Naineris aurantiaca ( Müller, 1858 )

Alvarez, Ricardo Castro, Miranda, Vinícius Da Rocha & Brasil, Ana Claudia Dos Santos, 2019, Redescription of Naineris aurantiaca (Müller, 1858) and designation of a neotype from the Brazilian coast (Annelida: Orbiniidae), Zootaxa 4571 (1), pp. 125-136 : 128-133

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Naineris aurantiaca ( Müller, 1858 )
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Naineris aurantiaca ( Müller, 1858) View in CoL

Theodisca aurantiaca Müller, 1858 View in CoL

Material examined. Neotype: Naineris aurantiaca , ( MNRJP 1956 ), 1 spm., under rocks between oyster banks, intertidal, 27°47'2"S– 48°30'25"W, 05/October/18, Pântano do Sul Beach , Santa Catarina, Brazil. GoogleMaps

Additional material: Naineris aurantiaca , MNRJP 1955 , 4 spms., under rocks between oyster banks, intertidal, 27°47'2"S– 48°30'25"W, 05/October/2018, Pântano do Sul Beach , Santa Catarina, Brazil GoogleMaps ; Naineris aurantiaca , MNRJP 1957 , 38 spms (one mounted for SEM)., in algal tufts, intertidal, 23° 3'27.93"S– 43°59'28.30"W, 08/March/2016, Praia Grande , Ilha da Marambaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil GoogleMaps ; Naineris aurantiaca , MNRJP 1958 , 1 spm., in algal tufts, intertidal, 23° 4'59.52"S– 44° 0'27.29"W, 19/August/2016, Praia do Sino , Ilha da Marambaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil GoogleMaps ; Naineris aurantiaca , MNRJP 1959 , 11 spms., in mussel bed, intertidal, 23° 4'59.52"S– 44° 0'27.29"W, 08/April/2016, Praia do Sino , Ilha da Marambaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil GoogleMaps ; Naineris aurantiaca , MNRJP 1960 , 2 spms., in algal tufts, intertidal, 23° 3'27.93"S– 43°59'28.30"W, 29/July/2016, Praia Grande , Ilha da Marambaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil GoogleMaps ; Naineris aurantiaca , MNRJP 1961 , 6 spms., in mussel bed, intertidal, 23° 3'56.68"S– 43°59'30.65"W, 12/September/2016, Praia Grande , Ilha da Marambaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil GoogleMaps ; Naineris aurantiaca , MNRJP 1962 , 2 spms., in algal tuft, intertidal, 23° 3'56.68"S– 43°59'30.65"W, 21/ February/2016, Praia Grande , Ilha da Marambaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil GoogleMaps ; Naineris aurantiaca , ZUEC-Pol 21327, 7 spms., in algal tufts, intertidal, 23° 5'5.05"S– 44° 0'31.21"W, 16/April/2017, Praia do Sino , Ilha da Marambaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil GoogleMaps ; Naineris aurantiaca , ZUEC-Pol 21328, 10 spms., in algal tufts, intertidal, 23° 3'57.34"S– 43°59'31.35"W, 08/March/2016, Praia Grande , Ilha da Marambaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil GoogleMaps ; Naineris aurantiaca , ZUEC-Pol 21329, 7 spms., in algal tufts, intertidal, 23° 3'57.34"S– 43°59'31.35"W, 08/March/2016, Praia Grande , Ilha da Marambaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil GoogleMaps ; Naineris aurantiaca , ZUEC-Pol 21330, 10 spms., in algal tufts, intertidal, 23° 3'57.34"S– 43°59'31.35"W, 08/March/2016, Praia Grande , Ilha da Marambaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil GoogleMaps ; Naineris aurantiaca , ZUEC-Pol 21331, 9 spms., in algal tufts, intertidal, 23° 3'57.34"S– 43°59'31.35"W, 08/March/2016, Praia Grande , Ilha da Marambaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil GoogleMaps ; Naineris aurantiaca , ZUEC-Pol 21332, 10 spms., in algal tufts, intertidal, 23° 3'57.34"S– 43°59'31.35"W, 08/March/2016, Praia Grande , Ilha da Marambaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil GoogleMaps ; Naineris aurantiaca , ZUEC-Pol 21333, 9 spms., in algal tufts, intertidal, 23° 3'57.34"S– 43°59'31.35"W, 08/March/2016, Praia Grande , Ilha da Marambaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil GoogleMaps ; Naineris aurantiaca , ZUEC-Pol 21334, 1 spms., in algal tufts, intertidal, 23° 3'57.34"S– 43°59'31.35"W, 08/March/2016, Praia Grande , Ilha da Marambaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil GoogleMaps .

Comparative material examined: Naineris setosa , ZUEC-Pol 3791, 5 spms., 23°37'49.03"S– 45°24'55.47"W, 08/September/2006, Cidade Beach in Caraguatatuba, São Paulo, Brazil; Naineris setosa , ZUEC-Pol 3792, 6 spms., 23°37'49.03"S– 45°24'55.47"W, 08/August/2006, Cidade Beach in Caraguatatuba, São Paulo, Brazil; Naineris sp., ZUEC-Pol 2194, 13 spms., 23°48'47.03"S– 45°24'31.20"W, 14/September/1974, Praia do Araçá, São Paulo, Brazil; Naineris cf. laevigata ZUEC-Pol 8358, 7 spms., 23°37'38.95"S– 45°23'52.22"W, 15/March/2001, rocky shore in Caraguatatuba, São Paulo, Brazil; Naineris cf. laevigata ZUEC-Pol 8309, 18 spms., 23°46'50.09"S– 45°39'52.21"W, 08/April/2001, rocky shore in Baleia, São Sebastião, São Paulo, Brazil. Naineris sp., MUZUSP 355, 5 spms., 23°47'22.55"S– 45°21'48.61"W, 19/February/1997, Praia Engenho d'Água, Ilhabela, São Paulo, Brazil; Naineris sp. MUZUSP 376, 1 spm., 23°47'22.55"S– 45°21'48.61"W, 23/August/1990, Praia Engenho d'Água, Ilhabela, São Paulo, Brazil; Naineris sp., MUZUSP 567, 3 spms., 23°47'22.55"S– 45°21'48.61"W, 12/ March/1997, Praia Engenho d'Água, Ilhabela, São Paulo, Brazil; Naineris sp., MUZUSP 622, 1 spm., 23°45'49.04"S– 45°20'57.23"W, 25/November/1992, Praia de Barreiros, Ilhabela, São Paulo, Brazil; Naineris sp., MUZUSP 655, 4 spms., 23°47'22.55"S– 45°21'48.61"W, 09/December/1996, Praia Engenho d'Água, Ilhabela, São Paulo, Brazil; Naineris sp., MUZUSP 714, 2 spms., 23°45'49.04"S– 45°20'57.23"W, 19/September/1990, Praia de Barreiros, Ilhabela, São Paulo, Brazil; Naineris sp., MUZUSP 725, 3 spms., 23°47'22.55"S– 45°21'48.61"W, 25/ June/1997, Praia Engenho d'Água, Ilhabela, São Paulo, Brazil; Naineris sp., MUZUSP 781, 1 spm., 23°45'25.57"S– 45°24'39.22"W, 20/January/1997, Praia de São Francisco, São Sebastião, São Paulo, Brazil; Naineris sp., MUZUSP 786, 1 spm., 23°48'47.24"S– 45°24'31.35"W, 27/June/1987, Praia do Araçá, São Sebastião, São Paulo, Brazil; Naineris sp., MUZUSP 803, 2 spms., 23°47'22.55"S– 45°21'48.61"W, 18/September/1990, Praia Engenho d'Água, Ilhabela, São Paulo, Brazil., Naineris grubei australis Hartman, 1957 , holotype LACM—AHF Poly 676, 1 spm., 35°9'0"S– 138°28'0"E, Port Noarlunga, Adelaide, Australia; Naineris uncinata Hartman, 1957 ., holotype LACM –AHF Poly 675, 1 spm., 43°10'26"N– 124°19'02"W, Loss bay, Oregon, USA, 02/August/1942; Naineris bicornis Hartman, 1951 , holotype LACM—AHF Poly 674, 1 spm., 29°54'36"N– 84°23'43"W, Aligator Harbour, Florida, USA, 04/February /1950.

Measurements. NEOTYPE: length 4.84 mm (83 chaetigers), width 0.3 mm.

Additional material measured: 60 spms. from Praia Grande in Marambaia Island, Rio de Janeiro): mean length 14.45 mm (SD ± 5.87 mm), ranging from 6.36 mm (60 chaetigers) to 34.74 mm (153 chaetigers); mean width: 0.75 mm (SD ± 0.27mm), ranging from 0.21 mm to 1.42 mm; number of chaetigers (range = 50 to 153).

Diagnosis. Pre- and post-branchial papillae and interramal papillae occur only on abdominal segments. Dorsal organs occur posteriorly from thoracic chaetiger 12 onwards. Thoracic neuropodia with crenulated capillary chaetae arranged in oblique ventral rows, an oblique dorsal row of blunt-tipped uncini with lateral notches or grooves, subuluncini arranged anteriorly in 2-3 transverse rows, and a posterior transverse row of heavily-ridged uncini.

Description (Based on neotype). Prostomium rounded anteriorly, eyes absent, nuchal organ present ( Figs. 3A View FIGURE 3 , 4A View FIGURE 4 ). Peristomium a single achaetous annulus ( Figs. 3A View FIGURE 3 , 4A View FIGURE 4 ). Mouth opening antero-ventrally, labial lips striated ( Fig. 3B View FIGURE 3 ). Proboscis formed by finger-shaped lobes, without ciliated epithelium. Branchiae beginning on chaetiger 9; morphologically simple, conical, with ciliated epithelium ( Fig. 3G View FIGURE 3 ). First branchiae short (a sixth of the longest branchiae), becoming longer in abdominal region; equal to or smaller than notopodial lobe on anteriormost segments, becoming longer towards abdominal region where equal the body width, but decreasing in length over last segments ( Figs. 2A View FIGURE 2 , 3B View FIGURE 3 ). Papillae at the anterior and posterior base of the branchiae occurring only on abdominal segments; posterior papillae arranged almost laterally to branchiae ( Figs. 2 View FIGURE 2 A-C, 3G-H). Dorsal organs occurring from chaetiger 12 onwards ( Fig. 3G View FIGURE 3 ).

Thoracic segments depressed dorso-ventrally. Thorax comprising 13 chaetigers ( Fig. 2A View FIGURE 2 ). Parapodia biramous. Interramal papilla absent ( Fig. 3F View FIGURE 3 ). Parapodia pre-chaetal lobe not evident; post-chaetal lobes pyriform. Notopodial lobes longer than those of neuropodium ( Fig. 3F View FIGURE 3 ). Notochaetae crenulate capillaries, arranged in transverse rows and forming an open semicircle; number of chaetae ranging from seven (on anterior segments) to 17 (on posteriormost thoracic segments). Neurochaetae comprising four types: subuluncini arranged anteriorly in 2-3 transverse rows (on up to 23 chaetae per fascicle); an oblique dorsal blunt-tipped uncini with lateral notch or groove on each side of uncinial apex (on up to four chaetae) ( Fig. 4C View FIGURE 4 ); posterior transverse row of up to five heavily-ridged uncini; and row of up to six crenulated capillaries arranged obliquely and ventral to other types of neurochaetae ( Figs. 2D View FIGURE 2 , 3F View FIGURE 3 , 4D View FIGURE 4 ).

Abdominal segments cylindrical. Abdomen with 70 chaetigers. Parapodia dorsally projected and biramous. As observed in thoracic region, only post-chaetal pyriform lobes evident. Notopodial lobe twice length of neuropodial lobe ( Fig. 3E View FIGURE 3 ). Interramal papillae present between notopodia and neuropodia ( Figs. 2B View FIGURE 2 , 3E View FIGURE 3 ). Notochaetae crenulate capillaries, arranged in two transverse rows of up to 12 chaetae. A single lower furcate notochaeta, hosting variably-sized tines interspersed with thin needles (longest needles as long as half length of longest tine); shaft with transverse rows of small barbs ( Fig. 4F View FIGURE 4 ). Neurochaetae crenulate capillaries (up to 10 chaetae) mingled with spines (up to four chaetae per parapodia) ( Fig. 4E View FIGURE 4 ).

Pygidium not observed.

Variation in non type material examined: The numbers of thoracic chaetigers and the position of the first pair of branchiae were not fixed among the specimens we examined. There were 13 chaetigers in the thoracic region of the neotype, but this character varied from 9 to 17 chaetigers across all specimens observed from Rio de Janeiro State (60 spms.) and from 10 to 21 chaetigers in specimens from São Paulo State (38 spms.).

Proboscis of larger specimens (>100 chaetigers) with three thick branches at the base, forming two dorsal and one ventral lobe with numerous rami whereas smaller specimens (50–100 chaetigers) only have two lobes (one emerging on right and a larger one emerging ventrolaterally on left, both less branching than larger specimens, as reported by Eisig (1914)) ( Figs. 3C View FIGURE 3 , 4B View FIGURE 4 ).

Pygidia were observed in specimens from Marambaia Island, bearing a dorsal and a ventral pair of cirri, ventral pair being longer than dorsal pair ( Fig. 3D View FIGURE 3 ). Anus dorsal, located between dorsal pair of cirri.

Habitat. Intertidal. This species occurred on sediment and in deposited sediments among algae rhizoids and in between the shells of mussel beds ( Perna perna ) and oyster banks.

Distribution. Type locality: Santa Catarina Island (Florianópolis), as Desterro in the original description.

Additional occurrence. São Paulo: São Sebastião, Caraguatatuba, Ubatuba, Ilhabela. Rio de Janeiro: Marambaia Island, Jaguanum Island.

Remarks. Müller (1858) did not specify a detailed location from where his specimens were sampled but assumed to be intertidal. Since the information in the original description of N. aurantiaca was minimal, we had to rely on Müller’s drawings for comparative analysis with our specimens. In so doing, we noted the presence of a dendritical proboscis and the number of proboscidial branches, the four anal cirri located around the anus, the abdominal chaetae predominantly being capillaries, the pyriform shape of abdominal post-chaetal lobes, and the abdominal branchiae being very similar to specimens we sampled from the type locality. We are therefore confident that we have obtained specimens that match the species described by Müller in 1858. The island of Santa Catarina is considered to be a well preserved location with no records of drastic changes on the island foreshore.

Morphologically, the species most closely related to N. aurantiaca is N. dendritica ( Kinberg, 1866) . Both species share the small size of the first branchiae compared to those of abdominal segments, the presence of prechaetal lamellae, and chaetal morphology. Naineris dendritica differs from N. aurantiaca in lacking pre- and postbranchial interramal papillae, the absence of a nuchal organ, and the number of basal lobes of the proboscis. The number of proboscis lobes in N. dendritica was not described by Blake (1996), but Moore (1909) described four lobes in N. robustus (an accepted synonym of N. dendritica (Hartman, 1948)) , whereas N. aurantiaca has three proboscis lobes.

Naineris aurantiaca differs from all other species of the genus occurring on the Brazilian coast, from intertidal to deeper waters species. In relation to N. laevigata both are similar in having interramal papillae, but differ in their chaetal arrangements in thoracic neuropodia. Naineris laevigata has subuluncini and a posterior row of unstriated uncini with or without hoods, whereas N. aurantiaca uncini lack hoods and has two easily differentiated types of uncini.

Naineris setosa ( Verrill, 1900) View in CoL , also recorded from Brazil, differs from N. aurantiaca View in CoL in thoracic neuropodia chaetal types. Naineris setosa View in CoL only possesses capillaries, whereas N. aurantiaca View in CoL has two types of uncini and subuluncini as well as capillaries. The shape of the furcate chaetae also differs between both these species: the tips of both tines are robust in N. aurantiaca View in CoL , whereas in N. setosa View in CoL they are longer and thinner. Another difference is that N. setosa View in CoL does not possess branchial and interramal papillae, but N. aurantiaca View in CoL does. Lastly, the proboscis in these two species differ; it is large and saclike in N. setosa View in CoL but dendritic in N. aurantiaca View in CoL . Naineris bicornis Hartman, 1951 View in CoL was recorded in sediments from Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro ( Nonato 1981). This species differs from N. aurantiaca View in CoL in that it lacks interramal papillae ( Amaral et al. 2013). There is only one record for N. bicornis View in CoL from Brazil from Ilha Grande. Tellingly, the distinct shape of the prostomium in N. bicornis View in CoL can also arise through the fixation methodology, as noted by Eisig (1914) in other species, so that sometimes the prostomium looks rounded and sometimes it looks spatulate. We requested material identified as N. bicornis View in CoL from ZUEC-Pol, but the material listed in Amaral et al. (2013) is no longer available and as we cannot check this record, we suggest a misidentification of the specimen.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Annelida

Class

Polychaeta

Order

Orbiniida

Family

Orbiniidae

Genus

Naineris

Loc

Naineris aurantiaca ( Müller, 1858 )

Alvarez, Ricardo Castro, Miranda, Vinícius Da Rocha & Brasil, Ana Claudia Dos Santos 2019
2019
Loc

Naineris bicornis

Hartman 1951
1951
Loc

N. bicornis

Hartman 1951
1951
Loc

N. bicornis

Hartman 1951
1951
Loc

N. bicornis

Hartman 1951
1951
Loc

Theodisca aurantiaca Müller, 1858

Muller 1858
1858
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