Parahalosydnopsis arabica Wehe, 2006

Bonyadi Naeini, Alieh & Rahimian, Hassan, 2009, Intertidal scale worms (Polychaeta, Polynoidae and Sigalionidae) from the northern coasts of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, ZooKeys 31 (3), pp. 53-71 : 62

Parahalosydnopsis arabica Wehe, 2006

Figs 4 a–f, Figs 5 a–d

Parahalosydnopsis arabica Wehe 2006 . — Fauna of Arabia 22: 112–114, fig. 25a–m.

Type locality: Sudan, Red Sea

Material examined: ZUTC ann. 2038.

Measurements (n = 1): Length 33, width 3.

Remarks: The specimen reported here is similar to those described by Wehe (2006), who recorded for the specimens seen by him that on the more posterior elytra, the fringing papillae disappeared. This differs from the specimens we collected as they are clearly visible here ( Fig. 4d ).

Distribution: Th is is a new record for the Gulf of Oman.

Figures

Figure 4. Parahalosydnopsis arabica. a anterior end, dorsal view b 1st right elytron c microtubercles of lateral elytra surface from b d elytron from posterior end e fringing papillae from b f balloon-shaped papilla on surface of posterior elytron.

Figure 5. Parahalosydnopsis arabica. a 12th left parapodium, posterior view b lower neurochaeta c upper neurochaeta d notochaeta.