Two new species of Mediomastus (Annelida, Capitellidae) from Tokyo Bay, Japan
Author
Tomioka, Shinri
Author
Nishi, Eijiroh
Author
Kajihara, Hiroshi
text
ZooKeys
2014
422
115
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.422.7501
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.422.7501
1313-2970-422-115
9AC49D5517434872BA3B39EF27A113AB
Taxon
classification Animalia Scolecida Capitellidae
Mediomastus hanedaensis
sp. n.
Figs 7-11
Material examined.
Holotype: CBM-ZW 1095, Haneda, Tokyo Bay, St. 07s-L4e-1-c,
35.52949905°N
,
139.7836609°E
, incomplete. Paratypes (two specimens): CBM-ZW 1096, same collection site as holotype, incomplete, mounted on SEM stub; CBM-ZW 1097, same collection site as holotype, incomplete, cut into 5 portions, all mounted on two slides. All specimens collected spring 2007.
Description.
Holotype incomplete, with 27 segments, sex uncertain; 16.2 mm in length; 1.33 mm in maximum width. Body color whitish yellow in ethanol. Epithelium smooth. Nephridiopores lacking. Branchiae absent. All segments cylindrical.
Prostomium (Fig. 7A) conical, with short palpode; eversible proboscis with numerous minute papillae. Peristomium 1.2 times as wide as long, slightly longer than chaetiger 1, without eyespot, achaetigerous.
Figure 7.
Mediomastus hanedaensis
sp. n., holotype, CBM-ZW 1095. A Anterior end of body, left lateral view B abdominal segments, left lateral view.
Thoracic chaetigers biannulate. Thin, unilimbate, capillary chaetae with narrow wing (Figs 8A, 9A) present on chaetigers 1-4; noto- and neurochaetae each 8-13 in number per fascicle (Fig. 8A). Chaetigers 5-10 with hooded hooks, but without paddle-like chaetae. Notopodial hooded hooks (Figs 8B, 9B) with short, blunt fang and 6 teeth (Fig. 9B); hood with small opening (Fig. 8B); shaft not constricted (Fig. 9B); shoulder indistinct (Fig. 9B); 6-8 hooks per fascicle (Fig. 8B). Neuropodial hooded hooks (Figs 8C, 9C) with short, stout fang and 7 teeth (Fig. 9C); hood with small opening (Fig. 8C); shaft without constriction (Fig. 9C); shoulder indistinct (Fig. 9C); 4-7 hooks per fascicle (Fig. 8C).
Figure 8.
Mediomastus hanedaensis
sp. n., paratype, CBM-ZW 1096, SEM images. A Capillary chaetae on segment 3 B notopodial hooded hooks on segment 6, with an arrowhead indicating hood opening C neuropodial hooded hooks on segment 6 D notopodial hooded hooks on segment 33.
Figure 9.
Mediomastus hanedaensis
sp. n., paratype, CBM-ZW 1097. A Capillary chaeta from segment 2 B notopodial hooded hook from segment 9 C neuropodial hooded hook from segment 7 D notopodial hooded hook from segment 18; arrow indicates constriction.
Abdominal segments 2.5 times as wide as long (Fig. 7B), with hooded hooks only. Hooded hooks with long fang and 3 teeth (Figs 8D, 9D); fangs in abdominal hooks longer and sharper than those in thoracic hooks; opening of hood wider than that of thoracic hooks; shaft with distinct constriction (Fig. 9D); 2-5 hooks per fascicle (Fig. 8D).
Transition
from thorax to abdomen marked by alteration in shape of segments (longer in abdomen), shape of shaft of hooded hooks (with constriction in abdominal hooks), and length of fang of hooded hooks (longer in abdominal hooks).
Methyl-green staining.
Among the three specimens observed, methyl-green staining resulted in three patterns (Fig. 10). Numerous minute spots sparsely and uniformly covered segments 5-9, 7-10, or 8-10; segment 10 (Fig. 10A) or 11 (Fig. 10B, C) with denser spots. Figure 11 shows the stained worm diagrammed in Fig. 10A.
Figure 10. Diagram showing methyl-green staining patterns observed in the thorax (consisting of 11 segments) among three specimens of
Mediomastus hanedaensis
sp. n. A Paratype, CBM-ZW 1097 B paratype, CBM-ZW 1096 C holotype, CBM-ZW 1095.
Figure 11. Photograph of the thorax of
Mediomastus hanedaensis
sp. n., holotype, CBM-ZW 1095, showing the methyl-green staining pattern, with the segment numbers and segmental boundaries labeled.
Etymology.
The specific name is an adjective, referring to the type locality.
Remarks.
Mediomastus hanedaensis
is similar to
Mediomastus warrenae
in the shape of the thoracic hooded hooks, but differs from the latter in the staining pattern with methyl green (segments 8 and 9 uniformly spotted in
Mediomastus hanedaensis
vs. post-chaetally spotted in
Mediomastus warrenae
) and in the shape of the thoracic capillary chaetae (unilimbate in
Mediomastus hanedaensis
vs. bilimbate in
Mediomastus warrenae
).