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Megalomma Johansson 1925

Description

GENUS Megalomma Johansson, 1925

Branchiomma.— Claparède, 1869: 162 –163 (not Kölliker, 1858).

Megalomma Johansson, 1925: 130.— Perkins, 1984: 351 –352.— Fitzhugh, 1989: 76.— Fitzhugh, 2003: 107 –108.— Tovar-Hernández and Salazar-Vallejo, 2008: 1953 –1954.

Megalomma bioculatum (Ehlers, 1887)

Branchiomma bioculatum Ehlers, 1887: 260 –263, Pl. 53, Figs 1–9.— Hartman, 1938: 18. Megalomma bioculatum.— Johansson, 1927: 132.— Hartman, 1965b: 234.— Perkins, 1984: 352 –354, Fig. 38.

Type locality: Straits off Florida, 24º 23’ 5’’ N, 83º 31’ 6’’ W, 152.8 m. Type material: MCZ 669 (PT), MCZ 824 (PT).

Records: Not new records.

Megalomma fauchaldi Giangrande, Licciano and Gambi, 2007

Megalomma fauchaldi Giangrande, Licciano and Gambi, 2007: 46 –47, Fig. 2.

Type locality: Belize, Carrie Bow Cay, lagoon side, 16º 48’ 6.92’’ N, 88º 4’ 57.69’’ W, in Thalassia meadows, 3 m.

Type material: MNCN 16.01/11018 (HT), USNM 1102753 (PT). Records: Only known for the type locality.

Megalomma heterops Perkins, 1984

Megalomma heterops Perkins, 1984: 359 –363, Figs 42–43.— San Martín et al. 1994: 556.— Tovar- Hernández and Salazar-Vallejo, 2006: 40 –42, Fig. 9.

Type locality: Florida East coast, Hutchingson Island, 27º 20.7’ N, 80º 12.8’ W, coarse calcareous sand, 11 m.

Type material: USNM 54721 (HT), FSBC I 27696, 27698 (PT). Records: Cuba (San Martín et al. 1994), Mexican Caribbean, Florida, British Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico (Tovar-Hernández & Salazar-Vallejo 2006).

Megalomma lobiferum (Ehlers, 1887)

Branchiomma lobiferum Ehlers, 1887: 254 –259, Pl. 53, Figs 10–15.-- Hoagland, 1919: 577.— Treadwell, 1924a: 18; 1939: 291, 292, Fig. 105.— Fauvel, 1953: 17.

Megalomma lobiferum.— Johansson, 1927: 132.-- Perkins, 1984: 354 –357, Fig. 39–40.— Bastida-Zavala, 1993: 25.— Tovar-Hernández and Salazar-Vallejo, 2006: 42 –43, Fig. 10. Type locality: Florida, Key West, 1.68–3.36 m.

Type material: MCZ (HT).

Records: Mexican Caribbean (Bastida-Zavala 1993, Tovar-Hernández & Salazar-Vallejo 2006); Panama, British Virgin Islands (Tovar-Hernández & Salazar-Vallejo 2006).

Megalomma perkinsi Tovar-Hernández and Salazar-Vallejo, 2006 Megalomma perkinsi Tovar-Hernández and Salazar-Vallejo, 2006: 43 –45, Fig. 11. Type locality: Florida, Cape Lookout, intertidal sand mixed with gravel and shell fragments. Type material: USNM 53976 (HT).

Records: Only known for the type locality.

Other

Published as part of Tovar-Hernández, María Ana & Salazar-Silva, Patricia, 2008, Catalogue of Sabellidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Grand Caribbean Region, pp. 1-22 in Zootaxa 1894 on pages 8-9, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.184400

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Sabellidae
Genus
Megalomma
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Sabellida
Phylum
Annelida
Scientific name authorship
Johansson
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Megalomma Johansson, 1925 sec. Tovar-Hernández & Salazar-Silva, 2008

References

  • Johansson, H. P. (1925) Bemerkungen uber die Kinberg'schen Arten der Familien Hermellidae und Sabellidae. Arkiv for Zoologi, 18 A (7), 1 - 28.
  • Claparede, E. (1869) Les Annelides Chetopodes du Golfe de Naples. Seconde partie. Annelides sedentaires. Memoires de la Societe de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Geneve, 20 (1): 1 - 225.
  • Perkins, T. H. (1984) Revision of Demonax Kinberg, Hypsicomus Grube, and Notaulax Tauber, with a review of Megalomma Johansson from Florida (Polychaeta: Sabellidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 97, 285 - 368.
  • Fitzhugh, K. (1989) A systematic revision of the Sabellidae-Caobangiidae-Sabellongidae complex (Annelida: Polychaeta). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 192, 104.
  • Fitzhugh, K. (2003) A new species of Megalomma Johansson, 1927 (Polychaeta: Sabellidae: Sabellinae) from Taiwan, with comments on sabellid dorsal lip classification. Zoological Studies, 42, 106 - 134.
  • Tovar-Hernandez, M. A. & Salazar-Vallejo, S. I. (2008) Caruncle in Megalomma Johansson, 1925 (Polychaeta: Sabellidae) and the description of a new species from the Eastern Tropical Pacific. Journal of Natural History, 42, 29 - 30, 1951 - 1973.
  • Ehlers, E. (1887) Report on the Annelids. Florida - Anneliden. Reports on the Result of Dredging, under the direction of Pourtales, during the years 1868 - 1870, and of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877 - 78), and in the Caribbean Sea (1878 - 79), in the U. S. Coast Survey steamer " Blake ", Lieut. Com. C. D. Sigsbee, U. S. N., and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U. S. N., Commanding. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 15, 1 - 335.
  • Hartman, O. (1938) Annotated List of the types of Polychaetous Annelids in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 85 (1), 1 - 31.
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  • Hartman, O. (1965 b) Deep-water benthic polychaetous annelids off New England to Bermuda and other North Atlantic areas. Allan Hancock Foundation Publication, Occasional Paper, 28, 1 - 378.
  • Giangrande, A., Licciano, M. & Gambi, M. C. (2007) A Collection of Sabellidae (Polychaeta) from Carrie Bow Cay (Belize, western Caribbean Sea) with description of two new species. Zootaxa, 1650, 41 - 53.
  • San Martin, G., Lopez, E. & Jimenez, M. (1994) Sabellidae (Polychaeta) de la I Expedicion Cubano Espanola a la Isla de la Juventud y Archipielago de los Canares (Cuba). Revista de Biologia Tropical, 42 (3), 555 - 565.
  • Tovar-Hernandez, M. A. & Salazar-Vallejo, S. I. (2006) Sabellids (Polychaeta: Sabellidae) from the Grand Caribbean. Zoological Studies, 45 (1), 24 - 66.
  • Hoagland, R. A. (1919) Polychaetous annelids from Porto Rico, the Florida Keys and Bermuda. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 41, 517 - 591.
  • Treadwell, A. L. (1924 a) Polychaetous annelids collected by the Barbados-Antigua Expedition from the University of Iowa in 1918. University of Iowa, Studies in Natural History, 10 (4), 3 - 23.
  • Fauvel, P. (1953) Annelides polychetes de la Croisiere du " President Theodore Tissier " aux Antilles (1951). Bulletin d'Institute Oceanographique Monaco, 1033, 1 - 23.
  • Bastida-Zavala, J. R. (1993) Nuevos registros y extensiones del ambito de poliquetos (Annelida: Polychaeta) para Xcalacoco, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Revista de Zoologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Campus Iztacala, 4, 24 - 29.