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Meißner, Karin; Götting, Miriam. (2015). Spionidae (Annelida: ‘Polychaeta': Canalipalpata) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia: the genera Malacoceros, Scolelepis, Spio, Microspio, and Spiophanes. Zootaxa. 4019(1): 378-413.
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10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.15 [view]
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:54E60C63-EC98-424A-B66E-A72CA79B65E8 [view]
Meißner, Karin; Götting, Miriam
2015
Spionidae (Annelida: ‘Polychaeta': Canalipalpata) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia: the genera <em>Malacoceros</em>, <em>Scolelepis</em>, <em>Spio</em>, <em>Microspio</em>, and <em>Spiophanes</em>
Zootaxa
4019(1): 378-413
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb). Open access at Zootaxa
Seven species belonging to the spionid genera Malacoceros, Scolelepis, Spio, Microspio, and Spiophanes were found during the polychaete workshop on Lizard Island in August 2013. One species is new to science and named Scolelepis inversa n. sp., another Scolelepis species is probably also a new species but was represented in our samples by only a single specimen and not formally described. All other species have been reported previously from Australia. Species diagnoses of all species found during the workshop and of Scolelepis balihaiensis Hartmann-Schröder, 1979, Microspio microcera (Dorsey, 1977) and M. minuta (Hartmann-Schröder, 1962) have been critically reviewed and amended based on the study of type material. The potential synonymy of Microspio minuta (Hartmann-Schröder, 1962) and M. microcera (Dorsey, 1977) is discussed. The new combination Spio jirkovi (Sikorski, 1992) proposed by Sikorski (2013) is returned to Malacoceros. We added DNA barcodes for five species collected in the Lizard Island area to public databases which will be useful in future phylogenetic and phylogeographic studies. For Microspio we provide the first sequence data for this genus.
Australia
Malacoceros indicus (Fauvel, 1928) (redescription)
Microspio granulata Blake & Kudenov, 1978 (redescription) Scolelepis (Scolelepis) inversa Meißner & Götting, 2015 (original description) Scolelepis (Scolelepis) kudenovi Hartmann-Schröder, 1981 (redescription) Spio blakei Maciolek, 1990 (redescription) Spiophanes viriosus Meißner & Hutchings, 2003 (additional source)
Holotype AM W.44474, geounit Great Barrier Reef, identified as Scolelepis (Scolelepis) inversa Meißner & Götting, 2015
Nontype AM W.44566, geounit Great Barrier Reef, identified as Spiophanes viriosus Meißner & Hutchings, 2003 Depth range Shallow water (Lizard Island, Australia; Bahamas; Puerto Rico); shallow subtidal, 5 m to 11-18 m (Philippines; Golfo ... [details] Depth range Intertidal, found at extreme low tide. [details] Depth range Intertidal (Western Australia; Korea) to 45 m depth (Japan). [details] Depth range Intertidally to 4-10 m (Australia), 20 m (Pacific Costa Rica), and 74 m (Baja California). [details] Distribution Australia (Queensland; New South Wales); New Caledonia; Philippines (Aklan province); Japan; India; SW Africa; Caribbean ... [details] Distribution Australia: Queensland, New South Wales, and South Australia. [details] Distribution Southwest Pacific: Lizard Island region of the Great Barrier Reef (Australia, Queensland). So far only known from ... [details] Distribution Indian Ocean: Australia (Carnarvon, Western Australia); Pacific Ocean: Australia (Lizard Island, Queensland); Japan ... [details] Distribution Australia: Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria. American Pacific coasts: Mexico; Costa Rica (Golfo de Nicoya). [details] Distribution Australia: Queensland (Moreton Bay region and Lizard Island). [details] Etymology The specific epithet inversa is the feminine of the Latin word inversus, meaning 'inverted', 'turned backward' or ... [details] Habitat Sandy beaches, between seagrasses and mangroves, shallow sandy bottoms with Thalassia beds, and subtidal habitats ... [details] Habitat Intertidal sand, sand among seagrasses and algae (Halimeda), Zostera sea grass beds, associated with Halophila, or ... [details] Habitat In sand underneath stones at extreme low tide not far from the beach. [details] Habitat Fine sand with detritus and Posidonia seedlings in Western Australia, in sand around Lizard Island (Queensland, ... [details] Habitat Intertidally to 4-10 m in sand, fine sand and sandy mud, including estuaries, in salinities of 29.8-35‰ ... [details] Habitat Different sediment types at shallow waters. In coral sand at Yonge Reef (Lizard Island). [details] Reproduction Holotype (AM W.44474; 19 August 2013) with eggs present in segments of the middle and posterior body region. Eggs with ... [details] Type locality Southwest Pacific, Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef, Lizard Island, Coconut Beach, reef flat, extreme low ... [details] |