Syllis pulvinata (Langerhans, 1881)

Faulwetter, Sarah, Chatzigeorgiou, Georgios, Galil, Bella S. & Arvanitidis, Christos, 2011, An account of the taxonomy and distribution of Syllidae (Annelida, Polychaetes) in the eastern Mediterranean, with notes on the genus Prosphaerosyllis San Martin, 1984 in the Mediterranean, ZooKeys 150, pp. 281-326 : 293

Syllis pulvinata (Langerhans, 1881)

Typosyllis pulvinata Langerhans, 1881: 97, 104; Licher 2000: 158, fig. 70.

Syllis pulvinata : Çinar and Ergen 2003: 787; San Martín 2003: 372, figs 202-204.

Syllis (Typosyllis) truncata mediterranea Ben-Eliahu, 1977a: 10, fig. 2.

Syllis mediterranea : San Martín, 1984b; 209, fig. 8.

Material examined.

Elounda, Crete, Greece: CELA-1b-08 (1 ind.), CELA-5c-08 (2 ind.), CELB-15d-08 (1 ind.) [coll. 12.6.2008].

Type locality.

Canary Islands (Atlantic Ocean).

Distribution.

North-east Atlantic (Cantabrian Sea to Canary Islands), Red Sea, Mediterranean: WB, CB, AD, AS, LB. New record for the Aegean Sea.

Habitat.

Shallow subtidal depths, on calcareous substrates (vermetid reefs), among photophilic algae, endobiont of sponges.