Solomononereis merauensis Gibbs, 1971

Pamungkas, Joko & Glasby, Christopher J., 2015, Taxonomy of reproductive Nereididae (Annelida) in multispecies swarms at Ambon Island, Indonesia, ZooKeys 520, pp. 1-25 : 13-14

Solomononereis merauensis Gibbs, 1971 Fig. 5D

Solomononereis merauensis Gibbs, 1971: 152-153, fig. 8a-h. - Hutchings and Reid 1991: 59-60.

Type locality.

Solomon Islands.

Material examined.

1 female (MZB.Pol.00176), Suli , Ambon Island, Indonesia, 3°37'38.2"S, 128°18'25.0"E, coll. R. Alik, 19 March 2014 ; 1 female (NTM W25887 ), Suli , Ambon Island, Indonesia, 3°37'38.2"S, 128°18'25.0"E, coll. R. Alik, 19 March 2014 .

Size range.

Male: not available. Female: length (20 mm), maximum width (3.0 mm).

Diagnosis.

Solomononereis species lacking body pigmentation (Fig. 5D). Paragnaths elongate-conical (i.e., rods), arranged 8 discrete groups as follows: Areas I: 12; II: 11; III: 3 patches with 10 in each; IV: 15-20. Female epitokes with pre-natatory region, natatory region extending to mid body, followed by highly modified tail region bearing short segments and reduced parapodia. Female has pre-natatory region comprising 23-24 chaetigers; dorsal and ventral cirri on anterior chaetigers unmodified. Female eggs are green coloured. Male epitoke unknown.

Remarks.

The present specimen fits the type description closely.

Distribution.

Indonesia, Northern Australia, Solomon Islands.