New records of sabellids and serpulids (Polychaeta: Sabellidae, Serpulidae) from the Tropical Eastern Pacific
Author
Bastida-Zavala, J. Rolando
Author
Buelna, Alondra Sofía Rodríguez
Author
León-González, Jesús Angel De
Author
Camacho-Cruz, Karla Andrea
Author
Carmona, Isabel
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Zootaxa
2016
4184
3
401
457
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4184.3.1
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1175-5326
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Pseudobranchiomma punctata
(
Treadwell, 1906
)
(
Figures 2
,
10
E–F)
Laonome punctata
Treadwell, 1906
: 1179
, Figs 76–77.
Type
locality: Puata
Bay
and Waialea,
Oahu
,
Hawaii
.
Pseudobranchiomma punctata
.
—
Nogueira & Knight-Jones 2002
:
1663
–1665,
Fig. 1
(redescription);
Knight-Jones & Mackie 2003
: 2282
, 2296 (new combination, new record from
New Caledonia
)
.
Material examined.
106 specimens.
Baja
California
Sur
:
UANL
7859, 23
spec. (
Marina Palmira,
La Paz
,
24°11’05.3”N
,
110°18’12.8”W
,
April 3, 2011
, coll. JAL)
;
UANL
7860, 11
spec. (
Marina de
La Paz
, sta. 2:
24°09’17.6”N
,
110°19’32.2”W
,
April 3, 2011
, coll. JAL)
;
UANL
7861, 36
spec. (
Marina
Puerto Los Cabos
,
San José
del
Cabo
, sta. 1:
23°03’42.4”N
,
109°40’27.8”W
,
April 4, 2011
, coll. JAL)
; UANL 7904, 36 spec. (same, sta. 2, 23°03’42.2”N, 109°40’29.5”W,
April 4, 2011
, coll. JAL).
Habitat.
Intertidal to subtidal. In coral reefs (
Nogueira & Knight-Jones 2002
) and on anthropogenic substrates in marinas (from La Paz and San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur). Fouling species.
Distribution.
Hawaii
and southern part of
Baja
California
Peninsula (only in marinas and ports).
Remarks.
In their redescription of
Pseudobranchiomma punctata
Nogueira & Knight-Jones (2002)
mentioned 5–9 thoracic segments and colorless radioles, without serration or compound eyes; however, the specimens revised here have 4–14 thoracic segments, and dark-brown radioles with 3–4 eyespots on each radiole.
Pseudobranchiomma punctata
is a new record for
Baja
California
Sur
.
Since all records were from marinas, it is possibly an exotic species introduced by yachts directly from
Hawaii
.
Alternatively, the species came from
California
;
however, to date no records from
California
have been published.