Eurythoe complanata Pallas 1766
Creators
Description
Eurythoe complanata (Pallas, 1766)
For list of synonyms see Barroso et al. (2010).
Type locality. Caribbean.
Records. Lizard Island: Chinamans Point (14°40′ S 145°28′ E) several records; Bird Islet (14°40′S 145°27′E) AM W.40404; off Station Beach (14°41′S 145°27′E) AM W.40424; Crystal Beach (14°40′S 145°28′E) AM W.40419; fringing reef between Bird Islet and South Island (14°40′S 145°28′E) AM W.40388, AM W.40413, AM W.40420; Coconut Beach (14°39′S 145°28′E) AM W.40422; (14°40′S 145°27′E) AM W.40425. Surrounding areas: Eagle Island (14°41′S 145°37′E) AM W.422. Outer Barrier: Yonge Reef (14°36′S 145°38′39′′E), several records.
Comments. This species has been widely recorded from the region in ecological and in popular articles but recent studies by Barroso et al. (2010) and Borda et al. (2012) would suggest that the species actually represent a suites of species and it is probable that E. complanata is restricted to the Caribbean and not the widespread “cosmopolitan” species as has previously been reported.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Amphinomidae
- Genus
- Eurythoe
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Amphinomida
- Phylum
- Annelida
- Scientific name authorship
- Pallas
- Species
- complanata
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Eurythoe complanata Pallas, 1766 sec. Ribas & Hutchings, 2015
References
- Pallas, P. S. (1766) Miscellanea Zoologica, quibas novae imprimis atque obscurae animalium species describunture et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur. Hague: Hague Comitum, 12, 72 - 112.
- Barroso, R., Klautau, M., Sol e - Cava, A. M. & Paiva, P. (2010) Eurythoe complanata (Polychaeta: Amphinomidae), the ' cosmopolitan' fireworm, consists of at least three cryptic species. Marine Biology, 157, 69 - 80. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1007 / s 00227 - 009 - 1296 - 9
- Borda, E., Kudenov, J. D., Bienhold, C. & Rouse, G. W. (2012) Towards a revised Amphinomidae (Annelida, Amphinomida): description and affinities of a new genus and species from the Nile Deep-sea Fan, Mediterranean Sea. Zoologica Scripta, 41, 307 - 325. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1463 - 6409.2012.00529. x