Haplosyllis spongicola (Grube, 1855)

Faulwetter, Sarah, Simboura, Nomiki, Katsiaras, Nikolaos, Chatzigeorgiou, Giorgos & Arvanitidis, Christos, 2017, Polychaetes of Greece: an updated and annotated checklist, Biodiversity Data Journal 5, pp. 20997-20997 : 20997

Haplosyllis spongicola (Grube, 1855)

Haplosyllis hamata ( Claparède, 1868) | Haplosyllis spongicola (Grube, 1855) | Syllis spongicola Grube, 1855 | Syllis (Haplosyllis) spongicola Grube, 1855

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Species complex. The taxonomy of the species is confused, with a long list of synonyms. Originally described from the Northern Adriatic but reported from worldwide locations ( Martín et al. 2003), with three different morphotypes in the Western Mediterranean. Currently, three well-described species of Haplosyllis are known the Mediterranean: Haplosyllis spongicola , Haplosyllis chamaeleon Laubier, 1960 and Haplosyllis granulosa (Lattig, San Martín & Martin, 2007). The description of Haplosyllis spongicola by San Martín (2003) is referred in part to Haplosyllis granulosa ( Lattig et al. 2007). In addition, a number of Haplosyllis species have been described from the Mediterranean and the Black Sea which are currently regarded as incertae sedis due to lost type material and insufficient descriptions ( Lattig and Martín 2009). Eastern Mediterranean records should also be examined for possible occurrences of the Red Sea species Haplosyllis djiboutiensis Gravier, 1900.