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Harmothoe pokoui Intes & Le Loeuff 1975

Description

Harmothoe pokoui Intès & Le Loeuff, 1975

(Figs. 4, 28A–H)

Harmothoe pokoui Intès & Le Loeuff, 1975: 276, fig. 2a–i; Barnich & Fiege (2000): 1919, fig. 15A–D; Barnich & Fiege (2003): 53, fig. 27A–D.

Type material. Harmothoe pokoui, ? holotype (af, 16 segments), MNHN A 856: Côte d’Ivoire, 5°12,7’N 4°02’W, 22 November 1966, dredge, 60 m, leg. A. Intès & P. Le Loeuff.

Additional material. Mediterranean: 1 spm. (af), SMF 13288, Cortiou (near Marseille), St. E7, 1976, 84 m, Coll. Bellan.

(For further material see Barnich & Fiege 2000 and 2003).

Diagnosis. Anterior pair of eyes dorsolateral at widest part of prostomium. Elytral margin with short fringing papillae; surface covered by flattened, irregular tubercles, consisting of an elevated broad rim surrounding a depressed central area, and few scattered papillae.

Description (based on additional specimen SMF 13288 in good condition, except for number and insertion of elytra based on Intès & Le Loeuff 1975).

Body with 14 segments. At anterior end (Fig. 28A), prostomium bilobed, with distinct cephalic peaks; ceratophore of median antenna in anterior notch, lateral antennae inserted ventrally, styles of antennae papillate, tapering to filiform tip; anterior pair of eyes situated dorsolaterally at widest part of prostomium, posterior pair dorsally near hind margin of prostomium; palps papillate, tapering.

Tentaculophores inserted laterally to prostomium, each with one notochaeta and a dorsal and ventral tentacular cirrus, styles of cirri papillate, tapering to filiform tip. Second segment with first pair of elytra, biramous parapodia, and long buccal cirri. Following segments with tapering, short ventral cirri.

Fifteen pairs of elytra, covering dorsum, on segments 2, 4, 5, 7, then on every second segment to 23, 26, 29, 32; last four segments cirrigerous; elytral margin with short fringing papillae; surface covered by flattened, irregular tubercles, consisting of an elevated broad rim surrounding a depressed central area, and few scattered papillae (Fig. 28B,C). Cirrigerous segments with distinct dorsal tubercles; dorsal cirri with cylindrical cirrophore, style papillate, tapering to filiform tip.

Parapodia biramous; notopodia with elongate acicular lobe; neuropodia with elongate prechaetal acicular lobe with digitiform supra-acicular process; neuropodial postchaetal lobe shorter than prechaetal lobe, rounded; tips of noto- and neuroacicula penetrating epidermis (Fig. 28D). Notochaetae stouter than neurochaetae, with rows of rather short spines and blunt tip (Fig. 28E,F); neurochaetae with distinct rows of spines, mainly bidentate with stout, short secondary tooth, some lower unidentate (Fig. 28G,H).

Measurements. H. pokoui, holotype: L 11 mm, W 4 mm incl. chaetae for 36 segments (cf. Intès & Le Loeuff 1975). Specimen figured, SMF 13288, af (Fig. 28A–H): L 3.5 mm, W 2.5 mm for 14 segments.

Remarks. Actually, all known specimens, including the possible holotype, are anterior fragments. According to Intès & Le Loeuff (1975) the holotype was originally a complete specimen with 36 segments.

Distribution. Northeast Atlantic (off West Africa) and Mediterranean Sea.

Habitat. Muddy substrates, in 50 to 86 m.

Notes

Published as part of Barnich, Ruth & Fiege, Dieter, 2009, Revision of the genus Harmothoe Kinberg, 1856 (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) in the Northeast Atlantic, pp. 1-76 in Zootaxa 2104 (1) on page 58, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2104.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5315428

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
MNHN
Event date
1966-11-22
Family
Polynoidae
Genus
Harmothoe
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
A 856
Order
Phyllodocida
Phylum
Annelida
Scientific name authorship
Intes & Le Loeuff
Species
pokoui
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
1966-11-22
Taxonomic concept label
Harmothoe pokoui Intes, 1975 sec. Barnich & Fiege, 2009

References

  • Intes, A. & Le Loeuff, P. (1975) Polychetes errantes de la Cote d'Ivoire. Cahiers O. R. S. T. O. M., serie Oceanographie, 13 (4), 267 - 321.
  • Barnich, R. & Fiege, D. (2000) Revision of the Mediterranean species of Harmothoe Kinberg, 1856 and Lagisca Malmgren, 1865 (Polychaeta, Polynoidae, Polynoinae) with descriptions of a new genus and a new species. Journal of Natural History, 34, 1889 - 1938.
  • Barnich, R. & Fiege, D. (2003) The Aphroditoidea (Annelida, Polychaeta) of the Mediterranean Sea. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 559, 1 - 167.