Haplosyllis anthogorgicola Utinomi, 1956

Lattig, Patricia & Martin, Daniel, 2009, A taxonomic revision of the genus Haplosyllis Langerhans, 1887 (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Syllinae), Zootaxa 2220, pp. 1-40 : 10-11

Haplosyllis anthogorgicola Utinomi, 1956

( Fig. 5 A–H)

Haplosyllis anthogorgicola Utinomi, 1956: 247 –249, fig. 2.— Imajima & Hartman, 1964: 119 –120.— Imajima, 1966: 220.— Licher, 1999: 280.— Martin et al. 2002: 470 –473, figs 11–13.

Material examined. Southern Japan. 27 Syntypes, SMBL 161, Seto, Wakayana, Honsyû﹐ coll. H. Utinomi.

Diagnosis. Anterior dorsal cirri long, after proventricle short, with 1–6 articles ( Fig. 5 A). Anterior chaetae with MF deeply incised near its apex and deep fold opposite to MF ( Fig. 5 C); chaetae from chaetigers 6–7 with less pronounced incision ( Fig. 5 E); midbody chaetae without such incision ( Fig. 5 G). One acicula per parapodium, anterior and medium aciculae with slightly curved tip upwards directed, posterior acicula broad, with a 90º bent tip ( Fig. 5 D, F, H).

Reproduction. Unknown.

Host. The gorgonian Anthogorgia bocki . Details on the association in Martin et al. (2002).

Distribution. Southern Japan.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Haplosyllis anthogorgicola. A—anterior end, dorsal view; B—posterior end, dorsal view; C—anterior chaeta; D—anterior acicula; E—midbody chaeta; F—midbody acicula; G—posterior chaeta; H—posterior acicula. Scale bars: A – B = 200 Μm; C – H = 20 Μm.