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Spiraserpula caribensis
Pillai
GBIF:152035874
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Description. Some specimens forming tube aggregations; others were found isolated. Tubes sinuous or spiraled (Fig. 7 A), with two internal ridges: mid-dorsal o ne smooth, mid-ventral one serrated (Fig. 7 B-C), occasionally with two internal lateral ridges (Fig. 7 D). Some tubes externally pinkish, others with two dorsal pink bands (Fig. 7 A-B). Body brown to dark brown (preserved material only). The worms are damaged. Branchial crowns lost. Thorax with eight chaetigers, including collar fascicles. Abdomen damaged.
Bastida-Zavala, Rolando (2012): Serpula and Spiraserpula (Polychaeta, Serpulidae) from the Tropical Western Atlantic and Gulf of Guinea. ZooKeys 198: 1-23, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.198.3030, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.198.3030
Distribution. Caribbean, Florida and Pacific of Panama.
Bastida-Zavala, Rolando (2012): Serpula and Spiraserpula (Polychaeta, Serpulidae) from the Tropical Western Atlantic and Gulf of Guinea. ZooKeys 198: 1-23, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.198.3030, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.198.3030
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