WoRMS taxon details
Proceraea exoryxae Martin, Nygren & Cruz-Rivera, 2017
994060 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:994060)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Martin, Daniel; Nygren, Arne; Cruz-Rivera, Edwin. (2017). <i>Proceraea exoryxae</i> sp. nov. (Annelida, Syllidae, Autolytinae), the first known polychaete miner tunneling into the tunic of an ascidian. <em>PeerJ.</em> 5: e3374., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3374
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Holotype MNCN 16.01/17717, geounit El Gouna
, Note Zeytouna Beach, El Gouna, Egyptian Red Sea,...
Holotype MNCN 16.01/17717, geounit El Gouna [details]
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Type locality Zeytouna Beach, El Gouna, Egyptian Red Sea, Indian Ocean (27.4025°, 33.6856°). [details]
Depth range 3-7 m.
Distribution Red Sea: Zeytouna Beach (El Gouna, Egypt). Known only from the type locality.
Etymology The specific epithet exoryxae is derived from the Greek word 'exóryxi', meaning 'mining' and refers to the galleries...
Depth range 3-7 m. [details]
Distribution Red Sea: Zeytouna Beach (El Gouna, Egypt). Known only from the type locality.
Distribution Red Sea: Zeytouna Beach (El Gouna, Egypt). Known only from the type locality. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet exoryxae is derived from the Greek word 'exóryxi', meaning 'mining' and refers to the galleries...
Etymology The specific epithet exoryxae is derived from the Greek word 'exóryxi', meaning 'mining' and refers to the galleries excavated in the tunic of the host tunicate in which the species lives. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Proceraea exoryxae Martin, Nygren & Cruz-Rivera, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=994060 on 2024-04-19
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Martin, Daniel; Nygren, Arne; Cruz-Rivera, Edwin. (2017). <i>Proceraea exoryxae</i> sp. nov. (Annelida, Syllidae, Autolytinae), the first known polychaete miner tunneling into the tunic of an ascidian. <em>PeerJ.</em> 5: e3374., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3374
page(s): 5-12 (of 25), figs. 2-7 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype MNCN 16.01/17717, geounit El Gouna [details]
Paratype MNCN 16.01/17718, geounit El Gouna [details]
Paratype MNCN 16.01/17719, geounit El Gouna [details]
Paratype MNCN 16.01/17720, geounit El Gouna [details]
Paratype MNCN 16.01/17721, geounit El Gouna [details]
Paratype MNCN 16.01/17722, geounit El Gouna [details]
Paratype MNCN 16.01/17723, geounit El Gouna [details]
Paratype MNCN 16.01/17724, geounit El Gouna [details]
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Association Associated with Phallusia nigra Savigny, 1816 (Ascidiacea, Ascidiidae), inside galleries excavated in the inner tunic of the host. Type of association: parasitism. [details]Depth range 3-7 m. [details]
Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Martin et al. (2017: p6 of 25): "Proceraea with simple chaetae in anterior chaetigers, and a trepan with 33 teeth with one outer ring where one large tooth alternates with one medium-sized tricuspid tooth, and one inner ring with small teeth located just behind the large teeth." [details]
Distribution Red Sea: Zeytouna Beach (El Gouna, Egypt). Known only from the type locality. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet exoryxae is derived from the Greek word 'exóryxi', meaning 'mining' and refers to the galleries excavated in the tunic of the host tunicate in which the species lives. [details]
Habitat Inside galleries excavated in the tunic of a specimen of Phallusia nigra Savigny, 1816 (Ascidiacea, Ascidiidae), collected at 3-7 m from a shallow fringing reef. [details]
Reproduction "Probably with schizogamy, as several male and female stolons where found in the same galleries as the atokous forms [...]. Stolons were obtained detached from the corresponding stocks. However, they have bayonet and compound chaetae identical to those in the atokous forms, thus strengthening the hypothesis that they belong to Proceraea exoryxae sp. nov." (Martin et al., 2017: p10 of 25). [details]
Type locality Zeytouna Beach, El Gouna, Egyptian Red Sea, Indian Ocean (27.4025°, 33.6856°). [details]
