The fouling serpulids (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) from United States coastal waters: an overview Author Bastida-Zavala, J. Rolando Author McCANN, Linda D. Author Keppel, Erica Author Ruiz, Gregory M. text European Journal of Taxonomy 2017 2017-08-17 344 1 76 journal article 22022 10.5852/ejt.2017.344 0e3a88b1-bb05-4a78-b1a5-d99c8995df45 2118-9773 3834679 27AA4538-407D-470A-8141-365124193D85 Protula longiseta Schmarda, 1861 Fig. 8 Protula longiseta Schmarda, 1861: 32–33 , pl. 22, fig. 184 ( type locality: Jamaica , Caribbean Sea; in coral reef). Protula longiseta – Augener 1925: 39–42 ( type specimen revision and redescription). — Bastida-Zavala & Salazar-Vallejo 2000a: 817 , fig. 7h–o (Nizuc Point and Xahuayxhol Beach, Quintana Roo , Mexico ; on rocks). Material examined One specimen: IR (1) Aug. 2005 . Diagnosis Tube missing. Branchial crown with 16 radioles per lobe; radioles lack rounded process at end of interradiolar membrane. Thoracic membrane reaches fourth chaetiger. Operculum and opercular peduncle absent. Collar chaetae limbate. Taxonomic remarks Augener (1925) synonymized Protula antennata Ehlers, 1877 (from Morro Light, Florida ) with P. longiseta ; however, the first species was described from bathyal depths ( 534 m ), while P. longiseta Fig. 7. Serpulids from United States fouling plates. Pomatostegus stellatus . A . Operculum, from Biscayne Bay, Florida (SERC-118825). – Protula balboensis . B–D . Tube, body and branchial crown, white arrow shows detail of rounded processes, Biscayne Bay, Florida (SERC-118825). E . Body of live adult from Smithsonian Institution station in Bocas del Toro, Panama (photo by Betel Martínez- Guerrero). – Pseudochitinopoma occidentalis . F . Operculum, Puget Sound, Washington (SERC- 33385R). – Pseudovermilia occidentalis . G . Operculum, Biscayne Bay, Florida (SERC-118450). – Salmacina huxleyi . H–I . Tubes, body and collar chaetae, Biscayne Bay, Florida (SERC-118449). – S. tribranchiata . J . Body, Galapagos Island (SERC-233687). lives in shallow waters associated with coral reefs ( Schmarda 1861 ). A revision of the species of this genus is necessary ( ten Hove & Kupriyanova 2009 ). Ecology Shallow waters. On corals ( Schmarda 1861 ), rocks and algae ( Bastida-Zavala & Salazar-Vallejo 2000a ). Distribution Caribbean Sea, from Jamaica to Mexico ( Bastida-Zavala & Salazar-Vallejo 2000a ). In this study, only one specimen of Protula longiseta was found on a fouling plate from the Indian River, Florida ( Fig. 8 ). This species provisionally extends its northward range from the Mexican Caribbean ( Bastida-Zavala & Salazar-Vallejo 2000a ) to the Indian River, Florida ( 1000 km ).