Ramisyllis, Glasby & Schroeder & Aguado, 2012

Glasby, Christopher J., Schroeder, Paul C. & Aguado, María Teresa, 2012, Branching out: a remarkable new branching syllid (Annelida) living in a Petrosia sponge (Porifera: Demospongiae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 164 (3), pp. 481-497 : 483

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00800.x
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persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DD4ED9CC-E069-4DE5-9BE5-49FBF5EEAB05
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scientific name	Ramisyllis
status	GEN. NOV.

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RAMISYLLIS GEN. NOV.

Type species: Ramisyllis multicaudata sp. nov.

Description: Syllinae with dendriform body, more or less circular in section (flattened ventrally); three antennae; palps free to base; two pairs of tentacular cirri; pharynx slender, mid-dorsal tooth present (juveniles), lost in adults; dorsal cirri articulated, with alternating thick/slender pattern on mid-body and posterior segments; ventral cirri present, not articulated, inserted proximally; single type of simple chaeta present, tomahawk shaped; reproduction by schizogamy, stolons produced on short stalks arising from internal lengths of worm body within the sponge.

Etymology: Named derived from the Latin, ramus, masculine, meaning branch.