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Pseudopotamilla

Pseudopotamilla

Bush, 1905

GBIF:128527385

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Diagnosis. Medium sized sabellids with numerous pairs of radioles in semicircular radiolar lobes, each radiole with at least four rows of vacuolated cells. Basal membrane, radiolar flanges and basal flanges absent. One to several unpaired compound radiolar eyes bulging along outer radiolar margins, on at least some dorsal radioles, except for dorsal-most pair. Dorsal lips with radiolar and pinnular appendages; ventral radiolar appendages absent. Ventral lips and parallel lamellae present, ventral sacs inside radiolar crown. Anterior peristomial ring low, of even height. Posterior peristomial ring collar present, with narrow mid-dorsal gap, dorsal margins laterally fused to faecal groove, with a mid-ventral incision and short ventral lappets, and usually also with dorso-lateral incisions. Peristomial vascular loops absent. Peristomial eyespots may be present. Thorax and abdomen with variable number of chaetigers. Glandular ridge on chaetiger 2 absent. Ventral shields present. Interramal eyespots absent. Collar chaetae similar to superior notochaetae of following chaetigers, elongate, narrowly hooded; inferior thoracic notochaetae paleate. Thoracic uncini avicular, with several rows of similar in size teeth above main fang, developed breast and medium-sized handle; neuropodial companion chaetae with asymmetrical hood and gently tapering tip. Abdominal uncini similar to the thoracic ones. Abdominal neurochaetae of both groups as elongate, broadly hooded chaetae. Pygidial eyespots may be present. Pygidial cirrus absent (Capa et al. 2014).
Knight-Jones, Phyllis, Darbyshire, Teresa, Petersen, Mary E., Tovar-Hernández, María Ana (2017): What is Pseudopotamilla reniformis (Sabellidae)? Comparisons of populations from Britain, Iceland and Canada with comments on Eudistylia and Schizobranchia. Zootaxa 4254 (2): 201-220, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4254.2.3

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What is Pseudopotamilla reniformis (Sabellidae)? Comparisons of populations from Britain, Iceland and Canada with comments on Eudistylia and Schizobranchia

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Knight-Jones, Phyllis, Darbyshire, Teresa, Petersen, Mary E., Tovar-Hernández, María Ana (2017): What is Pseudopotamilla reniformis (Sabellidae)? Comparisons of populations from Britain, Iceland and Canada with comments on Eudistylia and Schizobranchia. Zootaxa 4254 (2): 201-220, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4254.2.3

Abstract

A neotype of Amphitrite Müller (1771) is established and re-described, using material collected in 2001 from near the type locality on the southwest coast of Iceland. We examined material from Iceland, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, identified as Pseudopotamilla reniformis, showing scissiparity and commonly found in aggregations within kelp holdfasts or amongst encrusting fauna. By contrast, scissiparity has not been seen in a population recorded as P. reniformis from Wales (broadcast spawning is presumed, Chughtai & Knight-Jones 1988), which bores into limestone and that the present analysis shows to belong to a different species from P. reniformis. Sabella oculata Krøyer (1856, Norway) is a junior synonym of P. reniformis. Sabella aspersa Krøyer (1856, Greenland) and Sabella saxicava (Quatrefages, 1866, France) are re-instated and re-described in Pseudopotamilla. Pseudopotamilla saxicava (= Potamilla ehlersi Gravier, 1906) has a widespread distribution from Britain to the Arabian Gulf, Pseudopotamilla aspersa is found in Greenland and the distribution of P. reniformis is reduced to Iceland, northern Norway, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. The genera Eudistylia Bush and Schizobranchia Bush are discussed in relation to Pseudopotamilla.

Key words: Fan worms, Sabella aspersa, Sabella saxicava, scissiparity, neotype, rock borings

Knight-Jones P, Darbyshire T, Petersen M E, Tovar-Hernández M A, plazi (2017). What is Pseudopotamilla reniformis (Sabellidae)? Comparisons of populations from Britain, Iceland and Canada with comments on Eudistylia and Schizobranchia. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4254.2.3 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-14.

CC0Published 12/31/2017View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
128527385
Dataset Key
07060c15-139e-413a-8b41-e123e4232696
Origin
source
Backbone Key
2329243
Taxon ID
747D7A68FFDC0611FF41FB05FB37F7A6.taxon
Last Crawled
6/11/2026
Last Interpreted
6/11/2026