Marion & Bobretzky, 1875

Description:
Prostomium heart-shaped, rounded quadrangular, with a deep incision in the posterior edge, 4 eyes, anterior pair larger and with lenses. Body without a median lateral groove.
Prostomium with 3 antennae and 2 annulated palps, thicker and a little shorter than the lateral antennae and with 2 rings.
Lateral antennae thread-like and a little longer than the prostomium. Median antenna at most half the size of the lateral antennae.
Between 6-8 pairs of annulated tentacular cirri. From the 6th segment to posterior end, the parapodia biramous.
Dorsal tentacular cirri of the second segment the longest, reaching to segment 10-12. Ventral cirri of the third segment the shortest and reaching to 6th segment. Segment 5 without notopodia and dorsal chaetae; only with dorsal acicula.
Dorsal- and ventral cirri annulated. Dorsal chaetae of 3 types; 10-15 short capillary chaetae, some slightly curved smooth acicular chaetae and in the lower part of the bundle some finely serrated chaetae.
Pharynx short, broad and smooth with 35-50 terminal papillae, without jaws
(G. propinqua-ventral view).

Size:
Body up to 7.5-10 mm for 32 segments.

Colour:
Transparent, with dark brown pigmented dorsal cross-bands, which are connected dorsolaterally.

Habitat:
Unknown.

Distribution:
North Pacific, North Atlantic, Mediterranean, English Channel, Skagerrak.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Annelida
Class Polychaeta
Order Phyllodocida
Superfamily Nereidoidea
Family Hesionidae
Subfamily Hesioninae
Genus Gyptis
Species Gyptis propinqua

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Gyptis propinqua Marion & Bobretzky, 1875

Scientific synonyms and common names

Gyptis propinqua Marion & Bobretzky, 1875

Hartmann-Schröder, G., 1996. Annelida, Borstenwürmer, Polychaeta. Tierwelt Deutschlands, 58: 1-648.

Pleijel, F., 1993. Taxonomy of European species of Amphiduros and Gyptis (Polychaeta: Hesionidae). Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 106(1): 158-181.

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