Pseudovermilia multispinosa ( Monro, 1933b )

Bastida-Zavala, J. Rolando, Buelna, Alondra Sofía Rodríguez, León-González, Jesús Angel De, Camacho-Cruz, Karla Andrea & Carmona, Isabel, 2016, New records of sabellids and serpulids (Polychaeta: Sabellidae, Serpulidae) from the Tropical Eastern Pacific, Zootaxa 4184 (3), pp. 401-457 : 430-431

Pseudovermilia multispinosa ( Monro, 1933b)

Crosslandiella multispinosa Monro, 1933b: 1085 –1087, Figs 28A–K. Type locality: Gorgona Island , western Colombia. Crosslandiella multispinosa var. inarmata Monro, 1933b: 1087 –1088, fig. 29 . Type locality: Gorgona Island , western Colombia .

Pseudovermilia multispinosa .— ten Hove 1975: 72–79, Figs 124–127, 142–143, 147–148, 152, 157, 166, 173–174, pls 2f, 4, 8f–g (revision of the genus; Gorgona Island , western Colombia , Florida, Bahamas, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas , Guadeloupe, Barbados, Bonaire, Klein Bonaire, Cura ҫao, Aruba and Brazil; 9–90 m, on sponges, underside of corals and on biofouling test panels); Bastida-Zavala & Salazar-Vallejo 2000b: 820, fig. 8l–q ( Cuba and Mexican Caribbean; reef, 2 m).

Habitat. Subtidal (9–90 m); found mainly in coral reefs, on sponges, underside of corals and on biofouling test panels (ten Hove 1975; Bastida-Zavala & Salazar-Vallejo 2000b).

Distribution. Amphi-American. Pseudovermilia multispinosa was recorded in Florida, Caribbean Sea and in only one site from eastern Pacific (Gorgona Island, western Colombia) (ten Hove 1975; Bastida-Zavala & Salazar- Vallejo 2000b).

Remarks. The species was not found in this study, but see Overview of the sabellid and serpulid introductions, below.