Serpulids (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Eastern Pacific, including a brief mention of Hawaiian serpulids
Author
Bastida-Zavala, J. Rolando
text
Zootaxa
2008
2008-03-07
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61
journal article
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Pseudovermilia conchata
ten
Hove, 1975
(
Figures 9E–F
)
Pseudovermilia conchata
ten
Hove, 1975: 88–92
, figs. 139–141, 168, pls. 6a–d, 8e, h–i.
Type
locality:
Off Long Point Light
,
Santa Catalina Island
,
California
,
USA
.
Material examined.
Five
specimens:
California
(
USA
),
LACM-AHF 1094–1095
,
holotype
and
two
paratypes
(33º24’0–30”N, 118º21’30–33”W, 0.4–0.5 km off
Long Point Light
,
Santa Catalina Island
, small boat trawl, sand, brachiopods shells,
42–134 m
,
Sept. 29, 1941
and
June 25, 1952
)
;
LACM-AHF
s.n.
(
33º15’50”N
,
118º11’20”W
, 8–9.6 km off south-eastern end
Santa Catalina Island
,
Velero
III, sta. 1188, gravel, rock,
290–310 m
,
Sept. 29, 1940
, as
Ditrupa
sp.
); USNM 52036,
paratype
(33º00’20’N,
118º33’10”W
, off
Willow Cove
,
San Clemente Island
, sand, broken shells,
120–170 m
,
March 18, 1939
)
.
Diagnosis.
Tube white, with longitudinal ridge forming denticulate crest. Opercular peduncle smooth, white. Operculum with fleshy, bulbous part and distal, yellow horny cap; last with up to 18 internal septa, sometimes horny cap with spine on top (
Fig. 9E
). Thoracic membrane short, extending to second thoracic chaetiger. Collar with hooded (limbate) chaetae, with bundles of few chaetae. Thorax with “
Apomatus
” chaetae occurring from second chaetiger onwards. Thoracic uncini with anterior bifurcate tooth (
Fig. 9F
).
Habitat.
Depth:
42–310 m
. On brachiopod shells.
Distribution.
Only known from
California
(
USA
) (ten
Hove 1975
).