Revision of Chloeia Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 (Annelida, Amphinomidae)
Author
Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I.
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Chloeia nuda
de Quatrefages, 1866
indeterminable
Fig. 42
Chloeia nuda
de Quatrefages, 1866: 390–391
;
Hartman 1959: 131
;
Solís-Weiss
et al.
2004
: S2;
Salazar-Vallejo
et al.
2014: 11
(list).
Type material
.
Indonesia
.
Holotype
(
MNHN
IA-TYPE 81),
Moluccas Islands
, Amboina, Expédition d’Urville (probably collected in
October 1827
after
Dumont d’Urville 1830: 51
),
Hombron
&
Jacquinot
, coll. (after the label), no further data.
Description
.
Holotype
(MNHN 81 complete, without most appendages and chaetae (
Fig. 42A
). Body blunt at both ends, subcylindrical, slightly wider anteriorly;
50 mm
long,
8 mm
wide, 33 chaetigers.
FIGURE 42
.
Chloeia nuda
de Quatrefages, 1866
, holotype (MNHN 81), indeterminable. A. Left lateral view. B. Anterior region, dorsal view. C. Same, after Methyl green staining. Scale bars: A, 4.7 mm; B, 1.3 mm; C, 1 mm.
Prostomium anteriorly entire (
Fig. 42B, C
). Eyes blackish, small, anterior eyes 2× larger than posterior ones. Median antenna lost, base in anterior caruncular margin, relative length to caruncle or lateral antennae unknown. Lateral antennae bases close to each other, right lateral antenna slightly longer than right palp, both damaged. Mouth ventral on chaetigers 2–3. Pharynx not exposed.
Caruncle damaged, without epidermis, sigmoid, trilobed, tapered posteriorly, tip lost, reaching chaetiger 3. Median ridge eroded, with about 21 vertical folds, partially concealing lateral lobes. Lateral lobes narrow, with about 18 vertical folds.
Bipinnate branchiae from chaetiger 4, continued throughout body, some segments with parallel, others with convergent branchial stems; progressively larger to distal body third, smaller thereafter. Six to seven lateral branches in median segments.
Parapodia biramous, cirriform branchiae lost, presence along anterior chaetigers and relative size to dorsal cirri unknown. Dorsal cirri mostly lost, a few remaining longer than bipinnate branchiae along median chaetigers, apparently as long as branchiae in posterior chaetigers. Second ventral cirri lost; size relation to adjacent cirri and orientation unknown. A few complete ventral cirri directed ventrolaterally, as long as one subsequent segment.
Chaetae almost all broken; some remaining without tips. Chaetal
types
unknown.
Anus terminal; left anal cirrus on site, digitate, 7–8× longer than wide.
Live pigmentation
. Unknown. Preserved specimen pale, chaetae mostly lost, few remaining transparent; body almost completely without pigmentation including prostomium, and dorsal cirri. Dorsum with a thin longitudinal dark line along chaetigers 3–8; venter pale.
Remarks
. Because of the almost complete lack of chaetae,
de Quatrefages (1866: 391)
named this species as naked. The specimen was very damaged; he noted almost all remaining chaetae were broken.
Horst (1910: 172)
regarded
C. nuda
as indeterminable; his conclusion is herein confirmed.