The Ophryotrocha labronica group (Annelida: Dorvilleidae) — with the description of seven new species
Author
Paxton, Hannelore
Author
Åkesson, Bertil
text
Zootaxa
2010
2713
1
24
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.199650
04935f31-4d00-404d-9016-4831c3313c83
1175-5326
199650
Ophryotrocha olympica
nom. nud.
Table 1
Ophryotrocha olympica
nom. nud.
Pleijel & Eide, 1996
: 648
.
Diagnosis.
Prostomium with moderately long, tapering antennae, palps absent; two distinct eyes, not medially connected; parapodia uniramous, lacking dorsal and ventral cirri; dorsal single rosette glands on posterior segments; detail of mandibles and maxillae unknown, K-forceps, right bidentate, left falcate; gonochoristic; chromosomes 2n = 6; diameter of eggs 165 µm; released larvae with 3 chaetigers.
Remarks.
The specimens were collected in
June
1978
in the Mukkaw Bay in the Makah Indian Reservation, about
8 km
south of Cape Flattery on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington state, in gravel from a depression in the rocky shore, mid to high intertidal zone.
Crossing experiments demonstrated that this species is a typical member of the
O. labronica
group, as has been confirmed by electrophoresis (
Pleijel & Eide 1996
). In routine culture the adult females had 17-19 chaetigers with a maximum of 22. Males were smaller, 14-15 chaetigers and an observed maximum of 17. Adults have small, segmentally arranged brown-red pigment spots.
Since the culture no longer exists and no material was preserved, this species remains indeterminate.
Distribution.
Western North Pacific: Mukkaw Bay, Olympic peninsula, Washington,
USA
.