Streptosyllis magnapalpa Hartmann-Schröder 1981

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Species
Type taxon: 
no
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Species description: 

Streptosyllis magnapalpa, anterior endHolotype anterior end only, 25 chaetigers, length 2.3mm, greatest width without parapodia 0.22 mm. No color. Prostomium more than twice as long as wide, anterior margin convex. Four eyes in wide trapezoidal arrangement on posterior half of prostomium. Palps broad and lobular, fused at base. Median antenna broken, inserted between posterior pair of eyes, Lateral antennae fusiform, slightly longer than prostomium, inserted on anterior third of prostomium. Peristomium not completely separated from prostomium, slightly shorter than first chaetiger. Dorsal tentacular cirri club-shaped to fusiform, about as long as the lateral antennae, ventral ones shorter. Dorsal cirri of first chaetiger about as long as the segment's width, indistinctly articulated, remaining dorsal cirri articulated with 4-6 articles each. Ventral cirri cirriform, posteriorly filiform and indistinctly articulated, slightly longer than parapodial lobe.

 

Streptosyllis magnapalpa, acicula

 

Acicula distally knobbed, slightly enlarged in chaetigers 2-6.

 

 

 

Streptosyllis magnapalpa, compound chaetae, anterior parapod

 

 

Slightly enlarged compound chaetae with stout triangular blades in chaetigers 2-6. First parapod with short but slender blades.

 

 

 

 

Streptosyllis magnapalpa, compound chaetae, midbody
Streptosyllis magnapalpa, compound chaetae, posterior chaetigers

 

From chaetiger 7 onwards blades becoming longer towards posterior end, dorsal ones moderately long, all serrated and distally bifid. Number of special chaetae in chaetigers 2-6 up to 13, afterwards reduced down to 6 posteriorly.

 

 

 

 

Streptosyllis magnapalpa, dorsal simple chaeta, anterior parapod
Streptosyllis magnapalpa, dorsal simple chaeta, midbody
Streptosyllis magnapalpa, dorsal simple chaeta, midbody

Dorsal simple chaeta from chaetiger 1, finely serrated on lower margin, distally with oval membrane.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pharynx broad, unarmed. Proventriculus from chaetiger 5 through 9, with 35 muscle cell rows.

 

 

Taxonomic Remarks: 

S. latipalpa and S. varians also possess well developed broad palps. S. varians has however pointed palps and the aciculae are enlarged in the first 20 chaetigers. S. latipalpa has no enlarged acicula in the 6th parapod and the shape of the chaetae are different. The compound chaetae with stout blades are present in chaetigers 1-4.

Type locality: 
Horrocks, Western Australia
Depth range: 
shallow waters
Ecology: 
Habitat: 

sand, algae, sea grass

Other information: 
Scratchpads developed and conceived by: Vince Smith, Simon Rycroft & Dave Roberts