Family Syllidae Grube, 1850
Table. Overview of Syllidae collected from Falkland Islands (Table split according to subfamilies).
Subfamily Exogoninae
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Body surface |
No. of antennae and their lengths |
No. and form of TC |
Other character/s |
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Anguillosyllis palpata |
smooth |
3; subequal with MA slightly longer than LA |
1 pair; ovoid |
11 chaetigers; palps very long |
|
Exogone (Parexgone) cf. wolfi |
smooth |
3; unequal with MA much longer than LA |
1 pair; ovoid |
without modified compound chaetae; falcigers distally bidentate |
|
Exogone cf. heterosetosa |
smooth |
3; subequal with MA slightly longer than LA |
1 pair; ovoid |
modified compound chaeta falciger-like with short blade |
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Exogone heterosetoides australis |
smooth |
3; unequal with MA about 3 times the length of LA |
1 pair; ovoid |
modified compound chaeta spiniger-like with very long blade |
|
Sphaerosyllis lateropapillata |
papillated |
3; equal sized, flask-shaped |
1 pair; flask-shaped |
two longer papillae laterally on each segment |
| Sphaerosyllis perspicax | ||||
| Prosphaerosyllis sp. 1 | ||||
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MA= median antenna, LA= lateral antenna, TC= tentacular cirri
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Other subfamilies
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Subfamily |
Form of chaetae |
No. and form of acicula |
Approximate no. of articulations of dorsal cirri |
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Pionosyllis sp. 1 |
Eusyllinae |
about 12 bidentate falcigers, with blades of varying lengths + 2 very long slender, bidentate spinigers |
single, straight, ending in blunt tip (in 20 chaetigers-long fragment) |
articulation very weak |
|
Syllis sp. 1 |
Syllinae |
about 12 falcigers with varying length of blades (but no true spinigers), distally bidentate with curved tip and serrated margins. |
2 aciculae (in mid body chaetigers) one with spatula-like tip, one with subdistal bulge and tapering tip. |
alternating; longer with 15, shorter with 10 |
|
Syllis sclerolaema |
Syllinae |
about 6 falcigers; all with very short, thick, smooth, bidentate blades |
? |
alternating; longer with 45, shorter with 20 |
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Autolytinae sp. |
very small specimen, in bad condition, report of distribution only, description not provided. |
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