Myxicola Renier in Meneghini 1847
Description
Genus Myxicola Renier in Meneghini, 1847
Remarks. Currently there are seven valid species in Myxicola: M. aesthetica (Claparède, 1870), described from Italy; M. fauveli Potts, 1928, from Suez Canal; M. infundibulum (Montagu, 1808), from England; M. ommatophora Grube, 1878, from Philippines; M. sulcata Ehlers, 1912, from Ross Sea; M. violacea (Langerhans, 1884), from Madeira; and M. nana Capa & Murray, 2015, from Lizard Island. Among these, M. infundibulum is noted because it has been synonymized with at least 22 species (Bellan 2008) and formerly considered cosmopolitan.
However, a worldwide revision of all types is needed because many features have been overlooked, such as presence/absence of radiolar eyes; shape and height of the ventral margin of the anterior peristomial ring; presence of notches on lateral margins of the anterior peristomial ring; number and size of teeth on thoracic and abdominal uncini; presence of interramal eyespots on thorax or abdominal segments; and shapes and locations of dorsal and ventral lips. All of these features may be useful in distinguishing between species. In this study, M. sulcata is reported and redescribed, in order to include detailed branchial crown characters. Specimens reviewed in this study match with the description and drawings provided by Ehlers (1912) for M. sulcata, an Antarctic species.
Notes
Files
Files
(1.8 kB)
| Name | Size | Download all |
|---|---|---|
|
md5:4657b7f6dfc98ce1367fcea38ba9964e
|
1.8 kB | Download |
System files
(11.2 kB)
| Name | Size | Download all |
|---|---|---|
|
md5:921a19421e089200c570e1a744bbad3b
|
11.2 kB | Download |
Linked records
Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Sabellidae
- Genus
- Myxicola
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Sabellida
- Phylum
- Annelida
- Scientific name authorship
- Renier in Meneghini
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Myxicola in, 1847 sec. Tovar-Hernández, León-González & Bybee, 2017
References
- Claparede, E. (1870) Les Annelides Chetopodes du Golfe de Naples. Supplement. Memoires de la Societe de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Geneve, 20, 365 - 542.
- Potts, F. A. (1928) Zoological results of the Cambridge expedition to the Suez Canal. Report on the annelids (sedentary polychaetes). Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 22, 693 - 705.
- Montagu, G. (1808) Description of several marine animals found on the south coast of Devonshire. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 9, 81 - 114.
- Grube, A. E. (1878) Annulata Semperiana. Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Annelidenfauna der Philippinen. Nach den von Herrn Prof. Semper mitgebrachten sammlugen. Memoires de L'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de St. Petersbourg, 7 eme Serie, 25, 1 - 300.
- Ehlers, E. (1912) Polychaeta. National Antarctic Expedition, Natural History, Zoology, 6, 1 - 32.
- Langerhans, P. (1884) Die Wurmfauna von Madeira. IV. Zeitschrift fur wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 40, 247 - 285.
- Capa, M. & Murray, A. (2015) A taxonomic guide to the fanworms (Sabellidae, Annelida) of Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, including new species and new records. Zootaxa, 4019 (1), 98 - 167.
- Bellan, G. (2008) Myxicola infundibulum (Montagu, 1808). In: Read, G. & Fauchald, K. (Eds.), 2016 World Polychaeta database. Available from: World Register of Marine Species. Available from: http: // www. marinespecies. org / aphia. php? p = taxdetails & id = 130932 (accessed 24 September 2016)