Branchiosyllis verruculosa ( Augener, 1913 )

Martínez, María José & Martín, Guillermo San, 2020, Syllidae (Annelida) from East Timor and the Philippines (Pacific Ocean), with the description of three new species of Syllis Savigny in Lamarck, 1818, Zootaxa 4834 (2), pp. 231-263 : 236

Branchiosyllis verruculosa ( Augener, 1913)

Syllis (Typosyllis) verruculosa Augener, 1913: 203 , text.–fig. 24a–c, pl. 3, fig. 39.— Day & Hutchings, 1979: 104.

Syllis verruculosa . — Monro, 1939: 29, text.–fig. 298.

Branchiosyllis verruculosa Licher, 1999: 274 .— Aguado et al., 2008: 13 , fig. 5.— San Martín et al., 2008a: 140, figs 17, 18, 19a–d.

Material examined. EAST TIMOR. East of Atauro Island , 08°13’48”S 125°36’56”E, outer reef, coral reef slope, broad-leaved Halimeda sp., 17 m depth, 20 Sep 2012, coll. L.E. Hughes, 1 spec. ( AM W.45709) .

Habitat. From intertidal to 33 m, under rocks or among dead corals covered by coralline algae ( San Martín et al. 2008a).

Distribution. Australia (Central Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland; San Martín et al. 2008a), Indonesia ( Aguado et al. 2008), Easter Island ( San Martín et al. 2017). First record for East Timor.