Review of Orbiniidae (Annelida, Sedentaria) from Australia
Author
Zhadan, Anna
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Naineris australis
Hartman, 1957
Figure 15
Naineris grubei australis
Hartman, 1957: 303–304
, pl. 39, figs 1–4;
Day 1977: 238
;
Hutchings & Rainer 1979: 761
; Hartmann- Schröder & Hartmann 1980: 66;
Zhadan
et al
. 2015: 793-797
, figs 9–11, 12D.
Naineris grubei
:
Day 1977: 237–238
.
Naineris australis
:
Blake 2017: 103
.
FIGURE 15.
Naineris australis
. A–C: AM W.23421, stereomicroscope, methylene blue staining; D, E: AM W.22470, compound microscope. A. General view; B. anterior end, dorso-lateral view; C. thoracic neuropodia, anterior-lateral view; D. Thoracic parapodium; E. Posterior parapodium. a, acicula; br, branchia; cc, crenulated capillaries; fc, forked chaeta; ne, neuropodium; no, notopodium; su, subuluncini; u, uncini.
Material examined.
Queensland
:
Lizard Island
,
August 2013
:
Casuarina Beach
,
14°40’46”S
,
145°26’49”E
, intertidal, sand, coll.
P.A. Hutchings
,
P. Rodgers
,
J. Zanol Silva
,
N. Budaeva
,
AM
W.44763
;
Off Casuarina Beach
, in front of
Lizard Island Research Station
,
14°40’46”S
,
145°26’49”E
, depth
1 m
, snorkelling, fine sand, coll. K. Mei- ssner,
T
.
Alvestad
,
AM
W.44038
.
New South Wales
:
Pittwater
,
Careel Bay
,
33°37’S
,
151°19’E
,
08.04.1996
, coll.
P.A. Hutchings
, intertidal,
Zostera
, AM W.
23421,
1 specimen
;
Rozelle Bay
,
Port Jackson
,
Sydney
,
33°52’ 24”S
,
151°10’30”E
,
March 1986
, depth
6 m
, fine mud, coll.
M. Lincoln-Smith
,
AM
W.22470,
4 specimens
;
Cararma Inlet
,
Jervis Bay
,
35°00’S
,
150°46’30”E
,
December
, 1988, intertidal, coll.
L. Howitt
,
AM
W.22627,
1 specimen
.
Type
locality.
South Australia
.
Description.
Large worms, thoracic width 1.6–5.7 mm. Body long, thorax flattened, abdomen cylindrical (
Fig. 15A
). Prostomium short and wide, rectangular (
Fig. 15B
). Thoracic chaetigers numbering 30–38 (
Fig. 15A
). Branchiae from chaetiger 6, narrow triangular, in abdomen becoming long with tapering tips, longer than notopodia (
Fig. 15B, E
). Thoracic notopodial postchaetal lobes from first chaetiger, digitate to triangular; in abdomen becoming long narrow foliaceous with tapering tips (
Fig. 15B, D, E
). Thoracic neuropodial postchaetal lobes as ridges with one papilla, situated in middle part of ridge on anterior chaetigers; from chaetiger 7 lobe shifting to uppermost part of ridge (
Fig. 15
A–C). Abdominal neuropodia simple narrow triangular; subpodal flange not developed (
Fig. 15E
). No subpodal, stomach, or flange papillae; no interramal cirrus. Notopodial chaetae crenulate capillaries, in abdominal notopodia also forked chaetae present; thoracic neuropodia bearing subuluncini with thick base and sharply tapering tips and thin curved serrated uncini in superior position, and 2–3 rows of capillaries; abdominal neuropodia with capillaries only (
Fig. 15
C–E). Both rami supported by two straight aciculae in abdomen (
Fig. 15E
).
Distribution
.
Australia
,
Queensland
,
New South Wales
,
Victoria
,
South Australia
,
Western Australia
.
Habitat.
Intertidal and upper subtidal, sandy mud, mud, seagrass.
Remarks.
Naineris grubei australis
was described from Adelaide, South Australia, and later found in Victoria, New South Wales, and Western Australia (
Hutchings & Rainer 1979
;
Hutchings & Murray 1984
; Hartmann- Schröder 1980). Recently, the species was redescribed and illustrated based on specimens from Lizard Island, Queensland (
Zhadan
et al
., 2015
).
Blake (2017)
re-examined specimens of
N. grubei
and raised
N. grubei australis
to a full species because of the difference in neurochaetal structure. The distribution of
N. grubei
is restricted to
Ecuador
,
Peru
, and
Chile
, whereas
N. australis
is restricted to Australian waters.