Kirkegaardia serratiseta ( Banse & Hobson, 1968 ) Banse & Hobson, 1968

Blake, James A., 2016, Kirkegaardia (Polychaeta, Cirratulidae), new name for Monticellina Laubier, preoccupied in the Rhabdocoela, together with new records and descriptions of eight previously known and sixteen new species from the Atlantic, Pacific, and Southern Oceans, Zootaxa 4166 (1), pp. 1-93 : 35-36

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4166.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5612220

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scientific name

Kirkegaardia serratiseta ( Banse & Hobson, 1968 )
status

comb. nov.

Kirkegaardia serratiseta ( Banse & Hobson, 1968) new combination

Figure 16 View FIGURE 16

Tharyx serratisetis Banse & Hobson, 1968: 39 View in CoL –40, Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 k–l; Hobson & Banse 1981: 553, Fig. 9 View FIGURE 9 m. Aphelochaeta serratiseta: Blake 1991: 28 View in CoL .

Monticellina serratiseta: Blake 1996: 325 View in CoL –324, Fig. 8.25; Welch & Dutch 2014: 5 –7, 8 figs. Not Monticellina cf. serratiseta: Diaz-Diaz et al. 2014: 357 View in CoL –358, Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 f–i.

Material Examined. Northeastern Pacific , Puget Sound, East Anderson Island, Sta. 44, Rep. 1, 0 7 April 1992, 47.16133°N, 122.67358°W, 20 m, 3 specimens ( MSMP AN 295 ) GoogleMaps ; Shoreline Elliott Bay , Sta. 181, Rep. 1, 18 June 1998, 47.61504°N, 122.36230°W, 36.7 m, 2 specimens ( MSMP AN 1084 ) GoogleMaps ; Magnolia Bluff , Sta. 32, Rep. 5, 25 March 1990, 47.63192°N, 122.40850°W, 21 m, 1 specimen ( MSMP AN 2345 ) GoogleMaps .

Description. A large species, complete specimen from Sta. 181, 40 mm long, 1.8 mm wide across thorax with about 300 setigerous segments; all segments narrow, crowded. Thoracic region with about 50 setigers, gradually transitioning into abdominal segments; these also narrow and crowded ( Fig. 16 View FIGURE 16 A–B). Noto- and neuropodia closely spaced, located in raised mounds extending as shoulders along body ( Fig. 16 View FIGURE 16 A); in cross section, thoracic region high, rounded dorsally well above parapodia, flattened, slightly concave ventrally with distinct ventral groove; middle and posterior segments with deep ventral groove with parapodial shoulders shifting ventrally, forming sides of groove ( Fig. 16 View FIGURE 16 C). Far posterior end gradually narrowing with pygidium consisting of a simple ventral lobe below anal opening ( Fig. 16 View FIGURE 16 C). Color in alcohol light tan to brown; posterior thoracic segments sometimes appearing creamy in color but not glandular as with some species of Aphelochaeta .

Prostomium triangular to conical, pointed on anterior margin ( Fig. 16 View FIGURE 16 A–B); eyes lacking; nuchal organs curved grooves on posterior border; prostomium and peristomium together slightly longer than wide ( Fig. 16 View FIGURE 16 A–B); peristomium typically with three annular rings ( Fig. 16 View FIGURE 16 A–B); dorsal tentacles medial, arising at level of setiger 1 on posterior medial extension of peristomium. First pair of branchiae arising lateral to dorsal tentacles on anterior margin of setiger 1; second branchiae on posterior margin of setiger 1 dorsal to notosetae; subsequent branchiae in same position on setiger 2 and following setigers.

Parapodia well developed anteriorly, produced into expanded tori bearing dense fascicles of 25 or more long, smooth, silky capillary setae ( Fig. 16 View FIGURE 16 B); middle segments similar, with long, smooth notosetae and shorter, broad, distinctly serrated or denticulated neurosetae ( Fig. 16 View FIGURE 16 D); posterior setae short, reduced to 5–8 per fascicle; denticulated notosetae absent; serrated neurosetae not apparent on last few setigers; denticulated neurosetae with numerous tightly spaced denticles along one edge; denticles apparent only at 1000x ( Fig. 16 View FIGURE 16 D).

Methyl Green stain. Stain not retained anywhere on the body after differentiation.

Remarks. Kirkegaardia serratiseta is an unusual species; with its large robust size, morphology of the presetigerous region, and numerous crowded segments with dense fascicles of long, silky capillaries, it superficially resembles species of Aphelochaeta rather than Kirkegaardia. Indeed, the only character allying the species to Kirkegaardia is the denticulated or serrated neurosetae.

The record of M. cf. serratiseta by Diaz-Diaz et al. (2014) from Venezuela is of a different species because the prostomium is longer than wide and lacks any annulations ( Diaz-Diaz et al. 2014: Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 f) despite the text stating there are three; in addition, the pygidium is of a different morphology.

Biology. Kirkegaardia serratiseta occurs in sediments consisting mostly of sand and lesser amounts of silt and clay ( Banse & Hobson 1968). Blake (1996) reported one specimen with eggs measuring 110 x 150 µm.

Distribution. Known only from the Puget Sound in sandy sediments, 9– 84 m.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Annelida

Class

Polychaeta

Order

Terebellida

Family

Ctenodrilidae

Genus

Kirkegaardia

Loc

Kirkegaardia serratiseta ( Banse & Hobson, 1968 )

Blake, James A. 2016
2016
Loc

Monticellina serratiseta:

Welch 2014: 5
Diaz-Diaz 2014: 357
Blake 1996: 325
1996
Loc

Tharyx serratisetis

Blake 1991: 28
Hobson 1981: 553
Banse 1968: 39
1968
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