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Genus
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC30EE5D6788CABD3AC7FA47" bold="true" box="[238,399,1409,1435]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="476">Namalycastis</emphasis>
Hartman, 1959
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species
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.
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC30EE5D665FCAF53AA7FA3D" box="[313,495,1480,1505]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="476">Lycastis abiuma</emphasis>
Müller &amp; Grube
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC30EE5D65D5CAF53981FA3C" box="[691,713,1481,1504]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="476">in</emphasis>
Grube, 1872, by original designation (Hartman 1959).
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC30EE5D67A1CAD03A86F9D9" bold="true" box="[199,462,1516,1541]" pageId="1" pageNumber="476">Diagnosis (emended).</emphasis>
Four eyes present, rarely
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC30EE5D647ECAD03829F9D9" box="[792,865,1516,1541]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="476">absent</emphasis>
; four pairs of tentacular cirri. Antennae short, subconical, eversible pharynx without papillae or paragnaths, jaws with single or
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC30EE5D6321C92C3F33F9F5" box="[1095,1147,1552,1577]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="476">bifid</emphasis>
terminal teeth,
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teeth present along cutting edge. Parapodia sub-biramous (notoacicula ventrally displaced), dorsal cirri enlarged, foliose in posterior chaetigers. Notochaetae spinigers, usually present; neurochaetae falcigers or spinigers. Pygidium with
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC30EE5D6621C9403AF8F949" box="[327,432,1660,1685]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="476">crenulate</emphasis>
(multi-incised) rim or
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC30EE5D65DEC9413855F948" box="[696,797,1661,1684]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="476">tripartite</emphasis>
. Gonochoristic or
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC30EE5D6493C9403FEAF949" box="[1013,1186,1660,1685]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="476">hermaphroditic</emphasis>
. Oocytes spherical or ovoid.
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC30EE5D67A1C9F83A7CF901" bold="true" box="[199,308,1732,1757]" pageId="1" pageNumber="476">Remarks</emphasis>
. The subfamily
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was proposed by Hartman (1959) for species with reduced or lacking structures typically used for recognizing genera and species, mainly having sub-biramous parapodia and living in fresh and brackish waters. At the same time, she proposed the genus
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC30EE5D6372C8303FE3F8F9" box="[1044,1195,1804,1829]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="476">Namalycastis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
that includes species with four pairs of tentacular cirri and dorsal lobes that increase their size towards the posterior end, and she explicitly designed
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC30EE5D6611C8693918F8B1" box="[375,592,1876,1901]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="476">Paranereis abiuma</emphasis>
Müller
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC30EE5D65D6C869398EF8B0" box="[688,710,1877,1900]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="476">in</emphasis>
Grube, 1871 as the
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species for the genus. After the Code (ICZN 1999), because Hartman originally designed the
<typeStatus id="A1549EF2AC30EE5D646EC8453870F84D" box="[776,824,1913,1937]" pageId="1" pageNumber="476">type</typeStatus>
species (Arts. 67.4, 67.5), this is a fixation by original designation (Art. 68.2), and not by subsequent designation as Glasby (1999) suggested.
</paragraph>
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Currently, authors have different opinions about the authorship of
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC30EE5D64CAC8FD3F69F805" box="[940,1057,1984,2009]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Paranereis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="1" pageNumber="476" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="abiuma">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC30EE5D64CAC8FD3F69F805" box="[940,1057,1984,2009]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="476">N. abiuma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, even despite the fact that Glasby (1999) tried to clarify this point by indicating it as “(Grube, 1872)”. Some authors disagree and use “(Müller
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC33EE5E62E0CFA53ED4FF6C" box="[1414,1436,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="477">in</emphasis>
Grube, 1871)” (Santos &amp; Lana 2000, Salazar-Vallejo &amp; Salazar 2008, Amaral
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC33EE5E637FCF813F04FF09" box="[1049,1100,188,213]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="477">et al</emphasis>
. 2012) or “(Müller
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC33EE5E6256CF813E0EFF08" box="[1328,1350,189,212]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="477">in</emphasis>
Grube, 1872)” (Aungtonya
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC33EE5E661DCFDD3AC7FF24" box="[379,399,225,248]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="477">et</emphasis>
al. 2002, Lana
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC33EE5E6524CFDD393DFF24" box="[578,629,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="477">et al</emphasis>
. 2006) and most recently “Müller
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC33EE5E6366CFDD3F5EFF24" box="[1024,1046,225,248]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="477">in</emphasis>
Grube, 1871” without parenthesis (Magesh
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC33EE5E6666CE393A70FEC1" box="[256,312,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="477">et al.</emphasis>
2012). This is incorrect because neither Müller nor Grube described the species under
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC33EE5E6263CE383ED4FEC1" box="[1285,1436,260,285]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namalycastis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="2" pageNumber="477" phylum="Annelida" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC33EE5E6263CE383ED4FEC1" box="[1285,1436,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="477">Namalycastis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Art. 51.3, ICZN 1999).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7E502050AC33EE5E67A1CE713FD3FE24" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,2016]" pageId="2" pageNumber="477">
In order to resolve these discrepancies in authority some comments are needed. The publication year, as Glasby (1999) determined, is 1872, because in that year was published the
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC33EE5E6480CE5339A1FE73" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="477">Neunundvierzigster Jahres-Bericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für vaterländische Cultur</emphasis>
(Transl.
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC33EE5E6433CEAB3A9CFE0F" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="477">49th Annual Report of the activities of the Silesian Society of Patriotic Culture</emphasis>
), that contained the annual report to 1871 and included four papers of polychaetes previously presented by Grube on
<date id="0A510690AC33EE5E657FCEDC39DCFE2B" box="[537,660,479,504]" pageId="2" pageNumber="477" value="2011-01">January 11</date>
, April 5,
<date id="0A510690AC33EE5E6598CEE23F46FE2B" box="[766,1038,478,503]" pageId="2" pageNumber="477">July 5 and December 13</date>
of that year.
</paragraph>
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Fritz Müller only appears in one paragraph of the first paper of
<date id="0A510690AC33EE5E64ADCD3F3F01FDC7" box="[971,1097,515,539]" pageId="2" pageNumber="477" value="2011-01">January 11</date>
(Grube 1872), where Grube indicated that he got two species of
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC33EE5E654CCD1439CDFDE3" box="[554,645,552,575]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="477">Lycastis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Desterro,
<collectingCountry id="06F860C0AC33EE5E645ECD1A3837FDE3" box="[824,895,550,575]" name="Brazil" pageId="2" pageNumber="477">Brazil</collectingCountry>
, from Müller. Then, he said that Müller referred one as
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC33EE5E678FCD703AFDFDBF" box="[233,437,586,611]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="477">
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC33EE5E678FCD703AF9FDBF" box="[233,433,586,611]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Lycastis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="2" pageNumber="477" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="littoralis">Lycastis littoralis</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
and the other as a new form of
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC33EE5E6448CD7038E2FDBF" box="[814,938,588,611]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Paranereis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="2" pageNumber="477" phylum="Annelida" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC33EE5E6448CD7038E2FDBF" box="[814,938,588,611]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="477">Paranereis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(a genus proposed by Kinberg in 1865),
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC33EE5E62E1CD703BA3FD5B" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Paranereis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="2" pageNumber="477" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="abiuma">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC33EE5E62E1CD703BA3FD5B" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="477">P. abiuma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Finally, Grube said that he didn't find reasons to include the latter species in
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC33EE5E6333CD4C3F98FD5B" box="[1109,1232,624,647]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Paranereis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="2" pageNumber="477" phylum="Annelida" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC33EE5E6333CD4C3F98FD5B" box="[1109,1232,624,647]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="477">Paranereis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and he described both species and referred them as
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC33EE5E6579CDA839DAFD77" box="[543,658,658,683]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="477">L. abiuma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC33EE5E65AACDA83804FD77" box="[716,844,658,683]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Lycastis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="2" pageNumber="477" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="littoralis">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC33EE5E65AACDA83804FD77" box="[716,844,658,683]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="477">L. littoralis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The latter suggests that Müller is the author of the names
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC33EE5E678CCD8A3A77FD13" box="[234,319,694,719]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Paranereis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="2" pageNumber="477" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="abiuma">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC33EE5E678CCD8A3A77FD13" box="[234,319,694,719]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="477">abiuma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC33EE5E6618CD8A3A96FD13" box="[382,478,694,719]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="477">littoralis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and that Grube described them under
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC33EE5E64CBCD843F58FD13" box="[941,1040,696,719]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="477">
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC33EE5E64CBCD843F44FD13" box="[941,1036,696,719]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Lycastis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="2" pageNumber="477" phylum="Annelida" rank="genus">Lycastis</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
Some contemporary personalities thought the same and they attributed to Müller the authorship, always citing the work of Grube, e.g. de Saint- Joseph (1901) and Gravier (1905). In the catalogue of Hartwich (1993) this species appears as
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC33EE5E63A3CC3C3ED4FCCB" box="[1221,1436,766,791]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="477">Paranereis abiuma</emphasis>
Müller
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC33EE5E678ACC183A4AFCE7" box="[236,258,804,827]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="477">in</emphasis>
Grube, 1872, as Hartman (1959) had previously indicated when she designated this species as the
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species for the genus (excepting year). However, there is no other manuscript where one can be confident that Müller described both species before Grube, or that they were described together with him. Glasby (1999) commented that maybe Grube paraphrased a letter by Müller, but if such letter exists, has not been made available.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7E502050AC33EE5E67A1CC8E3F66FBCF" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,2016]" pageId="2" pageNumber="477">
With all this evidence I think they must be considered as co-authors of the species because both contributed to our knowledge, Müller by collecting and naming them and Grube by describing and publishing them, then the authority stays as “Müller &amp; Grube
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC33EE5E654CCCC03908FBCF" box="[554,576,1020,1043]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="477">in</emphasis>
Grube, 1872” (ICZN 1999, Recomm. 51E).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7E502050AC33EE5E67A1CB223BB1FB37" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,2016]" pageId="2" pageNumber="477">
The reduced or simplified morphological features together with very few unique features in this subfamily complicate discriminating species. In
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC33EE5E655ACB7E399BFB87" box="[572,723,1090,1115]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namalycastis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="2" pageNumber="477" phylum="Annelida" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC33EE5E655ACB7E399BFB87" box="[572,723,1090,1115]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="477">Namalycastis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, for example, the main distinctive features are having four pairs of tentacular cirri and the progressive enlargement of dorsal cirri, which are larger than neuropodial lobes, but frequently these are not sufficient for delimiting between species. The newly described species has special and new features for
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC33EE5E6644CB923AF1FB1B" box="[290,441,1198,1223]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namalycastis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="2" pageNumber="477" phylum="Annelida" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC33EE5E6644CB923AF1FB1B" box="[290,441,1198,1223]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="477">Namalycastis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
such that the generic diagnosis is emended and these are discussed below and in other sections.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7E502050AC33EE5E67A1CBCA3F55F9F3" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,2016]" pageId="2" pageNumber="477">
The
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of chaetae recognized in the
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC33EE5E651FCBCA3879FAD3" box="[633,817,1270,1295]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="2" pageNumber="477" phylum="Annelida" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Namanereidinae">Namanereidinae</taxonomicName>
include simple (capillary chaetae in mature specimens) and compound chaetae which can be falcigers, spinigers, and a third form described for few species: pseudospinigers. This new species has chaetae that could be identified as pseudospinigers, but some comments are needed about this feature. Augener (1933) described for
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC33EE5E6472CA583F65FAA7" box="[788,1069,1378,1403]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="477">Lycastopsis hummelincki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(now
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC33EE5E6310CA583EDBFAA7" box="[1142,1427,1378,1403]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="477">Namanereis hummelincki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) a chaetae that he considered intermediate between falciger and spiniger, to which he introduced the term “Pseudo- Grätenborste” or pseudo-spiny bristle. The term alluded to a strongly heterogomph chaetae, whose blade was a transition between falciger and spiniger forms. The blade is shorter than supra-acicular spinigers, but two or three times larger than those of falcigers. Also, the blade is as slender as those seen in spinigers, with the exception of having tapered tips which are not as pointed as in real spinigers (Augener 1933).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7E502050AC33EE5E67A1C9063BAEF8AF" blockId="2.[151,1437,151,2016]" pageId="2" pageNumber="477">
The use of the relative length of blades is a doubtful character to distinguish between falcigers and spinigers. Therefore, the denomination must be rather based on the shape of their tips. In the family
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC33EE5E63EEC9623FACF9AB" box="[1160,1252,1630,1655]" class="Polychaeta" family="Syllidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="2" pageNumber="477" phylum="Annelida" rank="family">Syllidae</taxonomicName>
some confusion has occurred when using the blade length for identifying chaetal shapes. San Martín (1991) in his revision of
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC33EE5E67F1C9943BB1F963" box="[151,249,1704,1727]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="477">Exogone</emphasis>
Örsted, 1845
</taxonomicName>
, proposed to divide this genus into three subgenera (
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC33EE5E648EC9943F96F963" box="[1000,1246,1704,1727]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="477">
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC33EE5E648EC9943F05F963" box="[1000,1101,1704,1727]" class="Polychaeta" family="Syllidae" genus="Exogone" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="2" pageNumber="477" phylum="Annelida" rank="genus">Exogone</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC33EE5E633EC9943F96F963" box="[1112,1246,1704,1727]" class="Polychaeta" family="Syllidae" genus="Parexogone" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="2" pageNumber="477" phylum="Annelida" rank="genus">Parexogone</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
and
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC33EE5E6270C99A3E2AF963" box="[1302,1378,1702,1727]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="477">Sylline</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and a brief interpretation of the evolution of shape of the compound chaetae in the genus. Chaetal shapes were differentiated by the length of blades and the degree of modification, and he used spinigers for all chaetae with long blades (San Martín 1991). Harris and Kudenov (1995) clarified that these chaetae really correspond to falcigers with long blades and used the same classification but based in the degree of modification more than length of blades.
</paragraph>
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The term pseudospiniger has been used in other syllid genera.
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC33EE5E64ABC8423F41F84B" box="[973,1033,1918,1943]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="477">Syllis</emphasis>
Lamarck, 1818
</taxonomicName>
, has a confusing taxonomic history, in terms of recognizing generic categories. Subgenus
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC33EE5E64B1C89E3F7EF867" box="[983,1078,1954,1979]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="477">Ehlersia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
highlights because Langerhans (1879) included here species with “spinigers” and falcigers. Dorsey &amp; Phillips (1987) noted that several authors divided
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC32EE5F6797CFAB3A18FF6C" box="[241,336,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="478">Ehlersia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC32EE5F66F2CFAB394CFF6C" box="[404,516,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="478">Typosyllis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the presence of “spinigers”, but indicated that the long blades are bidentate and therefore are not true spinigers and that the ratio of long to short is more accurate to define them. San Martín (1992), attending these authors, proposed the term pseudospiniger to describe falcigers with elongated blades, homologous to the true spinigers of other polychaetes as the nereidids. Finally, since pseudospiniger appears in species without direct relationship and the division into subgenera is practical rather than scientific, he concludes that the character should not be used to distinguish between genera or subgenera (San Martín 2003).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7E502050AC32EE5F67A1CE4C3952FDE1" blockId="3.[151,1436,151,789]" pageId="3" pageNumber="478">
Some polychaete glossaries define the term spiniger (but not pseudospiniger) and agree that it refers to chaetae tapered and with a fine tip (Fauchald 1977; Glasby
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC32EE5F65B1CEA93840FE71" box="[727,776,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="478">et al</emphasis>
. 2000; Rouse &amp; Pleijel 2001), the relative length of blades is not mentioned in any definition. According with them, in
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC32EE5F6426CE853885FE0C" box="[832,973,441,464]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="478">sensu stricto</emphasis>
, an intermediate form as the one already recognized by Augener and later by others authors is most appropriately described as compound falcigers with long blades. In this paper only the chaetal shapes defined by the previously mentioned glossaries are recognized, and the pseudospiniger term was not used.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7E502050AC32EE5F67A1CD74380AFCC8" blockId="3.[151,1436,151,789]" pageId="3" pageNumber="478">
On the other hand, the pygidium with tripartite rim was not included in the generic diagnosis. Glasby (1999, figs. 8b,d) revealed its relevance and included a clear illustration for the typical shape for each genus, but his extended diagnosis only referred to crenulated rim and does not include the tripartite rim that is shared by four species, even more when in the cladistic analysis indicated that the condition of having a tripartite pygidium is an autapomorphy of
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC32EE5F660CCDE53AB8FD2C" box="[362,496,729,752]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namanereis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="3" pageNumber="478" phylum="Annelida" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC32EE5F660CCDE53AB8FD2C" box="[362,496,729,752]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="478">Namanereis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Certainly, the shape of pygidium is not used as a diagnostic feature, and its recognition has been regarded as problematic (Glasby 1999).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC32EE5F67F1CC5B3A99FC5C" bold="true" box="[151,465,871,896]" pageId="3" pageNumber="478">
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC32EE5F67F1CC5B3AC4FC5C" box="[151,396,871,896]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namalycastis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="3" pageNumber="478" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="occulta" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC32EE5F67F1CC5B3AC4FC5C" bold="true" box="[151,396,871,896]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="478">Namalycastis occulta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="57A84139AC32EE5F66F4CC5B3A99FC5C" box="[402,465,871,896]" pageId="3" pageNumber="478" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
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and
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;
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material
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:
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. ECOSUR P-0151 and
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ECOSUR P-0152 (3), Bahía Chetumal, Quintana Roo,
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,
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, intertidal, under rocks, in sediment with leaves litter of red mangrove (
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC32EE5F63D3CCCB3EDBFBCC" box="[1205,1427,1015,1040]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="478">Rhizophora mangle</emphasis>
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) (
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,
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), col. Víctor M. Conde Vela, Astrid E. Te Gómez.
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locality
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. Chetumal Bay, Quintana Roo,
<collectingCountry id="06F860C0AC32EE5F65A5CB033853FB84" box="[707,795,1087,1112]" name="Mexico" pageId="3" pageNumber="478">Mexico</collectingCountry>
, in intertidal sediments.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC32EE5F67A1CB583AFBFBA1" bold="true" box="[199,435,1124,1149]" pageId="3" pageNumber="478">Additional material</emphasis>
: ECOSUR P-2649 (16), Bahía Chetumal, Quintana Roo,
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,
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, intertidal, under rocks, in sediment with leaves litter of red mangrove (
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC32EE5F645ACBBB3F5FFB7C" box="[828,1047,1159,1184]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rhizophoraceae" genus="Rhizophora" kingdom="Plantae" order="Malpighiales" pageId="3" pageNumber="478" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="mangle">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC32EE5F645ACBBB3F5FFB7C" box="[828,1047,1159,1184]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="478">Rhizophora mangle</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) (
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,
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88°16'43.61&quot;
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), col. VMCV, AETG; ECOSUR P-2650 (16), Bahía Chetumal, Quintana Roo,
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,
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, intertidal, in leaves litter of red mangrove (
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC32EE5F668FCBF3398EFB34" box="[489,710,1231,1256]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="478">Rhizophora mangle</emphasis>
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) (
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88°17'1.81&quot;
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), col. VMCV, AETG.
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complete (ECOSUR P-0151). Body small, subcylindrical, uniform in width anteriorly, tapering over far posterior region,
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long,
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wide, 102 chaetigers. Dorsal side convex, ventral side slightly flattened. Colour in life yellowish, translucent, once preserved turned opaque, solid color in base of prostomium and antennae; without any other pigmentation. No sexual products observed.
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Prostomium hexagonal, wider than long with widest part near posterior end, shallowly cleft anteriorly, dorsal depression shallow. Antennae subconical (
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A), extending beyond tip of palpostyle. Eyes absent (
<figureCitation id="E6D43CD5AC32EE5F6261CA9B3E0FFA1C" box="[1287,1351,1447,1472]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1826,1848]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,195,1802]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,195,1802]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 1. Namalycastis occulta n. sp. A. Anterior end, dorsal view (insert: close-up of antennae). B. Posterior end, dorsal view. C. Jaw, dorsal view (insert: tip of jaw, frontal view). D. Chaetiger 3, right parapodium, frontal view. E. Chaetiger 36, right parapodium, frontal view. F. Chaetiger 88, right parapodium, frontal view. G. Supra-acicular heterogomph falciger, chaetiger 36. H. Sub-acicular heterogomph falciger, chaetiger 36. I. Sub-acicular heterogomph falciger, chaetiger 3 (insert: distal tip). J. Sub-acicular heterogomph spiniger, chaetiger 36 (insert: blade tip). K. Supra-acicular sesquigomph spiniger, chaetiger 36. A B, D K. from holotype ECOSUR P- 0151; C. from paratype ECOSUR P- 0152. Scale bars: A, B, 0.25 mm; C, D, E, F, 0.05 mm; G, H, I, J, K, 0.01 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/215665/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="478">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
A).
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Peristomium with four pairs of tentacular cirri (
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A). Anterodorsal tentacular cirri 1.5 times longer than anteroventral; posterodorsal tentacular cirri 2.0 times as long as anterodorsal. Posterodorsal cirri extending posteriorly to chaetiger 3. Cirrostyles smooth, without folds; cirrophores slightly differentiable. Phranyx smooth, without paragnaths or papillae. Jaws honey colored with bifid terminal teeth, without teeth on cutting edge (
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C).
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Parapodia sub-biramous, notochaetae absent. Dorsal cirri cirriform, increasing greatly in length and becoming foliose posteriorly. Neuropodia well developed, postchaetal ligule subconical, tip rounded. Ventral cirri cirriform, shorter than dorsal cirri and ligule. Cirrophores indistinct (
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DF).
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Neurochaetae in
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arrangement, i.e. supra-acicular chaetae include heterogomph falcigers in preacicular fascicles and sesquigomph spinigers in postacicular fascicles; sub-acicular chaetae include heterogomph falcigers or heterogomph spinigers and heterogomph falcigers in preacicular fascicles.
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Supra-acicular falciger coarsely serrated, teeth length decreasing distally, 1/12 of length of margin edentulate, rounded tip (
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G). Supra-acicular spiniger finely serrated; fine pointed tip, curved in posterior chaetigers (
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K).
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Sub-acicular falciger increasing in length posteriorly; coarsely serrated basally, moderately distally, long blade, tip falcate, rounded, replaced by spiniger in middle and posterior chaetigers (
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I). Sub-acicular spiniger increasing in length posteriorly; coarsely serrated basally, becoming finely distally, long blade and finely pointed tip (
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J). Sub-acicular falciger coarsely serrated, teeth length decreasing distally, 1/5 of length of margin edentulate, tip rounded (
<figureCitation id="E6D43CD5AC35EE5866C1CE383AAFFEC0" box="[423,487,260,285]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1826,1848]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,195,1802]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,195,1802]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 1. Namalycastis occulta n. sp. A. Anterior end, dorsal view (insert: close-up of antennae). B. Posterior end, dorsal view. C. Jaw, dorsal view (insert: tip of jaw, frontal view). D. Chaetiger 3, right parapodium, frontal view. E. Chaetiger 36, right parapodium, frontal view. F. Chaetiger 88, right parapodium, frontal view. G. Supra-acicular heterogomph falciger, chaetiger 36. H. Sub-acicular heterogomph falciger, chaetiger 36. I. Sub-acicular heterogomph falciger, chaetiger 3 (insert: distal tip). J. Sub-acicular heterogomph spiniger, chaetiger 36 (insert: blade tip). K. Supra-acicular sesquigomph spiniger, chaetiger 36. A B, D K. from holotype ECOSUR P- 0151; C. from paratype ECOSUR P- 0152. Scale bars: A, B, 0.25 mm; C, D, E, F, 0.05 mm; G, H, I, J, K, 0.01 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/215665/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
H). Aciculae dark brown, tips slightly paler.
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Pygidium with tripartite rim and two lateral lobes. Anal cirri cirriform, smooth, arising ventrolaterally, 1.5 times longer than pygidium width. Prepygidial segment without cirri or chaetae (
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B).
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Mature specimens (ECOSUR P-2650), dorsally spotted with brown pigment, no modifications in parapodia or chaetae. Oocytes spherical, 250375 µm in diameter, with abundant grains of yolk (
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B); present in mid and posterior chaetigers, occupying up to half of coelomic space (
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C), apparently in alternate pattern (
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A).Testes or sperm not observed.
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. The specimens had an average length of
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(SD ± 3.19) and a maximum width of
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, while the average number of chaetigers was 71 (SD ± 16).
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The specimens examined vary in the followings parapodial features: ratio between length of dorsal cirri and length of ligule varies from
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middle chaetigers to 2.0 in posterior chaetigers; ratio between length of ventral cirri and length of dorsal cirri was 0.5, throughout the body (except posterior chaetigers).The variation of dorsal cirri length between specimens is very small, even if the variation of number of chaetigers is appreciable. Variations in chaetae include: 12 heterogomph falcigers and 12 sesquigomph spinigers in supra-acicular fascicles; 12 heterogomph falcigers with long blades in anterior chaetigers or 12 heterogomph spinigers in middle and posterior chaetigers and 12 heterogomph falcigers with short blades in sub-acicular fascicles.
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Mature specimens show a slight increment in the length of tentacular cirri (the longest reaching chaetigers 4 or 5) and of dorsal cirri, and tend to be larger than non-mature organisms (the largest measures
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, 119 chaetigers). Also, the oocytes in mid-body chaetigers tend to be smaller than in posterior chaetigers and up to four oocytes per segment can be seen, probably in formation states, similar number of oocytes per segment has been reported for
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC35EE586645CCE93958FC31" box="[291,528,980,1005]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">Namanereis littoralis</emphasis>
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(Müller &amp; Grube
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Grube, 1872) (Ezhova 2010).
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<paragraph id="7E502050AC35EE5867A1CCCB3882FB5E" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,1154]" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">
The analysis of correlation (
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) shows that the relationship between total body length and L3 is low and non-significant, while the relationship between total body length and L3, W3 and W10 have a slight correlation. The correlation between total body length and number of chaetigers is very strong and significant. Therefore, the width and length of the segments remains practically invariable along the body.
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC35EE5867F1CB8D3A42FB14" bold="true" box="[151,266,1201,1224]" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">TABLE 1.</emphasis>
Variability of morphologic characters of
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC35EE5865A5CB8C38E0FB14" box="[707,936,1200,1224]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">Namalycastis occulta</emphasis>
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(n=20).
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<th id="830E4B6EAC3511A36564CBD839F5FB21" box="[514,701,1252,1277]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">Body length (mm)</th>
<th id="830E4B6EAC3511A36587CBD8387DFB21" box="[737,821,1252,1277]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">L3 (mm)</th>
<th id="830E4B6EAC3511A36406CBD838F4FB21" box="[864,956,1252,1277]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">L10 (mm)</th>
<th id="830E4B6EAC3511A3648ECBD83F0DFB21" box="[1000,1093,1252,1277]" gridcol="4" gridrow="0" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">W3 (mm)</th>
<th id="830E4B6EAC3511A36309CBD83F9CFB21" box="[1135,1236,1252,1277]" gridcol="5" gridrow="0" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">W10 (mm)</th>
<th id="830E4B6EAC3511A36398CBD83E22FB21" box="[1278,1386,1252,1277]" gridcol="6" gridrow="0" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">Chaetigers</th>
</tr>
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<th id="830E4B6EAC3511A367F9CA2C3A8CFAFA" box="[159,452,1296,1318]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">Minimum</th>
<td id="830E4B6EAC3511A36564CA2C39F5FAFA" box="[514,701,1296,1318]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">7.00</td>
<td id="830E4B6EAC3511A36587CA2C387DFAFA" box="[737,821,1296,1318]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">0.40</td>
<td id="830E4B6EAC3511A36406CA2C38F4FAFA" box="[864,956,1296,1318]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">1.60</td>
<td id="830E4B6EAC3511A3648ECA2C3F0DFAFA" box="[1000,1093,1296,1318]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">0.40</td>
<td id="830E4B6EAC3511A36309CA2C3F9CFAFA" box="[1135,1236,1296,1318]" gridcol="5" gridrow="1" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">0.50</td>
<td id="830E4B6EAC3511A36398CA2C3E22FAFA" box="[1278,1386,1296,1318]" gridcol="6" gridrow="1" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">46</td>
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<tr id="C0DF2212AC3511A367F9CA053E22FA93" box="[159,1386,1337,1359]" gridrow="2" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">
<th id="830E4B6EAC3511A367F9CA053A8CFA93" box="[159,452,1337,1359]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">Maximum</th>
<td id="830E4B6EAC3511A36564CA0539F5FA93" box="[514,701,1337,1359]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">19.00</td>
<td id="830E4B6EAC3511A36587CA05387DFA93" box="[737,821,1337,1359]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">0.80</td>
<td id="830E4B6EAC3511A36406CA0538F4FA93" box="[864,956,1337,1359]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">2.10</td>
<td id="830E4B6EAC3511A3648ECA053F0DFA93" box="[1000,1093,1337,1359]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">0.60</td>
<td id="830E4B6EAC3511A36309CA053F9CFA93" box="[1135,1236,1337,1359]" gridcol="5" gridrow="2" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">0.70</td>
<td id="830E4B6EAC3511A36398CA053E22FA93" box="[1278,1386,1337,1359]" gridcol="6" gridrow="2" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">104</td>
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<tr id="C0DF2212AC3511A367F9CA5F3E22FAA5" box="[159,1386,1379,1401]" gridrow="3" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">
<th id="830E4B6EAC3511A367F9CA5F3A8CFAA5" box="[159,452,1379,1401]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">Average</th>
<td id="830E4B6EAC3511A36564CA5F39F5FAA5" box="[514,701,1379,1401]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">12.55</td>
<td id="830E4B6EAC3511A36587CA5F387DFAA5" box="[737,821,1379,1401]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">0.57</td>
<td id="830E4B6EAC3511A36406CA5F38F4FAA5" box="[864,956,1379,1401]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">1.77</td>
<td id="830E4B6EAC3511A3648ECA5F3F0DFAA5" box="[1000,1093,1379,1401]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">0.45</td>
<td id="830E4B6EAC3511A36309CA5F3F9CFAA5" box="[1135,1236,1379,1401]" gridcol="5" gridrow="3" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">0.55</td>
<td id="830E4B6EAC3511A36398CA5F3E22FAA5" box="[1278,1386,1379,1401]" gridcol="6" gridrow="3" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">71</td>
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<th id="830E4B6EAC3511A367F9CAB03A8CFA7E" box="[159,452,1420,1442]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">Standard Deviation</th>
<td id="830E4B6EAC3511A36564CAB039F5FA7E" box="[514,701,1420,1442]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">3.19</td>
<td id="830E4B6EAC3511A36587CAB0387DFA7E" box="[737,821,1420,1442]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">0.09</td>
<td id="830E4B6EAC3511A36406CAB038F4FA7E" box="[864,956,1420,1442]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">0.15</td>
<td id="830E4B6EAC3511A3648ECAB03F0DFA7E" box="[1000,1093,1420,1442]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">0.06</td>
<td id="830E4B6EAC3511A36309CAB03F9CFA7E" box="[1135,1236,1420,1442]" gridcol="5" gridrow="4" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">0.06</td>
<td id="830E4B6EAC3511A36398CAB03E22FA7E" box="[1278,1386,1420,1442]" gridcol="6" gridrow="4" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">16</td>
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<td id="830E4B6EAC3511A36587CA89387DFA12" box="[737,821,1461,1486]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">0.4292</td>
<td id="830E4B6EAC3511A36406CA8938F4FA12" box="[864,956,1461,1486]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">0.5870</td>
<td id="830E4B6EAC3511A3648ECA893F0DFA12" box="[1000,1093,1461,1486]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">0.5315</td>
<td id="830E4B6EAC3511A36309CA893F9CFA12" box="[1135,1236,1461,1486]" gridcol="5" gridrow="5" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">0.5315</td>
<td id="830E4B6EAC3511A36398CA893E22FA12" box="[1278,1386,1461,1486]" gridcol="6" gridrow="5" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">0.9138</td>
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7E502050AC35EE5867A1C92E3E70F967" blockId="4.[151,1436,1554,2011]" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC35EE5867A1C92E3A6BF9F7" bold="true" box="[199,291,1554,1579]" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">Habitat</emphasis>
. This species was found initially in samples of intertidal leaf litter and later it was found in sediment under exposed rocks, at few centimeters of the surface, in the same place where the leaf litter was sampled. There are few rocks in this area and their dimensions are
<date id="0A510690AC35EE586587C967386FF9AF" box="[737,807,1627,1651]" pageId="4" pageNumber="479" value="1930-10-20">
20x
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cm approximately. The species is present in the leaves litter in June and July when the mounds reach
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or more in height and not appears since August to December when the production of leaves decreases (pers. obs.), more details for remaining months are not available.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7E502050AC35EE5867A1C9FA3ABBF8B3" blockId="4.[151,1436,1554,2011]" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">
The environment in which the specimens were collected is polluted by solid waste, mainly plastic and glass bottles and plastic bags. Many studies prove organic pollution in water and sediments in the bay due to the continuous discharges of urban waste and agricultural compounds from Hondo River, which flows into the bay (Álvarez-Legorreta 2009). Moreover, much of the mangrove forest area is deforested and the coast is transformed (Sánchez-Sánchez
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC35EE58660DC86B3AD4F8B3" box="[363,412,1878,1903]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">et al</emphasis>
. 2009).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="36F573DBAC35EE5867A1C8463EC5F807" pageId="4" pageNumber="479" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="7E502050AC35EE5867A1C8463EC5F807" blockId="4.[151,1436,1554,2011]" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC35EE5867A1C8463A0EF84F" bold="true" box="[199,326,1914,1939]" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">Etymology</emphasis>
. The specific name stems from the Latin adjective
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC35EE5864FDC84638B0F84F" box="[923,1016,1914,1939]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">occultus</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC35EE58636FC8403F5FF84F" box="[1033,1047,1916,1939]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">a</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC35EE58634EC8403F02F84F" box="[1064,1098,1916,1939]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="479">um</emphasis>
, meaning hidden or in secret places, referring to the cryptic habits of this species. It indicates that the polychaete was hidden in leaves litter samples, where it was originally discovered. This species was found in very few places and in very low densities.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC34EE5967F1C81E3A5CF8E4" bold="true" box="[151,276,1826,1848]" pageId="5" pageNumber="480">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC34EE59667AC81E3ABFF8E4" box="[284,503,1826,1848]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="480">Namalycastis occulta</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC34EE596698C81E3971F8E4" bold="true" box="[510,569,1826,1848]" pageId="5" pageNumber="480">n. sp.</emphasis>
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A. Anterior end, dorsal view (insert: close-up of antennae). B. Posterior end, dorsal view. C. Jaw, dorsal view (insert: tip of jaw, frontal view). D. Chaetiger 3, right parapodium, frontal view. E. Chaetiger 36, right parapodium, frontal view. F. Chaetiger 88, right parapodium, frontal view. G. Supra-acicular heterogomph falciger, chaetiger 36. H. Sub-acicular heterogomph falciger, chaetiger 36. I. Sub-acicular heterogomph falciger, chaetiger 3 (insert: distal tip). J. Sub-acicular heterogomph spiniger, chaetiger 36 (insert: blade tip). K. Supra-acicular sesquigomph spiniger, chaetiger 36. A B, DK. from holotype ECOSUR P-0151; C. from paratype ECOSUR P-0152. Scale bars: A, B, 0.25 mm; C,D,E,F, 0.05 mm; G,H, I, J, K, 0.01 mm.
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A67A1CFAB3A7CFF6C" bold="true" box="[199,308,151,176]" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">Remarks</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A6624CFAB397AFF6C" box="[322,562,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">Namalycastis occulta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A655CCFAB3932FF6C" bold="true" box="[570,634,151,176]" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">n. sp.</emphasis>
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resembles other
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A645FCFAB3898FF6C" box="[825,976,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">Namalycastis</emphasis>
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species having heterogomph falcigers in all parapods and pygidium with tripartite rim, such as
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A6599CF8138EAFF08" box="[767,930,187,212]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">N. elobeyensis</emphasis>
Glasby, 1999
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and
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A6311CF813FB0FF08" box="[1143,1272,187,212]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">N. nicoleae</emphasis>
Glasby, 1999
</taxonomicName>
. The new species differs from
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A6689CFDC39DBFF24" box="[495,659,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">N. elobeyensis</emphasis>
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in having falcigers in anterior body region replaced by spinigers in posterior region and having falcigers coarsely serrated, while the other having only one spiniger and having falcigers finely or moderately serrated, and differs from
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A646FCE1438CFFEE3" box="[777,903,294,319]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">N. nicoleae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the absence of notochaetae. The new species is easily recognizable and unique because it has neither eyes nor teeth in jaws. The absence of eyes is probably an adaptation for its unlighted environments like it has also been recorded in some underground species of
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC37EE5A67F1CEAF3A97FE76" authority="Williams 2004" authorityName="Williams" authorityYear="2004" box="[151,479,402,427]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namanereis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="481" phylum="Annelida" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A67F1CEAF3A55FE76" box="[151,285,403,426]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">Namanereis</emphasis>
(Williams 2004)
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7E502050AC37EE5A67A1CE893FCBFCA7" blockId="6.[151,1436,151,2035]" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">
The genus
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC37EE5A662ECE8B3A86FE12" box="[328,462,439,462]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namanereis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="481" phylum="Annelida" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A662ECE8B3A86FE12" box="[328,462,439,462]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">Namanereis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
contains species without eyes; however, all
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC37EE5A64B3CE893F24FE12" box="[981,1132,437,462]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namalycastis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="481" phylum="Annelida" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A64B3CE893F24FE12" box="[981,1132,437,462]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">Namalycastis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species have two pairs of eyes. In the cladistic analysis of Glasby (1999) the lack of eyes was regarded as an apomorphy, and the eyeless species of
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC37EE5A6668CEC23ADCFDC9" box="[270,404,510,533]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namanereis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="481" phylum="Annelida" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A6668CEC23ADCFDC9" box="[270,404,510,533]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">Namanereis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
form a clade:
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC37EE5A655FCEC23F1EFDCA" authority="Hartmann-Schroder &amp; Marinov, 1977" authorityName="Hartmann-Schroder &amp; Marinov" authorityYear="1977" box="[569,1110,509,534]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namanereis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="481" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="beroni">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A655FCEC239EAFDCA" box="[569,674,509,534]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">N. beroni</emphasis>
Hartmann-Schröder &amp; Marinov, 1977
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC37EE5A6304CEC23A24FDE5" authority="Solis-Weiss &amp; Espinasa, 1991" authorityName="Solis-Weiss &amp; Espinasa" authorityYear="1991" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namanereis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="481" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="cavernicola">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A6304CEC23E4FFDCA" box="[1122,1287,509,534]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">N. cavernicola</emphasis>
(Solís-Weiss &amp; Espinasa, 1991)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC37EE5A661ECD1E39A4FDE5" authority="Augener, 1933" authorityName="Augener" authorityYear="1933" box="[376,748,545,570]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namanereis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="481" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="hummelincki">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A661ECD1E3961FDE6" box="[376,553,545,570]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">N. hummelincki</emphasis>
(Augener, 1933)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC37EE5A659FCD1E3F41FDE5" authority="Glasby, 1999" authorityName="Glasby" authorityYear="1999" box="[761,1033,545,570]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namanereis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="481" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="minuta">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A659FCD1E3821FDE5" box="[761,873,546,569]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">N. minuta</emphasis>
Glasby, 1999
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC37EE5A6373CD1E3E65FDE5" authority="Glasby, 1999" authorityName="Glasby" authorityYear="1999" box="[1045,1325,545,570]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namanereis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="481" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="serratis">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A6373CD1E3FC4FDE5" box="[1045,1164,546,569]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">N. serratis</emphasis>
Glasby, 1999
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC37EE5A625FCD1E3A63FD81" authority="Glasby, 1999" authorityName="Glasby" authorityYear="1999" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namanereis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="481" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="stocki">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A625FCD1E3ED4FDE6" box="[1337,1436,545,570]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">N. stocki</emphasis>
Glasby, 1999
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC37EE5A6607CD7A398CFD81" authority="Winterbourn, 1969" authorityName="Winterbourn" authorityYear="1969" box="[353,708,580,605]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namanereis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="481" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="tiriteae">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A6607CD7A3A9BFD81" box="[353,467,582,605]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">N. tiriteae</emphasis>
(Winterbourn, 1969)
</taxonomicName>
. Two other species,
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC37EE5A64C1CD7A3FEAFD81" authority="Glasby, 1997" authorityName="Glasby" authorityYear="1997" box="[935,1186,580,605]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namanereis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="481" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="araps">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A64C1CD7A3F40FD81" box="[935,1032,582,605]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">N. araps</emphasis>
Glasby, 1997
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC37EE5A63BFCD7A3A3FFD5D" authority="Fiege &amp; Van Damme, 2002" authorityName="Fiege &amp; Van Damme" authorityYear="2002" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namanereis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="481" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="gesae">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A63BFCD7A3E72FD81" box="[1241,1338,582,605]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">N. gesae</emphasis>
Fiege &amp; Van Damme, 2002
</taxonomicName>
, could be included in this group. All these species are cryptic living in subterranean or freshwater habitats. Excepting
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC37EE5A6698CDB1392BFD78" box="[510,611,653,676]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namanereis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="481" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="araps">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A6698CDB1392BFD78" box="[510,611,653,676]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">N. araps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC37EE5A6513CDB139AAFD79" box="[629,738,652,677]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namanereis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="481" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="beroni">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A6513CDB139AAFD79" box="[629,738,652,677]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">N. beroni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC37EE5A6592CDB13811FD78" box="[756,857,653,676]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namanereis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="481" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="gesae">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A6592CDB13811FD78" box="[756,857,653,676]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">N. gesae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A64FECDB13F5DFD78" box="[920,1045,653,676]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC37EE5A64FECDB13F58FD78" box="[920,1040,653,676]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namanereis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="481" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="tiriteae">N. tiriteae</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
the remaining species have been recorded from the Grand Caribbean region and their jaws have bifid terminal teeth, being the latter a synapomorphic feature (Glasby 1999), and almost in all of them the jaws have smooth cutting edges. Also, the falcigers with long blades (pseudospinigers) apparently are restricted to preacicular position in subacicular fascicles in six
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC37EE5A6623CC203A83FCEF" box="[325,459,796,819]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namanereis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="481" phylum="Annelida" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A6623CC203A83FCEF" box="[325,459,796,819]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">Namanereis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species:
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC37EE5A6552CC2039DEFCEF" box="[564,662,796,819]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namanereis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="481" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="araps">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A6552CC2039DEFCEF" box="[564,662,796,819]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">N. araps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC37EE5A65C3CC203802FCE8" box="[677,842,795,820]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namanereis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="481" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="cavernicola">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A65C3CC203802FCE8" box="[677,842,795,820]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">N. cavernicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC37EE5A643CCC2038F4FCEF" box="[858,956,796,819]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namanereis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="481" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="gesae">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A643CCC2038F4FCEF" box="[858,956,796,819]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">N. gesae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC37EE5A64ACCC203F33FCE8" box="[970,1147,795,820]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namanereis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="481" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="hummelincki">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A64ACCC203F33FCE8" box="[970,1147,795,820]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">N. hummelincki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC37EE5A63ECCC203FB2FCEF" box="[1162,1274,796,819]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namanereis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="481" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="minuta">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A63ECCC203FB2FCEF" box="[1162,1274,796,819]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">N. minuta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC37EE5A6254CC203EDDFCE8" box="[1330,1429,795,820]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namanereis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="481" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="stocki">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A6254CC203EDDFCE8" box="[1330,1429,795,820]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">N. stocki</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, having
<typeStatus id="A1549EF2AC37EE5A6788CC7C3A56FC84" box="[238,286,832,856]" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">type</typeStatus>
D arrangement and four of them are closely related (Glasby 1999). Conversely, all
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC37EE5A6263CC023ED4FC8B" box="[1285,1436,830,855]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namalycastis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="481" phylum="Annelida" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A6263CC023ED4FC8B" box="[1285,1436,830,855]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">Namalycastis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species recorded have eyes, jaws with single terminal tooth and denticulate cutting edges.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7E502050AC37EE5A67A1CCBB381CFB44" blockId="6.[151,1436,151,2035]" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">
<collectingCountry id="06F860C0AC37EE5A67A1CCBB3BAEFC43" box="[199,230,903,927]" name="American Samoa" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">As</collectingCountry>
noted above, the new species shares several features with eyeless
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC37EE5A64ABCCBB3F1BFC42" box="[973,1107,903,926]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namanereis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="481" phylum="Annelida" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A64ABCCBB3F1BFC42" box="[973,1107,903,926]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">Namanereis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group and possibly is related with. Such affinity favors the placing of the new species in
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC37EE5A6427CC97388FFC1E" box="[833,967,939,962]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namanereis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="481" phylum="Annelida" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A6427CC97388FFC1E" box="[833,967,939,962]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">Namanereis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and in fact, the new species is similar to both
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC37EE5A67A9CCF33ACFFC3A" authority="Glasby" authorityName="Glasby" box="[207,391,973,998]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namanereis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="481" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="stocki">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A67A9CCF33A79FC3A" box="[207,305,973,998]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">N. stocki</emphasis>
Glasby
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC37EE5A66DBCCF339CAFC3A" authority="Glasby" authorityName="Glasby" box="[445,642,973,998]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namanereis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="481" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="minuta">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A66DBCCF33A98FC3A" box="[445,464,975,998]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">N</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A66B8CCF33964FC3A" box="[478,556,975,998]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">minuta</emphasis>
Glasby
</taxonomicName>
mainly by having four pairs of tentacular cirri, bifid jaws and falcigers with long blades in sub-acicular fascicles and by lacking eyes. However,
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC37EE5A64AFCCCE3F07FBD5" box="[969,1103,1010,1033]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namanereis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="481" phylum="Annelida" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A64AFCCCE3F07FBD5" box="[969,1103,1010,1033]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">Namanereis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species have dorsal cirri with similar length throughout the body and the new species have dorsal cirri that increase in length and become foliose posteriorly. Also, the number of tentacular cirri, the shape of prostomium, antennae, dorsal cirri and oocytes remind more to
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC37EE5A679BCB603ADCFBA9" box="[253,404,1116,1141]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namalycastis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="481" phylum="Annelida" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A679BCB603ADCFBA9" box="[253,404,1116,1141]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">Namalycastis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
than
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC37EE5A66BACB61392AFBA8" box="[476,610,1117,1140]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namanereis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="481" phylum="Annelida" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A66BACB61392AFBA8" box="[476,610,1117,1140]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">Namanereis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Being these features the most relevant to discriminate among genera (Glasby 1999), the new species was regarded as
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC37EE5A65D0CBBC3805FB45" box="[694,845,1152,1177]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namalycastis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="481" phylum="Annelida" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A65D0CBBC3805FB45" box="[694,845,1152,1177]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">Namalycastis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7E502050AC37EE5A67A1CB99388AF9FE" blockId="6.[151,1436,151,2035]" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">
One species,
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC37EE5A660FCB98385FFB61" authority="Glasby, 1999" authorityName="Glasby" authorityYear="1999" box="[361,791,1188,1213]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namalycastis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="481" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="nicoleae">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A660FCB983924FB61" box="[361,620,1188,1213]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">Namalycastis nicoleae</emphasis>
Glasby, 1999
</taxonomicName>
, has a close affinity with the new species by having pseudospinigers, small body, posterior dorsal cirri with flattened feature weakly developed, tripartite pygidium and notably this species does not have any evident relationship with other
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC37EE5A6490CBD73FC5FAD8" box="[1014,1165,1259,1284]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namalycastis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="481" phylum="Annelida" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A6490CBD73FC5FAD8" box="[1014,1165,1259,1284]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">Namalycastis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species (Glasby 1999); nevertheless, those chaetae would be considered as homologues of the true spinigers (Glasby 1999) but not of the falcigers with long blades in the new species because they are in postacicular position and therefore in other arrangement (e.g.
<typeStatus id="A1549EF2AC37EE5A6605CA643ADBFAAC" box="[355,403,1368,1392]" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">type</typeStatus>
A arrangement). In the new species, the determination of the position of falcigers with long blades is doubtful because in some occasions are postacicular position and in other preacicular; this problem was identified by Glasby (1999) in his cladistic analysis and he regarded all as preacicular for being more parsimonious than postacicular. Glasby (1999) indicated that &quot;it is conceivable that all
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC37EE5A64A7CAFE3F30FA07" box="[961,1144,1474,1499]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="481" phylum="Annelida" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Namanereidinae">Namanereidinae</taxonomicName>
lacking eyes form a clade whose ancestor also lacked eyes”, so that to ensure the affinity between eyeless
<taxonomicName id="B9EF5BD3AC37EE5A6353CADB3FF3FA22" box="[1077,1211,1511,1534]" class="Polychaeta" family="Nereididae" genus="Namanereis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="481" phylum="Annelida" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A6353CADB3FF3FA22" box="[1077,1211,1511,1534]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">Namanereis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group and the new species requires a more detailed analysis, even with molecular evidence.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7E502050AC37EE5A67A1C9113837F909" blockId="6.[151,1436,151,2035]" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">
Hermaphroditism is considered a secondary reproductive condition among polychaetes. Several authors suggest that hermaphroditism is one of the adaptations for freshwater habitats and this condition is related to many factors such as body size population, density, difficult mate finding, isolated populations, habitat associations, and others (Aiyar &amp; Subramanian 1936, Ghiselin 1969, Westheide 1984, Premoli &amp; Sella 1995, Giangrande 1997, Puurtinen &amp; Kaitala 2002, Prevedelli
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A6558C981393EF909" box="[574,630,1724,1749]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">et al.</emphasis>
2006, for citing a few).
</paragraph>
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Hermaphroditism has been regarded as typical in the subfamily but it has been noticed for three species:
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A67F1C8393AD8F8C0" box="[151,400,1795,1820]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">Lycastis quadraticeps</emphasis>
Blanchard
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Gay,
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y
<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A65FBC83938FBF8C0" box="[669,947,1797,1820]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">castopsis catarractarum</emphasis>
Feueborn and the synonymy of
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A6227C8393A5AF8E3" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">Lycastis ranauensis</emphasis>
Feueborn
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with
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A66A4C81B39ABF89C" box="[450,739,1831,1856]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">Namalycastis hawaiiensis</emphasis>
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becomes to the latter as the sole hermaphroditic species in the genus (Johnson 1908, Feueborn 1931). The new species is similar to the description of
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC37EE5A63E7C8703E3FF8B8" box="[1153,1399,1867,1892]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="481">Lycastis quadraticeps</emphasis>
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by Johnson (1908). Initially the spotted pattern was confused with bunches of sperm as Johnson described, but after dissection bunches only appear in epithelial layers and not in coelom. Further, in chaetigers stained with hematoxilin and eosin testes or sperm cannot be recognized, and the same negative result was obtained after methyl-green staining.
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC36EE5B67F1CB8A3A5BFB10" bold="true" box="[151,275,1206,1228]" pageId="7" pageNumber="482">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="4C9BFC42AC36EE5B667CCB8A3ABCFB10" box="[282,500,1206,1228]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="482">Namalycastis occulta</emphasis>
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A. Entire, incomplete specimen, dorsal view, arrow indicates first oocyte. B. Oocytes from posterior chaetigers. C. Chaetiger from mid body, cross-ection (in: intestine, oc: oocyte). A, from specimen ECOSUR P- 2650; BC, from specimen ECOSUR P-2650. Scale bars: A, 0.5 mm; B,C, 0.1 mm.
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An interesting question why males could not be found? The new species would present one of two
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of sequential hermaphroditism. In protandry males initially have a small body and become females after reaching a certain size; this is found in populations with clumped spatial distribution and living in mud increase the probability of this sexual strategy more than protogyny (Sella 2006). In this modality, a large body can produce more eggs than a smaller one, increasing the female fecundity and reproductive success; small males are preferred maybe for the low probability to change sex (Sella 2006). Therefore, this may explain the absence of males and why females tend to be larger than non-mature specimens. Consequently, the new species is considered gonochoric but the idea that it is hermaphrodite cannot be completely discarded.
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