Opisthodonta morena Langerhans, 1879

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 : 234

Opisthodonta morena Langerhans, 1879

Opisthodonta morena Langerhans, 1879: 547 , pl. 32, fig. 12a–b.—Pérès, 1954: 107, figs 3–6.— Laubier, 1966: 249.— Storch, 1966: 173–174, fig. 2.—Hartmann-Schröer, 1971: 100–104, figs 1–3a–e.— Campoy, 1982: 307.— San Martín, 2003: 54– 57, figs 15–16.— San Martín & Hutchings, 2006: 306–308, figs 40a–f, 41a–f, 42a–b.— Fukuda et al., 2015: 526–530 , figs 11a–g, 12a–d, 13a–d.

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.3028) .

Habitat. Occurring interstitially in coarse and coral sand, mud, as well as among seagrasses, from intertidal to depths greater than 240 m depth ( San Martín & Hutchings 2006), and among dead corals.

Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Madeira Island ( San Martín 2003), Australia (Western Australia, New South Wales; San Martín & Hutchings 2006), Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo; Fukuda et al. 2015). First record for East Timor.