Cinar, Melih Ertan2019-10-272019-10-2720070025-31541469-77690025-31541469-7769https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315407054355https://hdl.handle.net/11454/39726The examination of rock and stone samples collected at 0.2-3 in in Mersin Bay (Levantine coast of Turkey) revealed the presence of 14 specimens belonging to a new species of Syllidae (Polychaeta), Trypanosyllis sanmartini. The species is mainly characterized by having dark reddish-brown dorsal cirri, pale yellowish body colour, weakly bidentate falcigers, long and filiform dorsal cirri, long proventricle and pharynx, and a trepan with ten large teeth (without a pharyngeal mid-dorsal tooth). The posterior-most segments of the holotype and five paratypes had a cluster of stolons. The morphology and reproductive features of the species are explained and discussed.en10.1017/S0025315407054355info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessArticle872451457WOS:000246419200011Q3