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
2014
2014-10-21
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Polycirrus corallicola
Verrill, 1900
, species inquirenda
Polycirrus corallicola
Verrill, 1900: 665
.
Type
locality.
Atlantic Ocean
,
Bermuda
.
Type material examined.
?
HOLOTYPE
:
YPM
58078,
Bermuda
,
Hamilton Parish
,
Bailey’s Bay
,
1 m
, collected during the
A.E. Verrill
Bermuda
expedition of 1898.
Comments.
The probable
holotype
consists of a single slide. We dissolved the mounting medium and carefully peeled off the fragments of the specimen; however, it is now unidentifiable to species, although it clearly belongs to the genus. Therefore unless additional material is collected from this site, this species is indeterminate. The original description lacks illustrations and provides limited details regarding the noto- and neurochaetae. Verrill indicates that the type represents a small slender species, swollen anteriorly, attenuated posteriorly and consists of about 45 segments, and is
10 mm
long and
1 mm
wide; further he suggests it may be immature.