Abyssal benthic Syllidae (Annelida : Polychaeta) from the Angola Basin

Three species of Syllidae were obtained from the deep sea expedition DIVA-1 to the south-eastern sector of the Atlantic Ocean. Anguillosyllis capensis Day, 1963 has previously been recorded only from the Agulhas Bank, Parexogone wolfi San Martin, 1991 is also known from the northern Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, and Typosyllis sp. might be a new species. (c) 2004 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.