Haplosyllis imajimai Lattig & Martin & Martín 2010, sp. nov.

• Main Authors: Lattig, Patricia, Martin, Daniel, Martín, Guillermo San
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Annelida; Polychaeta; Phyllodocida; Syllidae; Haplosyllis; Haplosyllis imajimai; East Point; Kangaroo Island; Lafontaine Island; Long Island; Penguin Island
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5310558; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5310558

Haplosyllis imajimai sp. nov. Figs 8A–I, 9A–F Examined material. AUSTRALIA. SOUTH AUSTRALIA: HOLOTYPE, AM W14020 and 2 PARATYPES AM W36593: American Bay, Kangaroo Island, 35º47'08''S 137º46'31''E, coll. by H. Duyverman, 1976. Additional material examined: VICTORIA: 2 specimens AM W29550, Corio Bay, Port Phillip Bay, 38°06'S 144°25'55"E, 5m, silty clay, coll. Marine Science Lab, Corio Bay Benthic survey, 1 July 1987. NORTHERN TERRITORY: 1 specimen AM W36594, Darwin Harbour, East Point, 12°24'36''S 130°39'57''E, 7–10 m, dead coral rubble and algal washings, coll. P.A. Hutchings, 17 July 1993. WESTERN AUSTRALIA: 1 specimen AM W36595, Goss passage, Beacon Island, 28º25'30''S 113º47'E, 20 m, dead plates of Acropora, covered in coralline algae, coll P.A Hutchings, 20 May 1994. 2 specimens AM W36597, Lafontaine Island, Kimberleys, 14º10'S 125º47'E, 15m, coll. P.A. Hutchings, 19 July 1988. 4 specimens AM W36596 (plus 1 mounted for SEM), Beacon Island, off south end of Long Island, 28°28'48''S 113°46'18''E, 5 m, dead coral substrate, covered in coralline algae, coll. P.A. Hutchings, 25 May 1994. 1 incomplete specimen AM W28398, west of Penguin Island, Warnbro Sound, 32º18'S 115º41'E, 5m, reef substrate, algae and sponge, coll. P.A. Hutchings, 21 March 1993. 1 specimen AM W28378, Wallabi group of Islands, 28º24'07''S 113º47'23''E, 40 m, medium sand with scallops, rubble, coll. P.A. Hutchings, 28 May 1994. Description. (Measurements in parenthesis from additional material examined) Body robust, broadest in proventricular segments, gradually tapering towards posterior end (Fig. 9A). Holotype and two paratypes measuring 2.6–2.8 (1.4–2.7) cm long, with 107–117 (46–126) segments. Body pale yellow when preserved, with round, small dorsal granules; dorsal pigment pattern absent. Prostomium subpentagonal, wider than longer, with two pairs of small red eyes in trapezoidal arrangement (Fig. 8A). Median antennae broken in most observed specimens, inserted on middle of prostomium between eyes (about 30 articles); lateral antennae ...