Bathyvermilia eliasoni ( Zibrowius, 1970 )

Kupriyanova, Elena K., Bailey-Brock, Julie & Nishi, Eijiroh, 2011, New records of Serpulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) collected by R / V " Vityaz " from bathyal and abyssal depths of the Pacific Ocean, Zootaxa 2871, pp. 43-60 : 51

Bathyvermilia eliasoni ( Zibrowius, 1970)

( Fig. 5 I)

Vermiliopsis langerhansi non Fauvel, 1909 sensu Southward 1963: 584 fide Zibrowius 1973: 431.

Vermiliopsis (?) eliasoni Zibrowius, 1970: 121 –122; Tyler & Zibrowius 1992: 220 (SW Ireland); Barrier et al. 1989: 790 –791, fig. 2 (a table summarizing depth distribution from 200-2000 m, Sicily).

Bathyvermilia eliasoni Kupriyanova & Nishi 2010: 58 –60, figs. 3, 4 (Patton-Murray Seamounts, Gulf of Alaska).

Material examined. SIO: R/V “ Vityaz ” Stn. 3150, 44 °28.3’N, 170°15.3’E, 1201 m, trawl, 24 Sept 1954, sponge chunks (2 tubes); Stn. 3353, 53 °53.5’N, 169°15.5’E, 1548–1593 m, trawl, 5 May 1955 (1 tube). Distribution. Central Atlantic, Mediterranean, North Pacific Ocean, 200–2000 m.

Remarks. The material of this species is represented in the SIO collection by three tubes (no animals present) with three longitudinal ridges raised into curved spines. Such very distinctive tubes were recently reported by Kupriyanova & Nishi (2010) for Bathyvermilia eliasoni from the Patton-Murray Seamounts, Gulf of Alaska, North-Eastern Pacific Ocean. Kupriyanova & Nishi (2010) also briefly discussed the wide geographic distribution of this species.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Line drawings of Hyalopomatus jirkovi. A—dorsal and B—lateral views of the holotype, H—operculum of holotype (redrawn from Kupriyanova 1993 a). Line drawings of Hyalopomatus sikorskii. C, D—opercula of the specimens from R / V “ Vityaz ” Stn. 4131, E—dorsal and F—lateral views of the holotype (redrawn from Kupriyanova 1993 a), G—operculum of the holotype (redrawn from Kupriyanova 1993 a). Bathyvermilia eliasoni, I—fragment of the tube from R / V “ Vityaz ” Stn. 3150 (Bailey-Brock). Filogranula stellata, J—fragment of the tube from R / V “ Vityaz ” Stn. 6348 - 2 (Bailey-Brock). Scale: A, B— 1 mm, C, D— 0.2 mm, E, F— 0.5 mm, G— 0.2 mm, H— 0.3 mm, I— 1 mm, J— 3 mm.