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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFCCFFA0FF14FBD5FEDBA750" bold="true" box="[151,290,1038,1064]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="165">Eunice taoi</emphasis>
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<figureCitation id="BFF57F94FFCCFFA0FF14FBEAFF21A732" box="[151,216,1073,1098]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="15.[151,250,1820,1842]" captionTargetBox="[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 8. Eunice taoi sp. nov. A, live specimen, dorsal view of anterior region; B, dorsal view of anterior region; C, lateral view of anterior region, papillae on palpostyles and ceratostyles are not shown; D, maxillae; E, mandibles; F, right parapodium 25, anterior view; G, left parapodium 90, anterior view. H, limbate chaeta, left parapodium 90; I, pectinate chaeta, right parapodium 25; J, compound spinigers, right parapodium 25, arrow indicates the serrated margin of shaft; K, compound spiniger, left parapodium 33; L, compound falciger, right parapodium 147; M, acicula, left parapodium 90; N, subacicular hooks, left parapodium 92. A, K from paratype NMNS 6896 - 5; B J, L N from holotype NMNS 6996 - 1. Scale bars: A, 10 mm; B C, 5 mm; D E, 0.1 mm; F G, 0.5 mm; H N, 0.05 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225430/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="165">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFCCFFA0FF14FBA2FE7AA7EA" bold="true" box="[151,387,1145,1170]" pageId="14" pageNumber="165">Material examined.</emphasis>
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(
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6896-001), Jihuei (23°06´53˝N, 121°24´11˝E), Taitung County, intertidal algal and coral mixed reef,
<date id="537045D1FFCCFFA0FE67FB45FD52A7CE" box="[484,683,1182,1206]" pageId="14" pageNumber="165" value="2010-08-23">August 23, 2010</date>
;
<typeStatus id="F875DDB3FFCCFFA0FD3FFB45FCD5A7CE" box="[700,812,1182,1206]" pageId="14" pageNumber="165" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
: three specimens (
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6896-005, 006~007), Jihuei (23°06´53˝N, 121°24´11˝E), Taitung County, intertidal algal and coral mixed reef,
<date id="537045D1FFCCFFA0FBCAFB1AFAE8A7A2" box="[1097,1297,1217,1242]" pageId="14" pageNumber="165" value="2009-10-18">October 18, 2009</date>
and
<date id="537045D1FFCCFFA0FAC8FB19FEF0A786" pageId="14" pageNumber="165" value="2010-08-22">August 22, 2010</date>
, respectively; three specimens (
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6896-012~013; AM W45884), Wanlitong (21°59´46˝N, 120°42´12˝E), Pingtung County, intertidal coral reef,
<date id="537045D1FFCCFFA0FCABFAD2FBE4A65A" box="[808,1053,1289,1314]" pageId="14" pageNumber="165" value="2009-11-13">November 13, 2009</date>
; three specimens (
<collectionCode id="41DFFBD4FFCCFFA0FA8BFAD2FAA2A65A" box="[1288,1371,1289,1314]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/2nry-s1yg" name="National Museum of Natural Science" pageId="14" pageNumber="165">NMNS</collectionCode>
6896- 0014~016), Jialulan, Taitung County, rocky intertidal,
<date id="537045D1FFCCFFA0FC9AFAF5FBF3A63E" box="[793,1034,1326,1350]" pageId="14" pageNumber="165" value="2010-08-11" valueMax="2010-08-12" valueMin="2010-08-11">August 1112, 2010</date>
; one specimen (
<collectionCode id="41DFFBD4FFCCFFA0FB4DFAF6FADAA63E" box="[1230,1315,1325,1350]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/2nry-s1yg" name="National Museum of Natural Science" pageId="14" pageNumber="165">NMNS</collectionCode>
6896-017), Shanyuan (22°50´19˝N, 121°11´19˝E), Taitung County, intertidal algal reef,
<date id="537045D1FFCCFFA0FB9AFA89FB19A612" box="[1049,1248,1362,1386]" pageId="14" pageNumber="165" value="2010-08-23">August 23, 2010</date>
; two specimens (
<collectionCode id="41DFFBD4FFCCFFA0FF1DFAAEFF0AA6F6" box="[158,243,1397,1422]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/2nry-s1yg" name="National Museum of Natural Science" pageId="14" pageNumber="165">NMNS</collectionCode>
6896-018; AM W45885), Shitiping (23°28´59˝N, 121°30´47˝E), Hualien County, rocky intertidal,
<date id="537045D1FFCCFFA0FAC8FAADFF07A6CA" pageId="14" pageNumber="165" value="2010-08-27">August 27, 2010</date>
; seven specimens (
<collectionCode id="41DFFBD4FFCCFFA0FE55FA42FDD3A6CA" box="[470,554,1433,1458]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/2nry-s1yg" name="National Museum of Natural Science" pageId="14" pageNumber="165">NMNS</collectionCode>
6896-002~004, 008~011), Jihuei (23°06´53˝N, 121°24´11˝E), Taitung County, intertidal algal and coral mixed reef,
<date id="537045D1FFCCFFA0FDB6FA66FD00A6AE" box="[565,761,1469,1494]" pageId="14" pageNumber="165" value="2007-10-14">October 14, 2007</date>
and
<date id="537045D1FFCCFFA0FCACFA65FC15A6AE" box="[815,1004,1470,1494]" pageId="14" pageNumber="165" value="2010-08-23">August 23, 2010</date>
, respectively.
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFCCFFA0FF44FA3AFEA8A682" bold="true" box="[199,337,1505,1530]" pageId="14" pageNumber="165">Description</emphasis>
.
<typeStatus id="F875DDB3FFCCFFA0FEE2FA3AFE35A682" box="[353,460,1505,1530]" pageId="14" pageNumber="165" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
, female with egg, complete specimen but broken in three parts,
<quantity id="E036CEF4FFCCFFA0FB2BFA3AFAFFA681" box="[1192,1286,1505,1530]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.61" pageId="14" pageNumber="165" unit="mm" value="561.0">561 mm</quantity>
in length for 633 chaetigers; maximum width 4.1 mm at chaetiger 53; length through chaetiger 10 about 9.7 mm, width at chaetiger 10 about 3.6 mm; one pair anal cirri, slender tapering, without articulations.
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Prostomium distinctly shorter than peristomium, equal width and about 1/2 as deep as peristomium, prostomial lobes frontally rounded, dorsally flattened, median sulcus deep (
<figureCitation id="BFF57F94FFCCFFA0FCF0F9AAFC4FA5F2" box="[883,950,1649,1674]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="15.[151,250,1820,1842]" captionTargetBox="[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 8. Eunice taoi sp. nov. A, live specimen, dorsal view of anterior region; B, dorsal view of anterior region; C, lateral view of anterior region, papillae on palpostyles and ceratostyles are not shown; D, maxillae; E, mandibles; F, right parapodium 25, anterior view; G, left parapodium 90, anterior view. H, limbate chaeta, left parapodium 90; I, pectinate chaeta, right parapodium 25; J, compound spinigers, right parapodium 25, arrow indicates the serrated margin of shaft; K, compound spiniger, left parapodium 33; L, compound falciger, right parapodium 147; M, acicula, left parapodium 90; N, subacicular hooks, left parapodium 92. A, K from paratype NMNS 6896 - 5; B J, L N from holotype NMNS 6996 - 1. Scale bars: A, 10 mm; B C, 5 mm; D E, 0.1 mm; F G, 0.5 mm; H N, 0.05 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225430/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="165">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
AC). Eyes present, situated posteriorly to base of palps, ovate and greyish purple. Palps and antennae thick, arranged in a semicircle, median antennae separated from lateral antennae; palpophores and ceratophores base short cylindrical, wide than long, with one indistinct ring-shaped articulation; palpostyles and ceratostyles slender tapering, surface with numerous papillae, without articulations; A-I, A-II and A-III similar length, palps distinctly shorter than antennae; A-II reaching to chaetiger 2, A-I and A-III to chaetiger 1, palps to posterior margin of anterior peristomial ring. Peristomium inflated anteriorly, lower lip muscular; separation between rings distinct dorsally and ventrally; anterior ring about 3/4 of total peristomial length; peristomial cirri tapering, without articulations, reaching middle of anterior peristomial ring (
<figureCitation id="BFF57F94FFCCFFA0FEDBF84AFE63A4D2" box="[344,410,1937,1962]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="15.[151,250,1820,1842]" captionTargetBox="[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 8. Eunice taoi sp. nov. A, live specimen, dorsal view of anterior region; B, dorsal view of anterior region; C, lateral view of anterior region, papillae on palpostyles and ceratostyles are not shown; D, maxillae; E, mandibles; F, right parapodium 25, anterior view; G, left parapodium 90, anterior view. H, limbate chaeta, left parapodium 90; I, pectinate chaeta, right parapodium 25; J, compound spinigers, right parapodium 25, arrow indicates the serrated margin of shaft; K, compound spiniger, left parapodium 33; L, compound falciger, right parapodium 147; M, acicula, left parapodium 90; N, subacicular hooks, left parapodium 92. A, K from paratype NMNS 6896 - 5; B J, L N from holotype NMNS 6996 - 1. Scale bars: A, 10 mm; B C, 5 mm; D E, 0.1 mm; F G, 0.5 mm; H N, 0.05 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225430/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="165">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
AC).
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Maxillary formula: 1+1, 6+5, 6+0, 3+8, 1+1; Maxillary teeth short, MxIII located at front-end part of distal arc with left MxIV (
<figureCitation id="BFF57F94FFCCFFA0FED3F802FE6BA48A" box="[336,402,2009,2034]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="15.[151,250,1820,1842]" captionTargetBox="[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 8. Eunice taoi sp. nov. A, live specimen, dorsal view of anterior region; B, dorsal view of anterior region; C, lateral view of anterior region, papillae on palpostyles and ceratostyles are not shown; D, maxillae; E, mandibles; F, right parapodium 25, anterior view; G, left parapodium 90, anterior view. H, limbate chaeta, left parapodium 90; I, pectinate chaeta, right parapodium 25; J, compound spinigers, right parapodium 25, arrow indicates the serrated margin of shaft; K, compound spiniger, left parapodium 33; L, compound falciger, right parapodium 147; M, acicula, left parapodium 90; N, subacicular hooks, left parapodium 92. A, K from paratype NMNS 6896 - 5; B J, L N from holotype NMNS 6996 - 1. Scale bars: A, 10 mm; B C, 5 mm; D E, 0.1 mm; F G, 0.5 mm; H N, 0.05 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225430/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="165">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
D); mandibles flat (
<figureCitation id="BFF57F94FFCCFFA0FDEEF802FD56A48A" box="[621,687,2009,2034]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="15.[151,250,1820,1842]" captionTargetBox="[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 8. Eunice taoi sp. nov. A, live specimen, dorsal view of anterior region; B, dorsal view of anterior region; C, lateral view of anterior region, papillae on palpostyles and ceratostyles are not shown; D, maxillae; E, mandibles; F, right parapodium 25, anterior view; G, left parapodium 90, anterior view. H, limbate chaeta, left parapodium 90; I, pectinate chaeta, right parapodium 25; J, compound spinigers, right parapodium 25, arrow indicates the serrated margin of shaft; K, compound spiniger, left parapodium 33; L, compound falciger, right parapodium 147; M, acicula, left parapodium 90; N, subacicular hooks, left parapodium 92. A, K from paratype NMNS 6896 - 5; B J, L N from holotype NMNS 6996 - 1. Scale bars: A, 10 mm; B C, 5 mm; D E, 0.1 mm; F G, 0.5 mm; H N, 0.05 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225430/files/figure.png" pageId="14" pageNumber="165">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
E).
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFCDFFA1FF14F8C7FEEAA449" bold="true" box="[151,275,1820,1842]" pageId="15" pageNumber="166">FIGURE 8.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="E0CE1892FFCDFFA1FE99F8C6FE76A44A" box="[282,399,1821,1842]" class="Polychaeta" family="Eunicidae" genus="Eunice" kingdom="Animalia" order="Eunicida" pageId="15" pageNumber="166" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="taoi" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFCDFFA1FE16F8C7FE1FA449" bold="true" box="[405,486,1820,1841]" pageId="15" pageNumber="166">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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A, live specimen, dorsal view of anterior region; B, dorsal view of anterior region; C, lateral view of anterior region, papillae on palpostyles and ceratostyles are not shown; D, maxillae; E, mandibles; F, right parapodium 25, anterior view; G, left parapodium 90, anterior view. H, limbate chaeta, left parapodium 90; I, pectinate chaeta, right parapodium 25; J, compound spinigers, right parapodium 25, arrow indicates the serrated margin of shaft; K, compound spiniger, left parapodium 33; L, compound falciger, right parapodium 147; M, acicula, left parapodium 90; N, subacicular hooks, left parapodium 92. A, K from paratype NMNS6896-5; BJ, LN from holotype NMNS6996-1. Scale bars: A, 10 mm; BC, 5 mm; DE, 0.1 mm; FG, 0.5mm; HN, 0.05 mm.
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<paragraph id="27716311FFD2FFBEFF44FF4CFD85A267" blockId="16.[151,1437,151,2016]" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">
Branchiae present, pectinate (
<figureCitation id="BFF57F94FFD2FFBEFD92FF4CFDABA3C8" box="[529,594,151,176]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="15.[151,250,1820,1842]" captionTargetBox="[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 8. Eunice taoi sp. nov. A, live specimen, dorsal view of anterior region; B, dorsal view of anterior region; C, lateral view of anterior region, papillae on palpostyles and ceratostyles are not shown; D, maxillae; E, mandibles; F, right parapodium 25, anterior view; G, left parapodium 90, anterior view. H, limbate chaeta, left parapodium 90; I, pectinate chaeta, right parapodium 25; J, compound spinigers, right parapodium 25, arrow indicates the serrated margin of shaft; K, compound spiniger, left parapodium 33; L, compound falciger, right parapodium 147; M, acicula, left parapodium 90; N, subacicular hooks, left parapodium 92. A, K from paratype NMNS 6896 - 5; B J, L N from holotype NMNS 6996 - 1. Scale bars: A, 10 mm; B C, 5 mm; D E, 0.1 mm; F G, 0.5 mm; H N, 0.05 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225430/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
G), present from chaetiger 77 to chaetiger 630, representing more than 65% of chaetigers branchiate; 1st to 6th and the last pairs of branchiae with single filament, maximum 6 filaments present from about chaetiger 133304, not reduced in mid-body region; branchial stems erect, flexible, filaments slender, distinctly longer than dorsal cirri (
<figureCitation id="BFF57F94FFD2FFBEFD96FEDDFDA1A267" box="[533,600,262,287]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="15.[151,250,1820,1842]" captionTargetBox="[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 8. Eunice taoi sp. nov. A, live specimen, dorsal view of anterior region; B, dorsal view of anterior region; C, lateral view of anterior region, papillae on palpostyles and ceratostyles are not shown; D, maxillae; E, mandibles; F, right parapodium 25, anterior view; G, left parapodium 90, anterior view. H, limbate chaeta, left parapodium 90; I, pectinate chaeta, right parapodium 25; J, compound spinigers, right parapodium 25, arrow indicates the serrated margin of shaft; K, compound spiniger, left parapodium 33; L, compound falciger, right parapodium 147; M, acicula, left parapodium 90; N, subacicular hooks, left parapodium 92. A, K from paratype NMNS 6896 - 5; B J, L N from holotype NMNS 6996 - 1. Scale bars: A, 10 mm; B C, 5 mm; D E, 0.1 mm; F G, 0.5 mm; H N, 0.05 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225430/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
G).
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<paragraph id="27716311FFD2FFBEFF44FEF1FB34A147" blockId="16.[151,1437,151,2016]" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">
Anterior neuropodial acicular lobes bilobed, upper lobes distally rounded, lower lobes obliquely truncate (
<figureCitation id="BFF57F94FFD2FFBEFAECFEF1FF5CA21F" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="15.[151,250,1820,1842]" captionTargetBox="[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 8. Eunice taoi sp. nov. A, live specimen, dorsal view of anterior region; B, dorsal view of anterior region; C, lateral view of anterior region, papillae on palpostyles and ceratostyles are not shown; D, maxillae; E, mandibles; F, right parapodium 25, anterior view; G, left parapodium 90, anterior view. H, limbate chaeta, left parapodium 90; I, pectinate chaeta, right parapodium 25; J, compound spinigers, right parapodium 25, arrow indicates the serrated margin of shaft; K, compound spiniger, left parapodium 33; L, compound falciger, right parapodium 147; M, acicula, left parapodium 90; N, subacicular hooks, left parapodium 92. A, K from paratype NMNS 6896 - 5; B J, L N from holotype NMNS 6996 - 1. Scale bars: A, 10 mm; B C, 5 mm; D E, 0.1 mm; F G, 0.5 mm; H N, 0.05 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225430/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
F), median and posterior acicular lobes not bilobed, triangular aciculae emerging above midline (
<figureCitation id="BFF57F94FFD2FFBEFAA9FE95FA88A21F" box="[1322,1393,334,359]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="15.[151,250,1820,1842]" captionTargetBox="[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 8. Eunice taoi sp. nov. A, live specimen, dorsal view of anterior region; B, dorsal view of anterior region; C, lateral view of anterior region, papillae on palpostyles and ceratostyles are not shown; D, maxillae; E, mandibles; F, right parapodium 25, anterior view; G, left parapodium 90, anterior view. H, limbate chaeta, left parapodium 90; I, pectinate chaeta, right parapodium 25; J, compound spinigers, right parapodium 25, arrow indicates the serrated margin of shaft; K, compound spiniger, left parapodium 33; L, compound falciger, right parapodium 147; M, acicula, left parapodium 90; N, subacicular hooks, left parapodium 92. A, K from paratype NMNS 6896 - 5; B J, L N from holotype NMNS 6996 - 1. Scale bars: A, 10 mm; B C, 5 mm; D E, 0.1 mm; F G, 0.5 mm; H N, 0.05 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225430/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
M); prechaetal lobes small, transverse folds; anterior postchaetal lobes small, folds following outline of acicular lobes, posterior postchaetal lobes small, transverse folds at middle and posterior segments. First five ventral cirri digitiform, subsequently basally strongly inflated to about chaetiger 133, inflated bases thick, transverse welts, narrow tips short and button-shaped; inflated bases becoming ovate to spherical by chaetiger 134, basal inflation gradually reduced on subsequent chaetigers, becoming slender and digitiform on posterior chaetigers. Anterior dorsal cirri tapering, posterior dorsal cirri slender tapering, all without articulations (
<figureCitation id="BFF57F94FFD2FFBEFBCBFDFDFB73A147" box="[1096,1162,550,575]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="15.[151,250,1820,1842]" captionTargetBox="[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 8. Eunice taoi sp. nov. A, live specimen, dorsal view of anterior region; B, dorsal view of anterior region; C, lateral view of anterior region, papillae on palpostyles and ceratostyles are not shown; D, maxillae; E, mandibles; F, right parapodium 25, anterior view; G, left parapodium 90, anterior view. H, limbate chaeta, left parapodium 90; I, pectinate chaeta, right parapodium 25; J, compound spinigers, right parapodium 25, arrow indicates the serrated margin of shaft; K, compound spiniger, left parapodium 33; L, compound falciger, right parapodium 147; M, acicula, left parapodium 90; N, subacicular hooks, left parapodium 92. A, K from paratype NMNS 6896 - 5; B J, L N from holotype NMNS 6996 - 1. Scale bars: A, 10 mm; B C, 5 mm; D E, 0.1 mm; F G, 0.5 mm; H N, 0.05 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225430/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
FG).
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<paragraph id="27716311FFD2FFBEFF44FD91FCC2A707" blockId="16.[151,1437,151,2016]" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">
Limbate chaetae elongate, longer than all other chaetae, narrow, marginally serrated, internal striations present (
<figureCitation id="BFF57F94FFD2FFBEFF1CFDB5FF1DA1FF" box="[159,228,622,647]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="15.[151,250,1820,1842]" captionTargetBox="[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 8. Eunice taoi sp. nov. A, live specimen, dorsal view of anterior region; B, dorsal view of anterior region; C, lateral view of anterior region, papillae on palpostyles and ceratostyles are not shown; D, maxillae; E, mandibles; F, right parapodium 25, anterior view; G, left parapodium 90, anterior view. H, limbate chaeta, left parapodium 90; I, pectinate chaeta, right parapodium 25; J, compound spinigers, right parapodium 25, arrow indicates the serrated margin of shaft; K, compound spiniger, left parapodium 33; L, compound falciger, right parapodium 147; M, acicula, left parapodium 90; N, subacicular hooks, left parapodium 92. A, K from paratype NMNS 6896 - 5; B J, L N from holotype NMNS 6996 - 1. Scale bars: A, 10 mm; B C, 5 mm; D E, 0.1 mm; F G, 0.5 mm; H N, 0.05 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225430/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
H). Pectinate chaetae furled, flaring; shafts slender, surface pilose, one marginal teeth heterodont, 1214 inner teeth (
<figureCitation id="BFF57F94FFD2FFBEFEA9FD49FE8DA1D3" box="[298,372,658,683]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="15.[151,250,1820,1842]" captionTargetBox="[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 8. Eunice taoi sp. nov. A, live specimen, dorsal view of anterior region; B, dorsal view of anterior region; C, lateral view of anterior region, papillae on palpostyles and ceratostyles are not shown; D, maxillae; E, mandibles; F, right parapodium 25, anterior view; G, left parapodium 90, anterior view. H, limbate chaeta, left parapodium 90; I, pectinate chaeta, right parapodium 25; J, compound spinigers, right parapodium 25, arrow indicates the serrated margin of shaft; K, compound spiniger, left parapodium 33; L, compound falciger, right parapodium 147; M, acicula, left parapodium 90; N, subacicular hooks, left parapodium 92. A, K from paratype NMNS 6896 - 5; B J, L N from holotype NMNS 6996 - 1. Scale bars: A, 10 mm; B C, 5 mm; D E, 0.1 mm; F G, 0.5 mm; H N, 0.05 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225430/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">
Fig.
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I). Compound spinigers present from chaetiger 1 to chaetiger 83; shafts slightly inflated, marginally serrated, internal striations present (
<figureCitation id="BFF57F94FFD2FFBEFD2FFD6DFD16A1B7" box="[684,751,694,719]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="15.[151,250,1820,1842]" captionTargetBox="[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 8. Eunice taoi sp. nov. A, live specimen, dorsal view of anterior region; B, dorsal view of anterior region; C, lateral view of anterior region, papillae on palpostyles and ceratostyles are not shown; D, maxillae; E, mandibles; F, right parapodium 25, anterior view; G, left parapodium 90, anterior view. H, limbate chaeta, left parapodium 90; I, pectinate chaeta, right parapodium 25; J, compound spinigers, right parapodium 25, arrow indicates the serrated margin of shaft; K, compound spiniger, left parapodium 33; L, compound falciger, right parapodium 147; M, acicula, left parapodium 90; N, subacicular hooks, left parapodium 92. A, K from paratype NMNS 6896 - 5; B J, L N from holotype NMNS 6996 - 1. Scale bars: A, 10 mm; B C, 5 mm; D E, 0.1 mm; F G, 0.5 mm; H N, 0.05 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225430/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
K); appendages thick, knife-shaped, proximal nearly parallel sides, distal slightly curved, length/width ratio (n=4) about 4.06. Compound falcigers replacing compound spinigers from about chaetiger 83; shafts distally inflated, marginally serrated (
<figureCitation id="BFF57F94FFD2FFBEFB9BFD25FBA5A06F" box="[1048,1116,766,791]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="15.[151,250,1820,1842]" captionTargetBox="[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 8. Eunice taoi sp. nov. A, live specimen, dorsal view of anterior region; B, dorsal view of anterior region; C, lateral view of anterior region, papillae on palpostyles and ceratostyles are not shown; D, maxillae; E, mandibles; F, right parapodium 25, anterior view; G, left parapodium 90, anterior view. H, limbate chaeta, left parapodium 90; I, pectinate chaeta, right parapodium 25; J, compound spinigers, right parapodium 25, arrow indicates the serrated margin of shaft; K, compound spiniger, left parapodium 33; L, compound falciger, right parapodium 147; M, acicula, left parapodium 90; N, subacicular hooks, left parapodium 92. A, K from paratype NMNS 6896 - 5; B J, L N from holotype NMNS 6996 - 1. Scale bars: A, 10 mm; B C, 5 mm; D E, 0.1 mm; F G, 0.5 mm; H N, 0.05 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225430/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
L); appendages small, short, length/width ratio (n=4) is about 3.83, with nearly parallel sides, tapering and distinct heads, bidentate; proximal tooth larger than distal tooth, triangular, directed laterally; distal tooth gently curved; guards almost symmetrically rounded, marginal serrations and internal striations present, without mucros (
<figureCitation id="BFF57F94FFD2FFBEFC7AFCB1FBC5A0FB" box="[1017,1084,874,899]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="15.[151,250,1820,1842]" captionTargetBox="[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 8. Eunice taoi sp. nov. A, live specimen, dorsal view of anterior region; B, dorsal view of anterior region; C, lateral view of anterior region, papillae on palpostyles and ceratostyles are not shown; D, maxillae; E, mandibles; F, right parapodium 25, anterior view; G, left parapodium 90, anterior view. H, limbate chaeta, left parapodium 90; I, pectinate chaeta, right parapodium 25; J, compound spinigers, right parapodium 25, arrow indicates the serrated margin of shaft; K, compound spiniger, left parapodium 33; L, compound falciger, right parapodium 147; M, acicula, left parapodium 90; N, subacicular hooks, left parapodium 92. A, K from paratype NMNS 6896 - 5; B J, L N from holotype NMNS 6996 - 1. Scale bars: A, 10 mm; B C, 5 mm; D E, 0.1 mm; F G, 0.5 mm; H N, 0.05 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225430/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
L); pseudo-compound falcigers absent. Aciculae light brown to black on anterior segments, amber on posterior segments, thick and straight, tapering with blunt tip, cross-sections rounded, not mucronate (
<figureCitation id="BFF57F94FFD2FFBEFCE0FC69FC5CA0B3" box="[867,933,946,971]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="15.[151,250,1820,1842]" captionTargetBox="[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 8. Eunice taoi sp. nov. A, live specimen, dorsal view of anterior region; B, dorsal view of anterior region; C, lateral view of anterior region, papillae on palpostyles and ceratostyles are not shown; D, maxillae; E, mandibles; F, right parapodium 25, anterior view; G, left parapodium 90, anterior view. H, limbate chaeta, left parapodium 90; I, pectinate chaeta, right parapodium 25; J, compound spinigers, right parapodium 25, arrow indicates the serrated margin of shaft; K, compound spiniger, left parapodium 33; L, compound falciger, right parapodium 147; M, acicula, left parapodium 90; N, subacicular hooks, left parapodium 92. A, K from paratype NMNS 6896 - 5; B J, L N from holotype NMNS 6996 - 1. Scale bars: A, 10 mm; B C, 5 mm; D E, 0.1 mm; F G, 0.5 mm; H N, 0.05 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225430/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
M), paired aciculae present from chaetiger 1 to 45, on subsequent chaetigers only one present; core and sheath distinctly separated in aciculae and subacicular hooks. Subacicular hooks yellow, bidentate, about as thick as aciculae (
<figureCitation id="BFF57F94FFD2FFBEFC3CFC21FBF8A76B" box="[959,1025,1018,1043]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="15.[151,250,1820,1842]" captionTargetBox="[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 8. Eunice taoi sp. nov. A, live specimen, dorsal view of anterior region; B, dorsal view of anterior region; C, lateral view of anterior region, papillae on palpostyles and ceratostyles are not shown; D, maxillae; E, mandibles; F, right parapodium 25, anterior view; G, left parapodium 90, anterior view. H, limbate chaeta, left parapodium 90; I, pectinate chaeta, right parapodium 25; J, compound spinigers, right parapodium 25, arrow indicates the serrated margin of shaft; K, compound spiniger, left parapodium 33; L, compound falciger, right parapodium 147; M, acicula, left parapodium 90; N, subacicular hooks, left parapodium 92. A, K from paratype NMNS 6896 - 5; B J, L N from holotype NMNS 6996 - 1. Scale bars: A, 10 mm; B C, 5 mm; D E, 0.1 mm; F G, 0.5 mm; H N, 0.05 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225430/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
N), present from chaetiger 71 to last chaetiger, single in chaetigers 71 to 78 and 261 to 633, paired in chaetigers 79 to 260; shafts of hooks straight, distally tapering; proximal tooth larger than distal tooth, triangle, directed laterally; distal tooth directed obliquely; guards covering only proximal tooth or both teeth (
<figureCitation id="BFF57F94FFD2FFBEFD57FBBDFCEFA707" box="[724,790,1126,1151]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="15.[151,250,1820,1842]" captionTargetBox="[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 8. Eunice taoi sp. nov. A, live specimen, dorsal view of anterior region; B, dorsal view of anterior region; C, lateral view of anterior region, papillae on palpostyles and ceratostyles are not shown; D, maxillae; E, mandibles; F, right parapodium 25, anterior view; G, left parapodium 90, anterior view. H, limbate chaeta, left parapodium 90; I, pectinate chaeta, right parapodium 25; J, compound spinigers, right parapodium 25, arrow indicates the serrated margin of shaft; K, compound spiniger, left parapodium 33; L, compound falciger, right parapodium 147; M, acicula, left parapodium 90; N, subacicular hooks, left parapodium 92. A, K from paratype NMNS 6896 - 5; B J, L N from holotype NMNS 6996 - 1. Scale bars: A, 10 mm; B C, 5 mm; D E, 0.1 mm; F G, 0.5 mm; H N, 0.05 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225430/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
N).
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<subSubSection id="6FD4309AFFD2FFBEFF44FB51FEADA7BF" pageId="16" pageNumber="167" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="27716311FFD2FFBEFF44FB51FEADA7BF" blockId="16.[151,1437,151,2016]" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">
<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD2FFBEFF44FB51FEB7A7DB" bold="true" box="[199,334,1162,1187]" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">Etymology.</emphasis>
The name is derived from the Tao aboriginal tribe on Orchid Island,
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, as a tribute to their oceanic cultures.
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<subSubSection id="6FD4309AFFD2FFBEFF44FB09FE28A603" pageId="16" pageNumber="167" type="materials_examined">
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD2FFBEFF44FB09FE9CA793" bold="true" box="[199,357,1234,1259]" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">
<typeStatus id="F875DDB3FFD2FFBEFF44FB09FEFBA793" box="[199,258,1234,1259]" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">Type</typeStatus>
locality.
</emphasis>
Jihuei, Taitung County,
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<paragraph id="27716311FFD2FFBEFF44FB2DFE28A603" blockId="16.[151,1437,151,2016]" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">
<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD2FFBEFF44FB2DFED3A677" bold="true" box="[199,298,1270,1295]" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">Habitat.</emphasis>
The worm appears to capable of making a burrow in coral or coral and algal mixed reefs and building leathery tube which protrude a few to several tens of centimeters above the reefs. However, some individuals utilize burrows of the boring bivalve,
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD2FFBEFDB8FA9BFCD4A62F" box="[571,813,1343,1367]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">Jouannetia globulosa</emphasis>
(Quoy &amp; Gaimard, 1835)
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(Family
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), to build tube in sandstone and shale.
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<subSubSection id="6FD4309AFFD2FFBEFF44FA5DFCB8A557" pageId="16" pageNumber="167" type="distribution">
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD2FFBEFF44FA5DFE99A6E7" bold="true" box="[199,352,1414,1439]" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">Distribution.</emphasis>
Known only from
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, occurs in low intertidal and subtidal habitats on eastern and southern coasts of
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.
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD2FFBEFF44FA15FED9A69F" bold="true" box="[199,288,1486,1511]" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">Colour.</emphasis>
In life, anterior body of the worm is orange red with purplish iridescence on the dorsum (
<figureCitation id="BFF57F94FFD2FFBEFAB0FA15FA8EA69F" box="[1331,1399,1486,1511]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="15.[151,250,1820,1842]" captionTargetBox="[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 8. Eunice taoi sp. nov. A, live specimen, dorsal view of anterior region; B, dorsal view of anterior region; C, lateral view of anterior region, papillae on palpostyles and ceratostyles are not shown; D, maxillae; E, mandibles; F, right parapodium 25, anterior view; G, left parapodium 90, anterior view. H, limbate chaeta, left parapodium 90; I, pectinate chaeta, right parapodium 25; J, compound spinigers, right parapodium 25, arrow indicates the serrated margin of shaft; K, compound spiniger, left parapodium 33; L, compound falciger, right parapodium 147; M, acicula, left parapodium 90; N, subacicular hooks, left parapodium 92. A, K from paratype NMNS 6896 - 5; B J, L N from holotype NMNS 6996 - 1. Scale bars: A, 10 mm; B C, 5 mm; D E, 0.1 mm; F G, 0.5 mm; H N, 0.05 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225430/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
A). This orange red colour fades away at the middle portion of the body and is replaced by whitish with light orange on both sides of the posterior body. Eyes are dark brown colour.
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<subSubSection id="6FD4309AFFD2FFBFFF44F9E1FC2AA74E" lastPageId="17" lastPageNumber="168" pageId="16" pageNumber="167" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="27716311FFD2FFBEFF44F9E1FD36A4A7" blockId="16.[151,1437,151,2016]" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">
<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD2FFBEFF44F9E1FEC2A52B" bold="true" box="[199,315,1594,1619]" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">Remarks.</emphasis>
Eunicid polychaetes with compound spinigers are often referred to the genus
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD2FFBEFAA5F9E0FA65A52B" box="[1318,1436,1595,1619]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">Euniphysa</emphasis>
Wesenberg-Lund, 1949 (
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)
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. However,
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noted that three species in the genus
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD2FFBEFF14F958FF1CA5E2" box="[151,229,1667,1690]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">Eunice</emphasis>
Cuvier, 1817
</taxonomicName>
, namely
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD2FFBEFE68F958FD6AA5E2" box="[491,659,1667,1690]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">Eunice impexa</emphasis>
Grube, 1878
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD2FFBEFCBAF958FC12A5E3" box="[825,1003,1667,1691]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">Eunice tubicola</emphasis>
(Treadwell, 1922)
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD2FFBEFB7AF958FA62A5E3" box="[1273,1435,1667,1691]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">Eunice tubifex</emphasis>
Crossland, 1904
</taxonomicName>
, also have compound spinigers, although
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD2FFBEFCBBF973FC5FA5C7" box="[824,934,1703,1727]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">E. tubifex</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was transferred to the genus
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD2FFBEFA83F97CFA8FA5C7" box="[1280,1398,1703,1727]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">Euniphysa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by
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. In the study of phylogeny and biogeography of the genus
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD2FFBEFC4FF910FBBBA59B" box="[972,1090,1739,1763]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">Euniphysa</emphasis>
Wesenberg-Lund, 1949
</taxonomicName>
,
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argued that some
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD2FFBEFD9CF92BFD94A47F" box="[543,621,1776,1799]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">Eunice</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp. may have both compound spinigers and falcigers as in members of
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD2FFBEFF14F8C8FEF4A453" box="[151,269,1811,1835]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">Euniphysa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but those
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD2FFBEFE0DF8C8FE25A452" box="[398,476,1811,1834]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">Eunice</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp. differed from members of
<taxonomicName id="E0CE1892FFD2FFBEFCC8F8C8FC38A453" box="[843,961,1811,1835]" class="Polychaeta" family="Eunicidae" genus="Euniphysa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Eunicida" pageId="16" pageNumber="167" phylum="Annelida" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD2FFBEFCC8F8C8FC38A453" box="[843,961,1811,1835]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">Euniphysa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having short, triangular maxillae teeth (vs. long pointed maxillae teeth), short and distinctly articulated prostomial antennae (vs. slender and smooth prostomial antennae). On the basis of the above arguments, they proposed a new combination of
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD2FFBEFAA5F880FEE1A4EF" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">Euniphysa misakiensis</emphasis>
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as
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD2FFBEFE66F85BFD39A4EF" box="[485,704,1919,1943]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">Eunice misakiensis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="435F1EE0FFD2FFBEFD56F8A5FC99A4EF" author="Miura" box="[725,864,1918,1943]" pageId="16" pageNumber="167" refString="Miura, T. (1987) New or little known species of the family Eunicidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from Japan. Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, 36, 1 - 9." type="journal article" year="1987">Miura 1987</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
and acknowledged four species (
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD2FFBEFB78F85BFAF5A4EF" box="[1275,1292,1920,1943]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD2FFBEFA9CF85BFA89A4EF" box="[1311,1392,1920,1943]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">impexa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD2FFBEFA07F85BFA6CA4EF" box="[1412,1429,1920,1943]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD2FFBEFF14F878FEE1A4C3" box="[151,280,1955,1979]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">misakiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="E0CE1892FFD2FFBEFEABF878FE5CA4C3" box="[296,421,1955,1979]" class="Polychaeta" family="Eunicidae" genus="Eunice" kingdom="Animalia" order="Eunicida" pageId="16" pageNumber="167" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="tubicola">
<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD2FFBEFEABF878FEC0A4C2" box="[296,313,1955,1978]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD2FFBEFECAF878FE5CA4C3" box="[329,421,1955,1979]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">tubicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD2FFBEFE5DF878FE16A4C2" box="[478,495,1955,1978]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD2FFBEFE7CF878FDB2A4C3" box="[511,587,1955,1979]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">tubifex</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), which have compound spinigers as belonging to this genus. The present study adds another species to this group of
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD2FFBEFDF9F813FD31A4A7" box="[634,712,1992,2015]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="167">Eunice</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="27716311FFD3FFBFFF44FF4CFB60A1A3" blockId="17.[151,1437,151,1078]" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">
Of above-mentioned four
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD3FFBFFE71FF43FDB9A3D7" box="[498,576,152,175]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">Eunice</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species,
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD3FFBFFD28FF43FCB6A3C8" box="[683,847,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">Eunice tubifex</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
resembles
<taxonomicName id="E0CE1892FFD3FFBFFC51FF42FBD9A3D7" box="[978,1056,152,176]" class="Polychaeta" family="Eunicidae" genus="Eunice" kingdom="Animalia" order="Eunicida" pageId="17" pageNumber="168" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="taoi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD3FFBFFC51FF42FC1AA3C8" box="[978,995,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD3FFBFFC77FF43FBD9A3D7" box="[1012,1056,152,175]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">taoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="0E890278FFD3FFBFFBAAFF4CFB7CA3C8" box="[1065,1157,151,176]" pageId="17" pageNumber="168" rank="species">
<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD3FFBFFBAAFF4CFB7CA3C8" bold="true" box="[1065,1157,151,176]" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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Both species have nonarticulated ceratostyles, deep medial sulcus and pectinate branchiae (
<bibRefCitation id="435F1EE0FFD3FFBFFC17FF61FBC6A3AB" author="Fauchald" box="[916,1087,186,211]" pageId="17" pageNumber="168" refString="Fauchald, K. (1992) A review of the genus Eunice (Eunicidae: Polychaeta) based upon type material. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 523, 1 - 422. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00810282.523" type="journal article" year="1992">Fauchald 1992</bibRefCitation>
: 327, Fig. 112a, d, i, n;
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B, G). However, they are morphologically different in terms of the form of ceratostyle of prostomial appendages, peristomial cirri, pectinate chaetae and compound spiniger appendages.
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD3FFBFFBA2FEDBFB36A260" box="[1057,1231,256,280]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">Eunice tubifex</emphasis>
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have digitiform ceratostyles, thick and basally inflated peristomial cirri, furled and tapering pectinate chaetae and more slender compound spiniger appendages (
<bibRefCitation id="435F1EE0FFD3FFBFFD87FE9EFD56A226" author="Fauchald" box="[516,687,325,350]" pageId="17" pageNumber="168" refString="Fauchald, K. (1992) A review of the genus Eunice (Eunicidae: Polychaeta) based upon type material. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 523, 1 - 422. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00810282.523" type="journal article" year="1992">Fauchald 1992</bibRefCitation>
: 327, Fig. 112a, b, f, ij, l, r), in comparison to smooth and tapering ceratostyles, tapering peristomial cirri, furled and flaring pectinate chaetae and much shorter and robust compound spiniger blades of
<taxonomicName id="E0CE1892FFD3FFBFFEEAFE50FE4CA2DA" box="[361,437,395,418]" class="Polychaeta" family="Eunicidae" genus="Eunice" kingdom="Animalia" order="Eunicida" pageId="17" pageNumber="168" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="taoi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD3FFBFFEEAFE50FE83A2DA" box="[361,378,395,418]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD3FFBFFE0AFE50FE4CA2DA" box="[393,437,395,418]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">taoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD3FFBFFE3EFE51FDEEA2DB" bold="true" box="[445,535,394,419]" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
(
<figureCitation id="BFF57F94FFD3FFBFFDABFE51FD92A2DB" box="[552,619,394,419]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="15.[151,250,1820,1842]" captionTargetBox="[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 8. Eunice taoi sp. nov. A, live specimen, dorsal view of anterior region; B, dorsal view of anterior region; C, lateral view of anterior region, papillae on palpostyles and ceratostyles are not shown; D, maxillae; E, mandibles; F, right parapodium 25, anterior view; G, left parapodium 90, anterior view. H, limbate chaeta, left parapodium 90; I, pectinate chaeta, right parapodium 25; J, compound spinigers, right parapodium 25, arrow indicates the serrated margin of shaft; K, compound spiniger, left parapodium 33; L, compound falciger, right parapodium 147; M, acicula, left parapodium 90; N, subacicular hooks, left parapodium 92. A, K from paratype NMNS 6896 - 5; B J, L N from holotype NMNS 6996 - 1. Scale bars: A, 10 mm; B C, 5 mm; D E, 0.1 mm; F G, 0.5 mm; H N, 0.05 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225430/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
BC, I, K).
<taxonomicName id="E0CE1892FFD3FFBFFD77FE50FC32A2DB" box="[756,971,395,419]" class="Polychaeta" family="Eunicidae" genus="Eunice" kingdom="Animalia" order="Eunicida" pageId="17" pageNumber="168" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="misakiensis">
<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD3FFBFFD77FE50FC32A2DB" box="[756,971,395,419]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">Eunice misakiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is another species that also resembles
<taxonomicName id="E0CE1892FFD3FFBFFA07FE50FF3AA2BD" class="Polychaeta" family="Eunicidae" genus="Eunice" kingdom="Animalia" order="Eunicida" pageId="17" pageNumber="168" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="taoi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD3FFBFFA07FE50FA6CA2DA" box="[1412,1429,395,418]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD3FFBFFF14FE75FF3AA2BD" box="[151,195,430,453]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">taoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="0E890278FFD3FFBFFF48FE76FEDFA2BE" box="[203,294,429,454]" pageId="17" pageNumber="168" rank="species">
<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD3FFBFFF48FE76FEDFA2BE" bold="true" box="[203,294,429,454]" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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However, it can be separated from
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD3FFBFFD3EFE75FD37A2BD" box="[701,718,430,453]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD3FFBFFD5EFE75FCF0A2BD" box="[733,777,430,453]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">taoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD3FFBFFC92FE76FC95A2BE" bold="true" box="[785,876,429,454]" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, by the shape of the median sulcus, the pectinate chaetae and by the compound spiniger appendages. The former species possesses an incised median sulcus, flat and flaring pectinate chaetae and far more slender compound spiniger appendages (
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: 6,
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ab, i, k, l;
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: 353, Fig. 108a, j, l), in contrast to the deep median sulcus, furled and flaring pectinate chaetae and much shorter and robust compound spiniger appendages of
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD3FFBFFCB6FDE2FCBFA128" box="[821,838,569,592]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD3FFBFFCD7FDE3FC79A137" box="[852,896,568,591]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">taoi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD3FFBFFC04FDECFC18A128" bold="true" box="[903,993,567,592]" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
(
<figureCitation id="BFF57F94FFD3FFBFFC73FDECFBCAA128" box="[1008,1075,567,592]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="15.[151,250,1820,1842]" captionTargetBox="[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[271,1313,193,1793]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURE 8. Eunice taoi sp. nov. A, live specimen, dorsal view of anterior region; B, dorsal view of anterior region; C, lateral view of anterior region, papillae on palpostyles and ceratostyles are not shown; D, maxillae; E, mandibles; F, right parapodium 25, anterior view; G, left parapodium 90, anterior view. H, limbate chaeta, left parapodium 90; I, pectinate chaeta, right parapodium 25; J, compound spinigers, right parapodium 25, arrow indicates the serrated margin of shaft; K, compound spiniger, left parapodium 33; L, compound falciger, right parapodium 147; M, acicula, left parapodium 90; N, subacicular hooks, left parapodium 92. A, K from paratype NMNS 6896 - 5; B J, L N from holotype NMNS 6996 - 1. Scale bars: A, 10 mm; B C, 5 mm; D E, 0.1 mm; F G, 0.5 mm; H N, 0.05 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/225430/files/figure.png" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
B, I, K). Lastly,
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD3FFBFFB6AFDE2FB03A128" box="[1257,1274,569,592]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD3FFBFFA8BFDE3FACDA137" box="[1288,1332,568,591]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">taoi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD3FFBFFAB8FDECFA6CA128" bold="true" box="[1339,1429,567,592]" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, have uniquely short and robust compound spinigers that is not seen in the other four species of this group. The length/width ratios of compound spinigers are 7.7, 11.3 or 14.4, 13.0, 9.6 or 11.0 and 5.8 (n=10) for
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD3FFBFFA87FDA5FAECA1ED" box="[1284,1301,638,661]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD3FFBFFAA7FDA5FA8CA1ED" box="[1316,1397,638,661]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">impexa</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD3FFBFFA07FDA5FA6CA1ED" box="[1412,1429,638,661]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD3FFBFFF14FD7BFEE1A1C0" box="[151,280,672,696]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">misakiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD3FFBFFEA5FD7AFECEA1C0" box="[294,311,673,696]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD3FFBFFEC5FD7BFE5BA1C0" box="[326,418,672,696]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">tubicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD3FFBFFE32FD7AFE3BA1C0" box="[433,450,673,696]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD3FFBFFE53FD7BFDE5A1C0" box="[464,540,672,696]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">tubifex</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD3FFBFFDD7FD7AFD9CA1C0" box="[596,613,673,696]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">E</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD3FFBFFDF7FD7BFD59A1CF" box="[628,672,672,695]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">taoi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD3FFBFFD24FD44FCF8A1C0" bold="true" box="[679,769,671,696]" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, respectively (measurements for the first four species were from
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,
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l;
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, Fig. 57c, 111c, 112b, j;
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, Fig. 108j).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD3FFBFFF44FD3DFEB1A185" box="[199,328,742,765]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">Eunice taoi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD3FFBFFED3FD3EFE52A186" bold="true" box="[336,427,741,766]" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, is the largest worm among the
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD3FFBFFC9AFD3DFC9EA185" box="[793,871,742,765]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">Eunice</emphasis>
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species discussed in the present study, with some individuals reaching over
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. The body size and the length of the worm tube of
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD3FFBFFBD4FCD3FB21A067" box="[1111,1240,776,799]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">Eunice taoi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD3FFBFFB5DFCDCFAC1A058" bold="true" box="[1246,1336,775,800]" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, appears to vary within the different habitats which it occupies. Worms collected from sandstone and shale habitats tend to be much smaller in body size and shorter in tube length than those from coral and algal mixed reefs. Presumably, the body size and tube length of the worm are dependent on the depth of burrows made by
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD3FFBFFB27FCAAFB49A0F0" box="[1188,1200,881,904]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">J</emphasis>
.
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, which is often only a few centimeters deep. This may suggest that
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<emphasis id="15BABF03FFD3FFBFFC25FC49FBF9A0D3" bold="true" box="[934,1024,914,939]" pageId="17" pageNumber="168">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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cannot bore into shale rocks but can utilize burrows made by the bivalve. However, they appear capable of boring deep into coral reefs; in many collection attempts, we traced those leathery worm tubes deep inside coral reefs by digging out the entire worm tube. However, those worms are still out of reached and hiding deep in tubular burrows. Some of larger sized worms were collected at depths of more than
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deep within the reefs.
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