Odontosyllis australiensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1979

Odontosyllis australiensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1979 View in CoL

Figs 19C–F, 20A–H, 21A–F

Odontosyllis australiensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1979: 95 View in CoL , figs 97– 104; 1981: 31; 1984: 20.

? Odontosyllis hyalina View in CoL .—Hartmann-Schröder, 1990: 50. Not Grube, 1878: 129.

Odontosyllis fulgurans View in CoL .— Haswell, 1920: 107. Not Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1834: 229.

Synpalposyllis australiensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1983: 132 , figs 18–20.

Material examined. AUSTRALIA: NEW SOUTH WALES: 100 m NW of Julian Rocks, Byron Bay , 28°36.8'S 15°37.8'E, shell and gravel, 15 m, coll. Ho & party, 3 Mar 1992, 1 ( AM W28217) GoogleMaps . WESTERN AUSTRALIA: N end of Long Is. , 28°27.9'S 113°46.3'E, dead coral substrate covered in coralline & brown algae, 5.5 m, coll. C. Bryce, 22 May 1994, 2 on SEM stub, ( AM W28380) GoogleMaps ; Lafontaine Is., Kimberley region , 14°10'S 125°47'E, 15m, coll P.A. Hutchings, 19 July 1988, 1 ( AM W28933) GoogleMaps ; Reef south of Lucas Is., Brunswick Bay , Kimberley region , 15°16'S 124°29'E, 2 m, coll P.A. Hutchings, 24 July 1988, 1 ( AM W28932) GoogleMaps .

Additional material. AUSTRALIA: WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Denmark, Ocean Beach , algae, 18 Nov. 1975, coll. & id. Hartmann-Schröder, holotype of Synpalposyllis australiensis , ( HZM P-17400) . Singapore, syntype of Odontosyllis hyalina Grube, 1878: 129 , ( MPUW 325 ) .

comparison to non-epigamic specimens, and it is difficult to assess if both species are valid or synonymous. The syntype ( MPUW, 325) is in poor condition, covered by crystals of formalin, but the chaetae appear different (see above); so at this stage we are accepting both species as valid.

Habitat. Occurring on algae, dead coral and coarse sediments, from intertidal to shallow depths.

Distribution. Australia ( Western Australia, New South Wales, Queensland).