Revision of the taxonomy of Polycirrus Grube, 1850 (Annelida: Terebellida: Polycirridae)
Author
Glasby, Christopher J.
chris.glasby@nt.gov.au
Author
Hutchings, Pat
chris.glasby@nt.gov.au
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Zootaxa
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2014-10-21
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Polycirrus fedorovi
Jirkov & Leontovich
in
Jirkov, 2001
Fig. 27a–c
Polycirrus fedorovi
Jirkov & Leontovich
in
Jirkov, 2001
, 504–505, fig. parts 1–3 (unnumbered).
Type
locality.
Arctic Ocean.
Material examined.
None.
Description.
Based on
type
description and figures.
Type
series consists of
29 specimens
, up to
35 mm
long for 65 chaetigers, body thicker than other members of the genus, wide, relatively short. Body colouration whitish when preserved.
Venter anteriorly with mid-ventral groove and discrete ventro-lateral pads; pads more-or-less smooth, extending from segment 3 to 16 (at least). Mid-ventral groove from segment 2.
Upper lip trefoiled, small wing-like lobes laterally (four folds are actually mentioned in
type
description; the extra fold is here interpreted as a convoluted medial lobe), margin of medial lobe convoluted. Outer lower lip subconical lobe protruding above venter (inferred from
Fig. 27a
).
FIGURE 27.
Polycirrus federovi
Jirkov and Leontovich
in
Jirkov, 2001
. a. Anterior lateral view. b. Notochaeta c. Lateral and head-on view of uncinus. Redrawn from Jirkov & Leontovich in
Jirkov, 2001
.
Notochaetigerous segments 19–21, extending to segments 21–23 (range of notochaetigerous segments for all specimens 18–25). Notopodia papilliform (inferred from
Fig. 27a
). Notochaetae within a chaetiger
one type
, gradually elongating from dorsal to ventral, smooth, narrowly winged (although wings not visible in fig. 2 of
type
description), uniformly tapered (
Fig. 27b
), posteriorly same form as those anteriorly. Neurochaetae beginning on segment 13–15, 20 uncini per row (approximation based on fig. 1 of
type
description). Neuropodial tori ridge-like, differ along body: relatively long on anterior chaetigers, longest in mid-body, becoming short on posterior chaetigers. Uncini with short neck and straight to convex base (
Type
1), teeth above main fang arranged in double transverse series, subrostral process tooth-like (
Fig. 27c
).
Comments
. The original description is brief but sufficiently detailed to code and determine that the species can be distinguished from other
Polycirrus
species
, in particular for its papilliform notopodia and
one type
of notochaetae (smooth, narrow wings).