A new species of Alcyonosyllis Glasby and Watson, 2001 (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Syllinae) from Shimoda, Japan, commensal with the gorgonian Melithaea flabellifera.
A new species of Alcyonosyllis Glasby and Watson, 2001 (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Syllinae) is described from shallow water of Shimoda, Izu Peninsula, Japan. The worms were commensal with the gorgonian Melithae flabellifera (Kükenthal, 1909). Alcyonosyllis glasbyi n. sp. differs from all other species of the genus in having a single chaeta per parapodium. The genus is new to Japan.
San Martín
Guillermo
G
Departamento de Biología (Zoología), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Sapin. guillermo.sanmartin@uam.es
Nishi
Eijiroh
E
D000818:Animals; D037421:Anthozoa; D004777:Environment; D007564:Japan; D010802:Phylogeny; D011077:Polychaeta / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012098:Reproduction; D013045:Species Specificity