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Syllidae (Annelida: Polychaeta: Phyllodocida) from the Chausey Archipelago (English Channel, France), with a description of two new species of the Exogoninae Prosphaerosyllis

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Specimens of Syllidae (Polychaeta) were collected from a coarse sediment habitat in the intertidal zone of the Chausey Archipelago (English Channel, France). Twenty-one species of Syllidae were identified in this zone, including two new species, which are described herein. Prosphaerosyllis chauseyensis, n. sp. is characterized by a distinct digitiform papilla on antennae, tentacular and dorsal cirri, and by the presence of two sizes of dermal papillae without any specific arrangement. Prosphaerosyllis laubieri, n. sp. is a minute sized species with dorsal cirri similar throughout the body and with small, scattered papillae on the dorsum and ventrum, which are longer and numerous on the palps. One species was reported for the first time in the north-east Atlantic (Parapionosyllis brevicirra) and six were new for both France and the English Channel (Prosphaerosyllis giandoi, Sphaerosyllis glandulata, Sphaerosyllis taylori, Streptosyllis campoyi, Syllis licheri, and Syllis pontxioi).

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The authors especially thank T. Abiven and A. Guigny for helping us during the field work. Financial support, including an MSc grant to C. Grant, was provided by National Agencies (Agence de l’eau Seine Normandie, Direction régionale de l’Environnement Basse-Normandie, Fonds d’aménagement et de développement du Territoire, Ministère de l’Agriculture et de la pêche, Syndicat Mixte ‘Espaces Littoraux de la Manche’,) by the European Commission (Fonds Européens de la Pêche) and by the Réseau Aquaculture Québec.

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  1. Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Département Milieux et Peuplements Aquatiques, UMR 7208 BOREA MNHN/CNRS/P6/IRD, CRESCO, 38 rue du Port Blanc, 35800, Dinard, France

    Frédéric Olivier

  2. Institut des Sciences de la Mer, Université du Québec à Rimouski, 310 allée des Ursulines, Rimouski, QC, G5L 3A1, Canada

    Cindy Grant & Philippe Archambault

  3. Departamento de Biologia, Unidad de Zoologia, Laboratorio de Invertebrados Marinos, Facultad de Ciencas, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Canto Blanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain

    Guillermo San Martín

  4. Maurice-Lamontagne Institute, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 850 route de la Mer, Mont-Joli, QC, G5H 3Z4, Canada

    Christopher W. McKindsey

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Olivier, F., Grant, C., San Martín, G. et al. Syllidae (Annelida: Polychaeta: Phyllodocida) from the Chausey Archipelago (English Channel, France), with a description of two new species of the Exogoninae Prosphaerosyllis . Mar Biodiv 42, 55–63 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-011-0092-1

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