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October 28, 2025
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Molecular analysis of Indo-Pacific Syllinae annelids with the description of five new species from the Philippine Islands

Publicated to: Systematics And Biodiversity. 21 (1): 2227630- - 2023-12-31 21(1), DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2023.2227630

Authors:

Moreno-Martínez, L; Martín, GS; Riesgo, A; Giribet, G; Alvarez-Campos, P
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Affiliations

Harvard Univ, Dept Organism & Evolutionary Biol, Museum Comparat Zool, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA - Author
Museo Nacl Ciencias Nat Madrid, Dept Biodivers & Biol Evolut, Madrid, Spain - Author
Nat Hist Museum London, Dept Life Sci, London, England - Author
Univ Autonoma Madrid, Fac Ciencias, Ctr Invest Biodivers & Cambio global CIBC UAM, Dept Biol Zool, Madrid, Spain - Author
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Abstract

Syllinae is the largest and the most diverse subfamily in Syllidae and usually a dominant group in many marine habitats, both in terms of numbers of species and individuals. However, the lack of morphological synapomorphies for many genera and the non-monophyly of most of these suggested by molecular studies, have stressed taxonomic and systematic problems within this subfamily. Although several studies have revised some genera in the Indo-Pacific area, important gaps of knowledge remain for this biogeographic region. Thus, in this study we undertook detailed morphological examination of Syllis and Megasyllis specimens from the Philippine Islands and provide a phylogenetic analysis of Indo-Pacific Syllinae in order to evaluate the position of newly described species. We provide line drawings, light microscopy observations and electron microscopy micrographs for eight species, including five new to science. Maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference analyses of four molecular markers (28S rRNA, 18S rRNA, 16S rRNA, cytochrome c oxidase subunit I) from 85 specimens are presented, showing the non-monophyletic status of Syllis and Megasyllis. Overall, our study increases the biodiversity of syllids in this poorly known Indo-Pacific area, highlighting the importance of examining both morphological and molecular data to expand our knowledge of the subfamily Syllinae and to further resolve the taxonomic issues that remain in this group. The following new taxa are described: Megasyllis kurui sp. nov. Moreno-Martinez, San Martin & alvarez-Campos, Syllis ireneae sp. nov. Moreno-Martinez, San Martin & alvarez-Campos, Syllis santii sp. nov. Moreno-Martinez, San Martin & alvarez-Campos, Syllis tini sp. nov. Moreno-Martinez, Syllis walong sp. nov. Moreno-Martinez, San Martin & alvarez-Campos.
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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal SYSTEMATICS AND BIODIVERSITY due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2023, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Plant Science.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-05:

  • Google Scholar: 1
  • WoS: 3
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-05:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 8.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 8 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 6.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 10 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: United Kingdom; United States of America.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Moreno-Martinez, Laia) and Last Author (ALVAREZ CAMPOS, PATRICIA).

the authors responsible for correspondence tasks have been Moreno-Martinez, Laia and ALVAREZ CAMPOS, PATRICIA.

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Awards linked to the item

We would like to express our gratitude to Virgilio Palpal-Latoc (National Museum of the Philippines), Raffy G. Cabate, Minda Go, Levi A. Ladioray (Municipality of El Nido), and the members of Club Ocellaris (Mabini, Luzon) and (Palawan Dive Center, El Nido) for assisting with permits and sampling in the Philippine Islands. Many thanks to Charlotte Watson and all the participants in the cruises from the Project CGL2009-12292 BOS (Spanish Ministry of Economy and Knowledge) to GSM, for collecting and sorting part of the material used for this study. We are grateful to Javier Sanchez-Almazan (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid) for the loan of the comparative material and Esperanza Salvador and Isidro Poveda (Servicio Interdepartamental de Investigacion, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid) for the assistance with the SEM photos. LM-M was supported by the research assistant funds from Community of Madrid (PEJ-2020-AI/AMB-18983) granted to PA-C. This research also received funding from internal MCZ funds to GG, and from the Madrid Government (Comunidad de Madrid-Spain) under the Multiannual Agreement with the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid in the line of action encouraging youth research doctors, in the context of the V PRICIT (Regional Programme of Research and Technological Innovation) (SI1/PJI/2019-00532) to PA-C.
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