figs 2–7 Diagnosis Westheidesyllis with parapodial glands. Etymology This species is named in honor of its type locality, the Rocas Atoll, a splendid place. Type material Holotype BRAZIL • Rocas Atoll; 3.8805091° S, 33.8780718° W; depth 1 m; 16 Oct. 2000; on coralline sand; MZUSP 6098. Paratypes BRAZIL • 4 specs; same collection data as for holotype; MZUSP 6099. Additional material examined BRAZIL • 135 specs; same collection data as for holotype; MNRJP • 57 specs (four mounted for SEM); Piscina das Âncoras; 3.8638266° S, 33.8263897° W; depth 1 m; 16 Oct. 2000; on coralline sand; MNRJP • 6 specs; “along of the Rais”; depth 1 m; 23 Oct 2000; on coralline sand; MNRJP. Comparative material examined Westheidesyllis gesae (Perkins, 1981) UNITED STATES • 1 spec. (holotype); Florida, Hutchinson Island; 27.3567° N, 80.2217° W; depth 10.9 m; 12 Mar. 1976; Gallagher, Boyle and Whiting leg.; T.H. Perkins det.; USNM 60456 • ... : Published as part of Rodolfo Leandro Nascimento, Marcelo Veronesi Fukuda & Paulo Cesar de Paiva, 2024, Two new incertae sedis syllids (Annelida: Syllidae) from Brazilian oceanic islands, pp. 46-66 in European Journal of Taxonomy 925 (1) on pages 55-62, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.925.2449, http://zenodo.org/record/10803984 ...