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Protula Risso 1826

Description

Genus Protula Risso, 1826

Type-species: Protula rudolphi Risso, 1826, junior synonym of Serpula tubularia Montagu, 1803 Number of species: 23

Diagnosis. Tube white, (semi-) circular in cross-section, collar-like rings and keels absent. Operculum and pseudo-operculum absent. Radioles arranged in two semi-circles to a spire of up to 6 whorls, up to 320 per lobe. Interradiolar membrane present. Branchial eyes present or absent. Stylodes absent. Mouth palps present. 7 thoracic chaetigerous segments. Collar trilobed, tonguelets absent. Thoracic membrane large, forming ventral apron across anterior abdominal segments. Thoracic triangular depression absent. Collar chaetae limbate. Apomatus chaetae present. Abdominal neurochaetae sickle-shaped with serrated blade. Uncini rasp-shaped throughout with rows of teeth and elongated terminal pegs. Posterior capillary chaetae present.

Notes

Published as part of Sun, Yanan, Ten, Harry A. & Qiu, Jian-Wen, 2012, Serpulidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Hong Kong, pp. 1-42 in Zootaxa 3424 on page 24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.213363

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Serpulidae
Genus
Protula
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Sabellida
Phylum
Annelida
Scientific name authorship
Risso
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Protula Risso, 1826 sec. Sun, Ten & Qiu, 2012

References

  • Risso, A. (1826) Histoire Naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Meridionale et particulierement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. IV, Mollusques, Annelides. Paris, VII + 439 pp. [Annelides p. 397 - 432.]
  • Montagu, G. (1803) Testacea Brittanica or natural history of British shells, marine, land and fresh - water, including the most minute: systematically arranged and embellished with figures. London, part II, 293 - 606.