Websterinereis foli (Fauvel, 1930)

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

Websterinereis foli (Fauvel, 1930)

Leptonereis foli Fauvel, 1930: 520, fig. 3.

Websterinereis foli . - Pettibone 1971: 23-25, figs 10, 11.

Nicon sp. - Martens et al. 1995: 17, figs 20-24.

Type locality.

Ile de Pins, New Caledonia.

Remarks.

The specimens reported as Nicon sp. by Martens et al (1995) are almost certainly Websterinereis foli . We reached this conclusion based on a comparison of their figures of parapodia and chaetae with those of Pettibone (1971: figs 10, 11) and their description of the pigmentation pattern compared to that described for this species by Pettibone (1971: fig. 10a) and Glasby (2015: figs 42, 43). Martens et al. (1995) are likely to have overlooked the pharyngeal (oral ring) papillae in their specimens as they are very small and only observable when the pharynx is fully everted: this explains the incorrect generic assignment.

Distribution.

Western Pacific, Indonesia, Lizard Island (Australia).