Branchiosyllis exilis ( Gravier, 1900 )

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 : 235

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4834.2.5
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4452255
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scientific name	Branchiosyllis exilis ( Gravier, 1900 )
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Branchiosyllis exilis ( Gravier, 1900) View in CoL

Syllis (Typosyllis) exilis Gravier, 1900: 160–162 View in CoL , figs 28–30.— Augener, 1913: 192.

Branchiosyllis abranchiata Hartmann-Schröder, 1965 View in CoL : figs 39–42.

Syllis (Typosyllis) fuscosuturata Augener, 1922: 43 View in CoL .

Syllis fuscosuturata Monro, 1933: 32 View in CoL , fig. 14.

Syllis (Typosyllis) plessisi Rullier, 1972: 167 View in CoL .

Trypanosyllis uncinigera Hartmann-Schröder, 1960: 86 View in CoL , figs 54–58.

Branchiosyllis uncinigera Harlock & Laubier, 1966: 18 View in CoL , figs 1–3.

Branchiosyllis exilis View in CoL . — Westheide, 1974: 60, fig. 26.— Uebelacker, 1984: 30–105, figs 30–100.— San Martín, 1991: 233; 2003: 332, figs 184, 185.— San Martín et al., 2008a: 127–130, figs 6a–f, 7a–f.— San Martín et al., 2013: 166; Hartmann-Schröder, 1986: 37; 1991: 24, figs 14–18.— Aguado et al., 2008: 6 7, figs 1, 2.— Ruiz-Ramírez & Harris, 2008: 1, fig. 1.—Góngora- Garza et al., 2011: 378.— Álvarez-Campos et al., 2012: 57–58.— Lucas et al., 2017: 7–8, figs 8–10.

Material examined. EAST TIMOR. East of Atauro Island , 08°13’48”S 125°36’56”E, outer reef, coral reef slope, dead coral, 16 m depth, 20 Sep 2012, coll. A. Murray & P.A. Hutchings, 1 spec. ( AM W.53026) GoogleMaps .

Habitat. Shallow waters, on sponges, algae, gorgonians and coral rubble ( Álvarez-Campos et al. 2012).

Distribution. Apparently circumtropical, also present in the warmest waters of the Mediterranean Sea ( San Martín 2003) and the Red Sea ( Abd-Elnaby 2019), as well as in Australia (North and Central Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales, Northern Territory; San Martín et al. 2008a). First record for East Timor.