Metavermilia acanthophora ( Augener, 1914 )

Kupriyanova, Elena K., Sun, Yanan, Ten Hove, Harry A., Wong, Eunice & Rouse, Greg W., 2015, Serpulidae (Annelida) of Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Zootaxa 4019 (1), pp. 275-353 : 298

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.13

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6108300

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scientific name

Metavermilia acanthophora ( Augener, 1914 )
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Metavermilia acanthophora ( Augener, 1914) View in CoL

( Fig. 13 View FIGURE 13 A, B)

Vermiliopsis acanthophora Augener, 1914: 155 View in CoL –158, pl. 1, figs 21–24 [WA, Australia].

Vermiliopsis acanthophora View in CoL . — Dew 1959: 32, fig. 9, A–E [NSW, Australia]; Straughan 1967b: 234 [Qld, Australia]; Knox & Cameron 1971: 40 [Vic, Australia].

Not Vermiliopsis acanthophora View in CoL .—sensu Fauvel 1919: 343 [Gambier Islands]; 1923: 53 [Gambier Islands; = V. glandigera View in CoL / pygidialis- complex]; Monro 1937: 318 [Arabian Seas; = V. glandigera View in CoL /pygidialis- complex]; sensu Day 1962: 654 [Indian Ocean]; 1967: 814 [ Kenia; = Vermiliopsis View in CoL undescribed species fide ten Hove 1975: 59].

Metavermilia acanthophora View in CoL . —ten Hove 1975: 57 [recombination, name in list]; Imaijma 1976b: 138–139, fig. 10a–k [Tanega- Shima, Japan]; 1977: 97 [Ogasawara Islands, Japan]; 1978: 61–62 [Izu Islands, Japan]; 1979: 171 [Kii Peninsula, Japan]; 1982: 51 [ Palau Islands]; 1987: 80 [Okinawa, Japan]; Stull 1979: 38 [East off North Island, New Zealand; 26–170 m]; Wu et al. 1980: 125 [Xisha Islands, China]; Mak 1982: 606 –607 [ Hong Kong]; Imajima & ten Hove 1986: 9 [ Solomon Islands]; Kupriyanova et al. 2006: 423 –433, fig. 2 [DNA data]; ten Hove & Kupriyanova 2009: 18, fig. 4c, 62–63, fig. 28 [SEM of chaetae ].

Metavermilia View in CoL ? acanthophora View in CoL . — Fiege & Sun 1999: 133, fig. 20 [Hainan Island, China].

Metavermilia cf. acanthophora View in CoL .— Sun & Yang 2001b: 212 –213, fig. 1G–K [Hainan Island, China].

Material examined. AM W.28417, stn.20, 14 °42'S, 145°27'E, reef front north of South Island, sloping reef outside lagoon & sandy bottom below, 10–17 m, coll. H. ten Hove, P. Hutchings & M. Reid, 5 Mar 1986; AM W.28423, south of lighthouse, Palfrey Island, 14°40'S, 145°28'E, coll. H. ten Hove, 2 Mar 1986, det. H. ten Hove (as Metavermilia sp.), det. E. Kupriyanova; AM W.42054 (2), stn.G246, Granite Bluff, coll. G. Rouse & E. Kupriyanova, 3 Nov 2005; AM W.44050, MI QLD 2350; AM W.47300, mid shelf of Fore Reef, 14°36'54"S, 145°37'12"E, Halimeda and rubble, 12 m, coll. M. Blazewicz-Paskowycz, 12 Feb 2009; AM W.47455, stn.244, off South Island, coll. G. Rouse & E. Kupriyanova, 2 Nov 2005; ZMA V.Pol. 4694, stn.19, Turtle Beach, intertidal boulders & cobbles in coarse sand, coll. H. ten Hove, 5 Mar 1986; ZMA V.Pol. 4695, stn.16, North Point, sloping reef, dead, slightly silted corals, 3–17 m, coll. H. ten Hove, P. Hutchings & M. Reid, 1 Mar 1986; ZMA V.Pol. 4703, stn.22, between Osprey Island & beach of Resort, intertidal at low tide, from below large boulders on rocky bottom, coll. H. ten Hove & P. Hutchings, 6 Mar 1986; ZMA V.Pol. 4706 (3), between Research Point & Freshwater Beach, in lagoon, subtidally, from dead coral cobbles on sand, 1 m, coll. H. ten Hove, 16 Jun 1983; ZMA V.Pol. 4742, stn.16, North Point, sloping reef, mainly dead, slightly silted corals, 3–17 m, coll. H. ten Hove, P. Hutchings & M. Reid, 1 Mar 1986.

Diagnosis. Distal part of the operculum composed of 4–10 parallel tiers and terminating with a single distal spine or hook ( Fig. 13 View FIGURE 13 ); tube with one or three irregular, rounded longitudinal keels. Thoracic membranes reaching to the end of thorax, but no apron.

Remarks. Literature records need to be checked since some are misidentified (some examples from the Indo- Pacific have been given in the synonymy, above). Besides, there are doubts if this essentially temperate/subtropical species can occur in the tropics. There are two major types, one is large animals with opercula having only 2–3 "disks", the top one is wide and nearly flat, with a distinct hook in the centre, probably M. acanthophora sensu stricto; another is much smaller, with opercula reminding pine cones, made of many (up to 20) "disks" or flanges, tapering to the top, with more or less developed hook on the top or without the hook altogether, the latter form attributed to M. nates here.

Distribution. Indo-West Pacific, South Japan to Australia.

ZMA

Universiteit van Amsterdam, Zoologisch Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Annelida

Class

Polychaeta

Order

Sabellida

Family

Serpulidae

Genus

Metavermilia

Loc

Metavermilia acanthophora ( Augener, 1914 )

Kupriyanova, Elena K., Sun, Yanan, Ten Hove, Harry A., Wong, Eunice & Rouse, Greg W. 2015
2015
Loc

Metavermilia cf. acanthophora

Sun 2001: 212
2001
Loc

Metavermilia

Fiege 1999: 133
1999
Loc

Metavermilia acanthophora

Hove 2009: 18
Kupriyanova 2006: 423
Hove 1986: 9
Mak 1982: 606
Stull 1979: 38
Hove 1975: 57
1975
Loc

Vermiliopsis acanthophora

Knox 1971: 40
Straughan 1967: 234
Dew 1959: 32
1959
Loc

Vermiliopsis acanthophora

Hove 1975: 59
Day 1962: 654
Monro 1937: 318
Fauvel 1919: 343
1919
Loc

Vermiliopsis acanthophora

Augener 1914: 155
1914
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