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Figs 1
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Pillai, 1960: 28-32, text-figs 10H, 11
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, 12
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, plate I, figs 1-2;
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: 43-49, Fig 5-6, reinstated the genus
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.
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var. lingayanensis Pillai, 1965: 170-172, Fig. 23
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. Type locality: Lingayan Gulf, Luzon Island, Philippines.
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Pillai, 1960: 32-33, text-figs 12
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, plate II, fig. 1. Type locality: Negombo Lagoon, Sri Lanka.
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var. rugosus Pillai, 1960: 33-35, plate II, fig. 2. Type locality: Negombo Lagoon, Sri Lanka.
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<taxonomicName class="Polychaeta" family="Serpulidae" genus="Mercierella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mercierella enigmatica" order="Sabellida" pageId="1" pageNumber="46" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="enigmatica">Mercierella enigmatica</taxonomicName>
(not Fauvel, 1923): Several examples of incorrect use of this name have been studied by
<bibRefCitation author="Hove, HA ten" journalOrPublisher="Biological Bulletin" pageId="5" pageNumber="50" pagination="96 - 120" title="A generic revision of the brackish-water serpulid Ficopomatus Southern 1921 (Polychaeta: Serpulinae), including Mercierella Fauvel 1923, Sphaeropomatus Treadwell 1934, Mercierellopsis Rioja 1945 and Neopomatus Pillai 1960." url="10.2307/1540777" volume="154" year="1978">ten Hove and Weerdenburg 1978</bibRefCitation>
: 109-110.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="46">
<taxonomicName class="Polychaeta" family="Serpulidae" genus="Ficopomatus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ficopomatus uschakovi" order="Sabellida" pageId="1" pageNumber="46" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="uschakovi">Ficopomatus uschakovi</taxonomicName>
:
<bibRefCitation author="Hove, HA ten" journalOrPublisher="Biological Bulletin" pageId="5" pageNumber="50" pagination="96 - 120" title="A generic revision of the brackish-water serpulid Ficopomatus Southern 1921 (Polychaeta: Serpulinae), including Mercierella Fauvel 1923, Sphaeropomatus Treadwell 1934, Mercierellopsis Rioja 1945 and Neopomatus Pillai 1960." url="10.2307/1540777" volume="154" year="1978">ten Hove and Weerdenburg 1978</bibRefCitation>
: 109-112, figs 2
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, 3a,
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, 4
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, r,
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,
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, yy, 5d, revision;
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: 51-58, Fig. 2
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, Brazil;
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and
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2012
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: 234-237, fig. 1
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, Venezuela.
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<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="46">Type locality.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="46">Panadura River estuary, Madu Ganga estuary at Balapitiya and Ratgama Lake at Dodanduwa, Sri Lanka.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="46">Material examined.</paragraph>
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Chiapas, South Pacific of Mexico. Five specimens (ECOSUR), three specimens (UANL), more than 100 specimens (UMAR-Poly 112), La Encrucijada Biosphere Reserve, Barra San Juan,
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,
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, 0.5-1 m, submerged mangrove root (
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), September 21, 2011, Rolando Bastida-Zavala et al. leg. Five specimens (ECOSUR), 20 specimens (UMAR-Poly 113), La Encrucijada Biosphere Reserve, Zacapulco,
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,
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, on rotting mangrove root and gastropod shell, 0-0.5 m, September 21, 2011, Rolando Bastida-Zavala et al. leg.
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<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="46">Topotypical material.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="46">Two specimens (LACM-AHF N10947), Panadura River estuary, Sri Lanka, brackish water (donated by T.G. Pillai), October 9, 1961.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="46">Description.</paragraph>
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Mass occurrence is present (Fig. 2A, D); however, some specimens were solitary (Fig. 2E). The tube colour varies from pink to red in live material, changing to white, brown or orange in preserved material (Fig. 2
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). They possess several prominent to shallow peristomes (Fig. 2D) or only low growth rings (annulations, Fig. 2E), but lack longitudinal ridges and alveoli.
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body is yellow; with 6-7 dark bands on the radioles (preserved material, Figs 1A, 2F). The thorax has five dark bands on the lateral side, between the notopodial bundles, although sometimes these bands are blurred. TL=6.7 mm (n=10, r:4-6.7,
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=5.2
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1); THL=2 mm (n=10, r:1.4-2,
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=1.7
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0.2); THW=0.7 mm (n=10, r:0.5-0.7,
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=0.6
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0.1). The branchial crown has nine radioles (n=10, r:6-9,
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=7.4
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0.8) on the left, and eight on the right (n=10, r:7-9,
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=8
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0.7). Interradiolar membrane absent.
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The peduncle is smooth, inserted in the left branchial lobe; lacks a constriction (Fig. 1
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); OL=1.8 mm (n=9, r:1-1.9,
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=1.6
<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.4). The operculum is spherical to oval in shape, with a slightly convex, flat or slightly concave horny plate (Fig. 1
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). OD=0.6 mm (n=9, r:0.5-0.8,
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=0.6
<normalizedToken originalValue="±">+/-</normalizedToken>
0.1). The end plate bears 1-5 concentric rows of spines (Fig. 2H); the rows are sometimes incomplete or converge with the other rows. The spines are transparent (Fig. 2I).
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Figure 1.
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, from La Encrucijada Biosphere Reserve, UMAR-Poly 112-113. A, C complete body in lateral and dorsal views; B,
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opercula, lateral views.
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Figure 2.
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, from La Encrucijada Biosphere Reserve, UMAR-Poly 112-113. A tubes on mangrove roots B tubes on the shell of the gastropod
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C mangroves in the collecting site D tubes forming small aggregations E large, single tube F complete specimen in dorsal view G complete specimen with mass of sperm attached to the abdomen H operculum in dorsal view I operculum in aboral view.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="47">The collar is entire, with well-developed lobes. The collar chaetae include coarsely serrated chaetae and hooded (capillary) chaetae. The thoracic membranes are fused dorsally, ventrally forming a small apron. The thorax has six chaetigers with hooded (limbate) chaetae, and saw-shaped uncini. A short achaetous region is present between the thorax and abdomen. Most of the abdominal segments possess geniculate chaetae and rasp-shaped uncini.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="47">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="48" pageId="2" pageNumber="47">
Originally limited to Indo-West Pacific and Gulf of Guinea (
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), the species was also recorded in some isolated areas of the tropical and subtropical Western Atlantic: Sossego Creek, Brazil (
<bibRefCitation author="Assis, JE de" journalOrPublisher="Revista Nordestina de Biologia" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" pagination="51 - 58" title="First record of Ficopomatus uschakovi (Pillai, 1960) Serpulidae (Polychaeta: Annelida) for the Western Atlantic." volume="19" year="2008">de Assis et al. 2008</bibRefCitation>
), Morocoto Creek, Venezuela (
<bibRefCitation author="Linero-Arana, I" journalOrPublisher="Interciencia" pageId="5" pageNumber="50" pagination="234 - 237" title="Presencia del poliqueto exotico Ficopomatus uschakovi (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) en Venezuela: descripcion y comentarios sobre su distribucion." volume="37" year="2012">
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and
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2012
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) (Fig. 3A) and
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sites in the Northern Gulf of Mexico (Bastida-Zavala et al. in prep.). There have been new records in Chiapas coast, Southern Pacific of Mexico (Fig. 3B).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="48">
Figure 3. A World-wide distribution of
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. Triangles denote examined material, circles literature records (data from
<bibRefCitation author="Hove, HA ten" journalOrPublisher="Biological Bulletin" pageId="5" pageNumber="50" pagination="96 - 120" title="A generic revision of the brackish-water serpulid Ficopomatus Southern 1921 (Polychaeta: Serpulinae), including Mercierella Fauvel 1923, Sphaeropomatus Treadwell 1934, Mercierellopsis Rioja 1945 and Neopomatus Pillai 1960." url="10.2307/1540777" volume="154" year="1978">ten Hove and Weerdenburg 1978</bibRefCitation>
) B Study area and the localities where specimens of
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were recollected. 1: Zacapulco; 2: Barra San Juan; 3: Las Garzas boat pier (observed by S.I. Salazar-Vallejo et al., pers. comm.).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="48">Ecology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="48">
Depth: Intertidal to 1 m. On mangrove roots (Fig. 2A, C) and on the shell of the gastropod
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(Duclos, 1832) (Fig. 2B); coastal lagoon with salinity ranges approximately 20-35 o/oo. On shells, stones and petiole bases of coconut leaves in the topotypical area (
<bibRefCitation author="Pillai, TG" journalOrPublisher="Biological Sciences" pageId="5" pageNumber="50" pagination="1 - 40" title="Some marine and brackish-water serpulid polychaeta from Ceylon, including new genera and species. Journal of Science." volume="3" year="1960">Pillai 1960</bibRefCitation>
); on submerged piece of bamboo, with salinity ranges approximately 4-11 o/oo in Brazil records (
<bibRefCitation author="Assis, JE de" journalOrPublisher="Revista Nordestina de Biologia" pageId="4" pageNumber="49" pagination="51 - 58" title="First record of Ficopomatus uschakovi (Pillai, 1960) Serpulidae (Polychaeta: Annelida) for the Western Atlantic." volume="19" year="2008">de Assis et al. 2008</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="48">Reproductive characters.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="48">Two specimens (TL=4 mm and 4.2 mm) have masses of sperm glued to the abdomen (Fig. 2G); however, eggs have not been found in the specimens studied in detail (n=10).</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="3" pageNumber="48" type="remarks">
<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="48">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="48">
The specimens of
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from Chiapas are slightly bigger than the topotypical specimens (TL=4-4.2 mm, THL=1.1-1.4 mm, THW=0.7-0.8 mm, OL=1.1-1.2, OD=0.3-0.5 mm); however, the rest of the morphological characteristics are very similar.
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Apart from the spines of the operculum, the main character that separates
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from
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and
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is the dorsally fused thoracic membranes. This autapomorphy of
<taxonomicName class="Polychaeta" family="Serpulidae" genus="Ficopomatus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ficopomatus uschakovi" order="Sabellida" pageId="3" pageNumber="48" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="uschakovi">Ficopomatus uschakovi</taxonomicName>
is regarded to be of generic level by
<bibRefCitation author="Pillai, TG" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="5" pageNumber="50" pagination="36 - 52" title="Ficopomatus talehsapensis, a new brackish-water species (Polychaeta: Serpulidae: Ficopomatinae) from Thailand, with discussions on the relationships of taxa constituting the subfamily, opercular insertion as a taxonomic character and their taxonomy, a key to its taxa, and zoogeography." volume="1967" year="2008">Pillai (2008)</bibRefCitation>
, but is not followed by us.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="48">
In the local community the serpulid tubes on the mangroves are called
<normalizedToken originalValue="broca">'broca'</normalizedToken>
(more or less
<normalizedToken originalValue="drill">'drill'</normalizedToken>
), just like all other sessile invertebrates with calcareous covers, such as barnacles and oysters.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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