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<emphasis bold="true" box="[140,492,764,791]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="66">Paralepidonotus ampulliferus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation author="Grube E" box="[508,662,764,790]" pageId="13" pageNumber="66" pagination="1 - 300" refId="ref5005" refString="Grube E (1878). Annulata Semperiana. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Annelidenfauna der Philippinen nach den von Herrn Prof. Semper mitgebrachten Sammlungen. Memoires de l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de St. - Petersbourg, serie 7, 25 (8): i-ix, 1 - 300." type="journal article" year="1878">Grube, 1878</bibRefCitation>
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<figureCitation box="[140,207,800,826]" captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="14.[140,212,1550,1572]" captionTargetBox="[255,1005,428,1512]" captionTargetId="figure@14.[219,1029,385,1530]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="Figure 9. Paralepidonotus ampulliferus. a anterior end, dorsal view b 1st right elytron c ampullae on elytra d fringing papillae e microtubercles f papillae on surface g ventral lamellae h 21st left parapodium, anterior view i notochaeta j upper neurochaeta k middle neurochaetae l lower neurochaeta." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3770500" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3770500/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="66">Figs 9</figureCitation>
al, Figs 10 ad
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Grube" authorityYear="1878" box="[140,353,871,897]" class="Polychaeta" family="Polynoidae" genus="Polynoe" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="13" pageNumber="66" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="ampullifera">
<emphasis box="[140,353,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="66">Polynoe ampullifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. —
<bibRefCitation author="Wesenberg-Lund E" box="[403,664,871,897]" pageId="13" pageNumber="66" pagination="247 - 400" refId="ref5268" refString="Wesenberg-Lund E (1949) Polychaetes of the Iranian Gulf. In: Danish scientific investigations in Iran. Jessen K, Sparck R (Eds), 4: 247 - 400." type="journal article" year="1949">Wesenberg-Lund 1949</bibRefCitation>
, Danish scientific investigations in
<collectingCountry box="[1061,1107,871,897]" name="Iran" pageId="13" pageNumber="66">Iran</collectingCountry>
4: 253255.
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<paragraph blockId="13.[140,1107,871,1073]" pageId="13" pageNumber="66">
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<emphasis box="[140,454,941,967]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="66">Paralepidonotus ampulliferus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. —
<bibRefCitation author="Hanley JR" box="[505,656,941,967]" pageId="13" pageNumber="66" pagination="1053 - 1075" refId="ref5057" refString="Hanley JR (1991) Revision of the genus Paralepidonotus Horst, 1915 (Polychaeta: Polynoidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 1053 - 1075." type="journal article" year="1991">Hanley 1991</bibRefCitation>
, Invertebrate Taxonomy 4:
<date box="[968,1103,941,968]" pageId="13" pageNumber="66" value="1055" valueMax="1062">10551062</date>
, figs 15;
<bibRefCitation author="Rasheed S &amp; Mustaquim J" box="[288,617,976,1002]" pageId="13" pageNumber="66" pagination="49 - 82" refId="ref5227" refString="Rasheed S, Mustaquim J (2003) Scale bearing worms (Annelida: Polychaeta) of the family Polynoidae from the coastal waters of Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Marine Sciences 12 (1): 49 - 82." type="journal article" year="2003">Rasheed &amp; Mustaquim 2003</bibRefCitation>
,
<collectingCountry box="[629,723,976,1002]" name="Pakistan" pageId="13" pageNumber="66">Pakistan</collectingCountry>
Journal of Marine Sciences 12(1): 7677, fig. 15;
<bibRefCitation author="Barnich R &amp; Fiege D &amp; Sun R" box="[369,597,1011,1038]" pageId="13" pageNumber="66" pagination="285 - 329" refId="ref4860" refString="Barnich R, Fiege D, Sun R (2004) Polychaeta of Hainan Island, South China Sea. Part III. Aphroditoidea (Annelida: Polychaeta). Species Diversity 9: 285 - 329." type="journal article" year="2004">Barnich et al. 2004</bibRefCitation>
, Species Diversity 9: 315316;
<bibRefCitation author="Wehe T" box="[967,1103,1011,1037]" pageId="13" pageNumber="66" pagination="23 - 197" refId="ref5350" refString="Wehe T (2006) Revision of scale worms (Polychaeta: Aphroditoidea) occurring in the seas surrounding the Arabian Peninsula. Part I. Polynoidae. Fauna of Arabia 22: 23 - 197." type="journal article" year="2006">Wehe 2006</bibRefCitation>
, Fauna of Arabia 22: 159161. fig. 43am, pl.
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locality:
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Island,
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<emphasis box="[185,286,1152,1178]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="66" reason="1">Material</emphasis>
examined:
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ZUTCann. 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2037, 2120, 2216, 2223, 2233, 2248.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[185,357,1223,1249]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="66" reason="1">Measurements</emphasis>
(
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= 47): Length 10.8328.62 (20.05), width 4.449 (8.91) mm.
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<emphasis box="[185,339,1257,1283]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="66" reason="1">Distribution</emphasis>
:
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Gulf of Suez (Red Sea) (
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), and Persian Gulf (Wesenberg- Lund 1949). Th is is the first record for the Gulf of
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.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[140,376,1398,1424]" pageId="13" pageNumber="66">
<emphasis box="[140,222,1398,1424]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="66" reason="1">Family</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName authority="(Johnston, 1833)" baseAuthorityName="Johnston" baseAuthorityYear="1833" box="[140,513,1433,1460]" class="Polychaeta" family="Sigalionidae" genus="Sthenelais" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="13" pageNumber="66" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="boa">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[140,311,1433,1460]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="66">
<emphasis box="[140,260,1433,1460]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="66" reason="1">Sthenelais</emphasis>
boa
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(
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)
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<paragraph blockId="13.[140,513,1398,1495]" box="[140,263,1469,1495]" pageId="13" pageNumber="66">Figs 11 aj</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Johnston" baseAuthorityYear="1833" box="[140,295,1539,1565]" class="Polychaeta" family="Sigalionidae" genus="Sthenelais" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="13" pageNumber="66" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="boa">
<emphasis box="[140,295,1539,1565]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="66">Sthenelais boa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. —
<bibRefCitation author="Wesenberg-Lund E" box="[351,616,1539,1566]" pageId="13" pageNumber="66" pagination="247 - 400" refId="ref5268" refString="Wesenberg-Lund E (1949) Polychaetes of the Iranian Gulf. In: Danish scientific investigations in Iran. Jessen K, Sparck R (Eds), 4: 247 - 400." type="journal article" year="1949">Wesenberg-Lund 1949</bibRefCitation>
, Danish scientific investigations in
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4: 257;
<bibRefCitation author="Mohammad M-BM" box="[244,453,1575,1601]" pageId="13" pageNumber="66" pagination="285 - 303" refId="ref5198" refString="Mohammad M-BM (1971) Intertidal polychaetes from Kuwait, Arabian Gulf, with descriptions of three new species. Journal of Zoology 163: 285 - 303." type="journal article" year="1971">Mohammad 1971</bibRefCitation>
, Journal of Zoology 163: 288;
<bibRefCitation author="Wehe T" box="[806,940,1575,1601]" pageId="13" pageNumber="66" pagination="41 - 124" refId="ref5387" refString="Wehe T (2007). Revision of the scale worms (Polychaeta: Aphroditoidea) occurring in the seas surrounding the Arabian peninsula. Part II. Sigalionidae. Fauna of Arabia 23: 41 - 124." type="journal article" year="2007">Wehe 2007</bibRefCitation>
, Fauna of Arabia 23: 102104, fig. 20ak.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[140,301,166,193]" pageId="14" pageNumber="67">
<emphasis box="[140,198,167,193]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="67" reason="1">
<typeStatus box="[140,198,167,193]" pageId="14" pageNumber="67">Type</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
locality:
</emphasis>
<collectingCountry box="[308,460,167,193]" name="United Kingdom" pageId="14" pageNumber="67">Great Britain</collectingCountry>
.
<emphasis bold="true" box="[185,416,201,227]" pageId="14" pageNumber="67">
<emphasis box="[185,286,201,227]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="67" reason="1">Material</emphasis>
examined:
</emphasis>
<collectionCode box="[423,503,202,228]" pageId="14" pageNumber="67">ZUTC</collectionCode>
ann. 2046, 2047, 2048, 2049.
<emphasis bold="true" box="[185,357,237,263]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="67" reason="1">Measurements</emphasis>
(
<emphasis box="[374,389,238,263]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="67">n</emphasis>
= 8): Length, 26110 (64.42), width 3.436.13 (5.17).
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<emphasis box="[185,293,272,298]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="67" reason="1">Remarks</emphasis>
:
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On some specimens a few ampulla-shaped structures with a stem could be observed on the elytra.
<emphasis bold="true" box="[185,344,342,368]" pageId="14" pageNumber="67">
<emphasis box="[185,339,342,368]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="67" reason="1">Distribution</emphasis>
:
</emphasis>
Th is is the first record for this species for the Gulf of
<collectingCountry box="[948,1025,343,369]" name="Oman" pageId="14" pageNumber="67">Oman</collectingCountry>
.
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<caption ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3770500" ID-Zenodo-Dep="3770500" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3770500/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="67" startId="14.[140,212,1550,1572]" targetBox="[255,1005,428,1512]" targetPageId="14">
<paragraph blockId="14.[140,1108,1550,1636]" pageId="14" pageNumber="67">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[140,241,1550,1572]" pageId="14" pageNumber="67">Figure 9.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Grube" baseAuthorityYear="1878" box="[248,507,1550,1571]" class="Polychaeta" family="Polynoidae" genus="Paralepidonotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="14" pageNumber="67" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="ampulliferus">
<emphasis box="[248,507,1550,1571]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="67">Paralepidonotus ampulliferus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<emphasis bold="true" box="[522,535,1550,1572]" pageId="14" pageNumber="67">a</emphasis>
anterior end, dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" box="[786,800,1550,1572]" pageId="14" pageNumber="67">b</emphasis>
1st right elytron
<emphasis bold="true" box="[971,983,1550,1572]" pageId="14" pageNumber="67">c</emphasis>
ampullae on elytra
<emphasis bold="true" box="[196,210,1582,1604]" pageId="14" pageNumber="67">d</emphasis>
fringing papillae
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microtubercles
<emphasis bold="true" box="[532,539,1582,1604]" pageId="14" pageNumber="67">f</emphasis>
papillae on surface
<emphasis bold="true" box="[721,734,1582,1604]" pageId="14" pageNumber="67">g</emphasis>
ventral lamellae
<emphasis bold="true" box="[889,903,1582,1604]" pageId="14" pageNumber="67">h</emphasis>
21st left parapodium, anterior view
<emphasis bold="true" box="[267,274,1614,1636]" pageId="14" pageNumber="67">i</emphasis>
notochaeta
<emphasis bold="true" box="[387,394,1614,1636]" pageId="14" pageNumber="67">j</emphasis>
upper neurochaeta
<emphasis bold="true" box="[578,591,1614,1636]" pageId="14" pageNumber="67">k</emphasis>
middle neurochaetae
<emphasis bold="true" box="[795,802,1614,1636]" pageId="14" pageNumber="67">l</emphasis>
lower neurochaeta.
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<paragraph blockId="15.[140,1107,1344,1398]" pageId="15" pageNumber="68">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[140,250,1344,1366]" pageId="15" pageNumber="68">Figure |0.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Grube" baseAuthorityYear="1878" box="[256,511,1344,1365]" class="Polychaeta" family="Polynoidae" genus="Paralepidonotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="15" pageNumber="68" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="ampulliferus">
<emphasis box="[256,511,1344,1365]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="68">Paralepidonotus ampulliferus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<emphasis bold="true" box="[523,536,1344,1366]" pageId="15" pageNumber="68">a</emphasis>
middle elytron
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ampullae on elytra
<emphasis bold="true" box="[877,889,1344,1366]" pageId="15" pageNumber="68">c</emphasis>
microtubercles
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1036,1050,1344,1366]" pageId="15" pageNumber="68">d</emphasis>
fringing papillae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="15.[140,292,1484,1511]" box="[140,292,1484,1511]" pageId="15" pageNumber="68">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[140,292,1484,1511]" pageId="15" pageNumber="68">Conclusion</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="15.[140,1108,1539,1672]" pageId="15" pageNumber="68">
The genera
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<emphasis box="[268,398,1539,1565]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="68">Lepidonotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis box="[453,575,1539,1565]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="68">Harmothoe</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were the most prevalent in our samples, each of them represented with three species.
<taxonomicName authorityName="Gravier" authorityYear="1902" box="[562,825,1575,1601]" class="Polychaeta" family="Polynoidae" genus="Lepidonotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="15" pageNumber="68" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="tenuisetosus">
<emphasis box="[562,825,1575,1601]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="68">Lepidonotus tenuisetosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was most frequently encountered and collected from 25 locations. The highest diversity of scale worms found during this study originated from rocky habitats covered with a dense layer of algae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="16.[140,1108,1344,1430]" pageId="16" pageNumber="69">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[140,251,1344,1366]" pageId="16" pageNumber="69">Figure ||.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Johnston" baseAuthorityYear="1833" box="[257,392,1344,1366]" class="Polychaeta" family="Sigalionidae" genus="Sthenelais" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="16" pageNumber="69" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="boa">Sthenelais boa</taxonomicName>
.
<emphasis bold="true" box="[401,414,1344,1366]" pageId="16" pageNumber="69">a</emphasis>
anterior end, dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" box="[655,669,1344,1366]" pageId="16" pageNumber="69">b</emphasis>
1st right elytron
<emphasis bold="true" box="[830,842,1344,1366]" pageId="16" pageNumber="69">c</emphasis>
fringing papillae
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1006,1020,1344,1366]" pageId="16" pageNumber="69">d</emphasis>
microtubercles
<emphasis bold="true" box="[208,221,1376,1398]" pageId="16" pageNumber="69">e</emphasis>
7th right parapodium, anterior view
<emphasis bold="true" box="[569,576,1376,1398]" pageId="16" pageNumber="69">f</emphasis>
lower neurochaeta
<emphasis bold="true" box="[757,770,1376,1398]" pageId="16" pageNumber="69">g</emphasis>
middle neurochaeta
<emphasis bold="true" box="[965,979,1376,1398]" pageId="16" pageNumber="69">h</emphasis>
upper neurochaeta
<emphasis bold="true" box="[204,211,1408,1430]" pageId="16" pageNumber="69">i</emphasis>
notochaeta
<emphasis bold="true" box="[324,331,1408,1430]" pageId="16" pageNumber="69">j</emphasis>
simple neurochaeta.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="16.[140,1108,1504,1672]" pageId="16" pageNumber="69">
The high number of new records demonstrates that a much higher diversity of scale worms and polychaetes in general is present on the north-eastern coasts of the Persian Gulf as well as from the northern coasts of the Gulf of
<collectingCountry box="[749,822,1575,1601]" name="Oman" pageId="16" pageNumber="69">Oman</collectingCountry>
than known so far. It can be expected that more intensive fieldwork in additional stations will yield additional records for this relatively unexplored coast.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="17.[140,396,180,207]" box="[140,396,180,207]" pageId="17" pageNumber="70">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[140,396,180,207]" pageId="17" pageNumber="70">Acknowledgement</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="17.[140,1108,237,439]" pageId="17" pageNumber="70">
The authors greatly acknowledge the suggestions of Dr.
<collectionCode box="[768,787,238,264]" name="Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics" pageId="17" pageNumber="70">T</collectionCode>
. Wehe, Zoological Institute, University of Heidelberg, who helped to identify the specimens examined here. We would also like to express our gratitude to Dr. D. Fiege, Research Institute and Natural History Museum Senckenberg, Frankfurt am Main, who gave us the possibility to use his library and literature. We also thank for the financial help and facilities provided by the University of
<collectingRegion box="[335,419,413,439]" country="Iran" name="Tehran" pageId="17" pageNumber="70">Tehran</collectingRegion>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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