Two new species of Syllis (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from South Africa, one of them viviparous, with remarks on larval development and vivipary

• Published in: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
• Main Authors: Simon, Carol, Martín, Guillermo San, Robinson, Georgina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Holothuria scabra; Larval development; reproduction; Syllis amicarmillaris sp. nov; Syllis unzima sp. nov; Lamarck; Crassostrea gigas
• Online Access: https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/26ed25c4-f3cf-4d05-8c7d-b56e0b765eb0; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315413001926; https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0025315413001926/type/journal_article

Two new species of South African Syllidae of the genus Syllis Lamarck, 1818 are described. Syllis unzima sp. nov. is characterized by having unidentate compound chaetae with long spines on margin, a characteristic colour pattern and its reproduction by vivipary. Vivipary is not common among the poly...