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<emphasis id="4198C205C969876380E2FA22FCF1A6F3" bold="true" box="[151,391,1505,1531]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="23">Grania homochaeta</emphasis>
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(
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,
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C)
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:
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AMS
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coll. W.35544, whole-mounted specimen from Heron Island, stn. H4.
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:
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coll. 7767, whole-mounted specimen (posteriorly amputated) from the
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<emphasis id="4198C205C969876380B0F906FC29A5D7" bold="true" box="[197,351,1733,1759]" pageId="7" pageNumber="23">Description:</emphasis>
Body 3.0 mm long (
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, only complete specimen),
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wide at III,
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at clitellum (n=2). Segment number 35 (n=1). Prostomium rounded, 3550 µm wide, 2530 µm long (n=2); epidermis 911 µm thick dorsally and anteriorly, 8 µm ventrally (n=2). Peristomium 6580 µm wide at 1/2 (n=2). Both ventral and lateral chaetae commencing in XVII. Chaetae increasing in size toward posterior body end, from 40 to 55 µm long (n=6); chaetal shaft widest at base, tapering distally, L-shaped; foot 1015 µm long, with moderate instep and marked heel; chaetal index=4.84, n=6 sd=0.548 (
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A, 10C). Epidermal gland cells inconspicuous. Clitellum 813 µm thick, extending from anterior of XII to mid XIII, with transverse rows of granular gland cells interspersed with hyaline cells at a frequency of 56:1 (
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B), except near male pores where hyaline cells are absent, and midventrally, where no gland cells are present. Midventral copulatory gland in XIV. Spermathecal pores lateral, located immediately behind 4/5. Male pores located ventrolaterally in mid XII.
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<emphasis id="4198C205C966876C80E2F90EFC68A5ED" bold="true" box="[151,286,1741,1765]" pageId="8" pageNumber="24">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
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(Holotype, stn. H4). A: Chaetae. B: Clitellar gland cell pattern, dorsal view, anterior end to the right. C: Penial apparatus, side view, anterior end to the top. D: Spermatheca, side view, anterior end to the bottom.
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Brain posteriorly indented. Head organ absent. Pharyngeal glands in IVVI; dorsal lobes present in IVVI, ventral lobes present in V (2 pairs) and VI (2 pairs); not connected dorsally. First pair of nephridia at 7/8. Dorsal blood vessel commencing in XVIXVII. Chloragogen cells small (57 µm tall). Coelomocytes not observed. Sperm sac extending posteriorly from clitellum as far back as XIV. Sperm funnels of uniform width, 2025 µm wide, 810 times as long as wide. Heads of spermatozoa 10 µm long. Vasa deferentia unmodified, loosely coiled in XIIXVII; 6 µm wide, internally ciliated. Penial apparatuses (
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C) with uniform oval glandular structures, 4050 µm long, 3040 µm wide, next to epidermal invaginations (the latter 5 µm wide and 3540 µm deep); vasa deferentia opening into epidermal invaginations; stylets absent (penial bulb
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3). Egg sac reaching as far back as XV. Spermathecae (
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D) attached to oesophagus near 5/6; ampullae roughly spherical, 3035 µm in diameter, ducts 1618 µm wide at spermathecal pores, tapering entally to 79 µm near ampullae, 5055 µm long, wedged about 10 µm into ampullae; 89 sperm rings per spermatheca, 6 µm in diameter; no glands at spermathecal pores.
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<emphasis id="4198C205C967876D80B0FE0EFC23A2EF" bold="true" box="[197,341,461,487]" pageId="9" pageNumber="25">Etymology:</emphasis>
From the Greek
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, meaning equal, and
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, referring to the fact that ventral and lateral chaetae have the same distribution along the body.
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<emphasis id="4198C205C967876D80B0FDD9FC32A13C" bold="true" box="[197,324,538,564]" pageId="9" pageNumber="25">Remarks:</emphasis>
As only two specimens of this species are available, it is not possible to draw conclusions concerning intraspecific variation. However, it is clear that this is a distinct species based on its unique chaetal distribution. No other species of
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has been described with both ventral and lateral chaetae first occurring in the same segment (see Discussion).
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Both the spermathecae and the penial bulbs, however, lack obvious distinguishing features, and closely resemble those of
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<emphasis id="4198C205C967876D8273FD18FF3DA1FD" bold="true" box="[518,587,731,757]" pageId="9" pageNumber="25">sp. n.</emphasis>
, described below. In fact, apart from the different location of the first ventral chaetae (XVII in
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<emphasis id="4198C205C967876D81CCFCC1FF11A013" box="[441,615,770,795]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="25">G. homochaeta</emphasis>
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, XIV in
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), the pattern of the clitellum, the number of sperm rings in the spermathecal ampullae of
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(few sperm rings in
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), and the shape of the sperm funnel (width is 810 times length in
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<emphasis id="4198C205C967876D82D1FC93FE25A061" box="[676,851,848,873]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="25">G. homochaeta</emphasis>
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, only 1.5 times in
<emphasis id="4198C205C967876D8447FC93F9C4A061" box="[1074,1202,848,873]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="25">G. c o l o r a t a</emphasis>
), these two species are very similar. We do not know whether
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shares
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the unusual color (bright greenishyellow) of
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<emphasis id="4198C205C967876D8162FC5EFCECA0BE" box="[279,410,925,950]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="25">G. colorata</emphasis>
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: unfortunately, we have so far only been able to study fixed and stained material of this species, where the original coloration, if present, has been lost. The penial bulbs also resemble those of
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<emphasis id="4198C205C967876D85F6FC07FDA3A70B" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="25">G. curta</emphasis>
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, and both penial apparatuses and spermathecae resemble those of
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<emphasis id="4198C205C967876D848DFC29F805A70B" box="[1272,1395,1002,1027]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="25">G. galbina</emphasis>
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, both of which are New Caledonian species, and the latter of which is colored greenishyellow.
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<emphasis id="4198C205C967876D8086FBFBFCFAA759" box="[243,396,1080,1105]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="25">Grania curta</emphasis>
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, however, is unique in its low number of segments and has a large gland on the ectal part of the spermathecal duct, characters lacking in
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<emphasis id="4198C205C967876D829FFB9CFED2A770" box="[746,932,1119,1144]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="25">G. homochaeta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="4198C205C967876D83C0FB9CF900A770" box="[949,1142,1119,1144]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="25">Grania galbina</emphasis>
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, is much larger than
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<emphasis id="4198C205C967876D85F7FB9CFC50A796" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="25">G. homochaeta</emphasis>
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, and differs in chaetal distribution, possessing ventral chaetae from IV or V.
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<emphasis id="4198C205C967876D80B0FB68FC89A7CD" bold="true" box="[197,511,1195,1221]" pageId="9" pageNumber="25">Distribution and habitat:</emphasis>
Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef;
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, gravelly fine sand.
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