Spinosphaera carrerai Londoño-Mesa, 2003

Londoño-Mesa, Mario H., 2009, Terebellidae (Polychaeta: Terebellida) from the Grand Caribbean region 2320, Zootaxa 2320 (1), pp. 1-93 : 62

Spinosphaera carrerai Londoño-Mesa, 2003 .

Spinosphaera carrerai, Londoño-Mesa, 2003:750–751 , Fig. 2 .— Londoño-Mesa & Carrera-Parra, 2005:31–32 .

Type material: Holotype ECOSUR 042 Off Herradura Point, Mexican Caribbean (18°32'23"N 87°44'32"W), 28.IX.1996.

Diagnosis: Eyespots in two lateral groups of 2–3 brown eyespots; eleven short ventral shields from segment 1. Nephridial papillae not seen. Nineteen pairs of notopodia; notochaetae of two types, bilimbate capillaries equal-sized in segments 4–5, and of two lengths on segments 5–9; spinosphaera chaetae of two lengths, in segments 10–19. Pairs of neuropodia with uncini avicular in single rows on segments 5–10, in double rows on segments 11–75, in single rows on segments 76–82. Uncini MF:3:3–4:6–7. Pygidium with 5 papillae.

Staining pattern: Only ventral shields stain deeply. The remaining structures remain pale.

Discussion: A complete description, including figures, is found in Londoño-Mesa (2003).

Type locality and distribution: Southern Mexican Caribbean .

Figures

FIGURE 2. Amaeana sp. 1., (USNM 90555): A. Ventral view. B. Dorsal view. C. Lateral View. D. Anterior ventral shields. E. Abdomen in ventral view. F. Thoracic notopodia from chaetiger 4. G. Fascicle of notochaetae from chaetiger 4. H. Abdominal notopodia from segment 16. I. Abdominal spines from segment 16. J. Pygidium. Scale bars: A,B,C,E: 1.7mm; D: 1.3mm; J: 3.8mm; F,H: 0.4; G: 0.7mm; I: 0.06mm.