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Spiraserpula ypsilon
Pillai
GBIF:152035875
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Description. One specimen (UMML 22.1058) attached to tube of Spiraserpula karpatensis and another (UMML 22.1056) attached to Pseudovermilia fuscostriata tube (Fig. 7 H). Tubes sinuous or strongly spiraled (Fig. 7 H); in another the tube forms a very tight cylindrical spiral (Fig. 7 I). Tubes with two internal longitudinal ridges: mid-dorsal one serrated, mid-ventral one Y-shaped (Fig. 7 J-L); sometimes, along length of tube, Y-shaped ridge changes to smooth ridge. Tubes white (Fig. 7 H-I). Body pale to dark brown (preserved material only). Worms damaged. Branchial crown with 5 - 6 radioles by branchial lobe. Collar damaged, lobes could not be observed. Bayonet chaetae with 3 - 4 blunt teeth (Fig. 7 G); hooded (capillary) chaetae present. Thorax with seven chaetigers, including collar chaetae. 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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