title: A new species of Alcyonosyllis Glasby and Watson, 2001 (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Syllinae) from Shimoda, Japan, commensal with the gorgonian Melithaea flabellifera.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biología (Zoología), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Sapin. guillermo.sanmartin@uam.es
authors.forename: Guillermo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: San Martín
authors.forename: Eijiroh
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nishi
mesh_terms: 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