Eusyllis assimilis Marenzeller 1875

• Main Authors: Aguado, Teresa, Martín, Guillermo San, Ten, Harry A.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Annelida; Polychaeta; Phyllodocida; Syllidae; Eusyllis; Eusyllis assimilis; Pacific; Indian; New Zealand; San Martín; Sumba; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6235702; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6235702

Eusyllis assimilis Marenzeller, 1875 Eusyllis assimilis Marenzeller, 1875: 158.— San Martín, 2003: 114 –117, figs 52, 53.— San Martín & Hutchings, 2006: 273, figs 10 a–j, 11 a–e, 12 a–c. Material examined. 1 spec. ZMA V.Pol. 5254, Indonesia, NE coast of Sumba, 09° 57 'S 120 ° 48 'E, sandy bottom with sponges & gorgonians, 50 m, 1.2 m Agassiz trawl, Snellius II, Sta. 4.068, 16 Sept. 1984; 1 spec. AM W 28942, Australia, New South Wales, SW side of South Solitary Is. 30 ° 12 'S 153 ° 16 'E, coral rubble, 18 m, 24 Jun. 1992; several spec. AM W 28941, Western Australia, Red Bluff, Kalbarri, 27 ° 42 'S 114 ° 09'E, mixed coralline algae on rocky shore, 3.5 m, 10 Jan. 1984. (Material from Australia identified by San Martín & Hutchings, 2006). Remarks. The specimen agrees well with the previous descriptions and with material from Australia. The species was originally described from the Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea), however, it was later found in different localities of the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean, and recently in the Indian Ocean (Australia). Distribution. North Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, North Pacific Ocean, South Pacific Ocean (New Zealand, Australia), Indian Ocean (Australia), Indonesia. Published as part of Aguado, Teresa, Martín, Guillermo San & Ten, Harry A., 2008, Syllidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Indonesia collected by the Siboga (1899 – 1900) and Snellius II (1984) expeditions, pp. 1-48 in Zootaxa 1673 on page 4, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.180233