Re-description of Parasphaerosyllisindica Monro, 1937 (Annelida, Syllidae), with the establishment of a new species from western Mexico.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Parasphaerosyllis Monro, 1937 is a syllid genus, currently composed of four species: P.indica Monro, 1937 from the Arabian Sea, P.uschakovi (Chlebovitsch, 1959) from the Kurile Islands, P.ezoensis Imajima & Hartman, 1964 from Japan and P.malimalii Capa, San Martín & López, 2001 from the Pacific coast of Panama. The distribution of P.indica is circum-tropical to temperate waters, but the presence of species complexes has been suggested. In order to clarify the distribution of P.indica in many areas of the world, a re-description, based on examination of the type material, is required as a first step to a better understanding of its diagnostic features.

New information

Parasphaerosyllisindica is re-described, b

SUBMITTER: Gongora-Garza G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10851158 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature