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Polychaeta source details
Mohammad, Murad-B.M. (1980). Polychaete annelids from Kuwaitian islands, Arabian Gulf, with descriptions of four new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London. 69(1): 31-42.
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10.1111/j.1096-3642.1980.tb01931.x [view]
Mohammad, Murad-B.M.
1980
Polychaete annelids from Kuwaitian islands, Arabian Gulf, with descriptions of four new species
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London
69(1): 31-42
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
A systematic account of a collection of polychaete annelids from four Kuwaitian islands, Arabian Gulf, is given together with ecological notes. The whole collection comprises 45 species, in 22 families. Of these, four species are named as new and ten are recorded as new to the fauna of the Arabian Gulf. The new species and records are: Ancistrosyllis rigida, Brania balani new combination, Perinereis nigropunctata, Perinereis vancaurica, Onuphis eremita, Phylo kubbarensis sp. nov., Scolelepis indica, Poecilochaetus serpens, Mesochaetopterus minutus, Parasclerocheilus branchiatus, Scyphoproctus aciculatus sp. nov., Clymenura annulata sp. nov., Pista unibranchiata and Telothelepus macrothoracicus sp. nov.
Northern Indian Ocean
West Indian Ocean
Systematics, Taxonomy
Brania balani (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960) accepted as Salvatoria balani (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960) (new combination reference)
Clymenura annulata Mohammad, 1980 accepted as Leiochone annulata (Mohammad, 1980) (original description) Grubea balani Hartmann-Schröder, 1960 accepted as Salvatoria balani (Hartmann-Schröder, 1960) (new combination reference) Phylo kubbarensis Mohammad, 1980 (original description) Scyphoproctus aciculatus Mohammad, 1980 (original description) Telothelepus macrothoracicus Mohammad, 1980 accepted as Mesopothelepus macrothoracicus (Mohammad, 1980) (original description)
Kuwaiti Exclusive Economic Zone for Telothelepus macrothoracicus Mohammad, 1980
Holotype NHMUK 1971.69, geounit Persian Gulf, identified as Phylo kubbarensis Mohammad, 1980
Holotype NHMUK 1971.74, geounit Persian Gulf, identified as Scyphoproctus aciculatus Mohammad, 1980 Holotype NHMUK 1971.76, geounit Persian Gulf, identified as Telothelepus macrothoracicus Mohammad, 1980 Paratype NHMUK 1971.77, geounit Persian Gulf, identified as Telothelepus macrothoracicus Mohammad, 1980 Paratype NHMUK 1971.78, geounit Persian Gulf, identified as Telothelepus macrothoracicus Mohammad, 1980 Distribution Persian Gulf: Kuwait (Kubbar Island and mainland coast). [details] Distribution Persian Gulf: Kuwait (Umm Al-Maradim Island). [details] Distribution Persian Gulf: Kuwait (Failaka Island). [details] Etymology The specific epithet kubbarensis refers to the type locality of the species, Kubbar Island, Kuwait. [details] Etymology The specific epithet aciculatus is a Latin adjective meaning 'aciculate' or 'having aciculae', and refers ... [details] Etymology The specific epithet macrothoracicus is composed by the prefix of Greek origin macro-, meaning 'large' or 'long', ... [details] Habitat In sand-mud flat, near low tide mark. [details] Type locality Kubbar Island, Kuwait, Persian Gulf (29°03'N, 48°32'E; provided location slightly displaced, corrected here to ... [details] Type locality Umm Al-Maradim Island, Kuwait, Persian Gulf (28°40'N, 48°37'E; provided location slightly displaced, corrected ... [details] Type locality Failaka Island, Kuwait, Persian Gulf (29.4333, 48.3167), near low tide mark, in sand-mud flat. [details] Type material Holotype (NHMUK 1971.74) deposited in the The Natural History Museum, London, UK. [details] Type material Holotype (NHMUK 1971.76) deposited in the The Natural History Museum, London, UK. [details] |