Vermiliopsis striaticeps ( Grube, 1862 )

Ben-Eliahu, M. Nechama & Ten Hove, Harry A., 2011, Serpulidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Suez Canal- From a Lessepsian Migration Perspective (a Monograph) 2848, Zootaxa 2848 (1), pp. 1-147 : 97-98

Vermiliopsis striaticeps ( Grube, 1862)

Vermilia striaticeps Grube 1862: 65 [Type locality: Mediterranean Sea].

Vermiliopsis striaticeps: ten Hove 1975: 57–58 [Atlantic-Mediterranean]; Zibrowius 1979a: 216–217 [notes distinguishing V. striaticeps from Vermiliopsis infundibulum ; Tunisia, from infralittoral to 50 m]; Bianchi 1981: 74–75, figs. 26a–f.

Eastern Mediterranean

? Vermiliopsis infundibulum: Fauvel 1937: 47 [Alexandria, 46 m, empty tube, indeterminable].

Vermiliopsis infundibulum not (Philippi), sensu Ben-Eliahu 1972b: 90 [ Cyprus, littoral]; Amoureux 1976: 1054 [ Israel, Haifa Bay, part, 1 spec., re-examined M.N. Ben-Eliahu 1985, redet. herein].

Vermiliopsis ? striaticeps: Ben-Eliahu 1976: 107 [ Israel, intertidal cryptofauna, herein confirmed as present in this habitat].

Vermiliopsis striaticeps: Zibrowius & Bitar 1981: 159–160 [ Lebanon, Beirut, Zaitouné, 5 m, on bivalve, 23.IX.1978]; Ben-Eliahu 1991b: 518 [ Cyprus, Israel]; Ben-Eliahu & ten Hove 1992: 40 [ Israel, along entire coast from north to south, 0–24 m]; Ben-Eliahu & Fiege 1996: 8, 33, 38 [western Levant Basin, Turkey, Cyprus, Levant coast]; Ergen & Çinar 1997: 237 [Antalya Bay, Turkey]; Ben-Eliahu & Payiatas 1999: 110–111 [ Cyprus]; Çinar 2006: 233 [Levant coast of Turkey, Iskenderun Bay, Bogsak, 0.5– 60 m, on bivalve, IX.2005].

? Vermiliopsis infundibulum: Selim 1997b: 96–97 , fig. 9a–f [? Alexandria, harbour, citing Selim (1987, see App. Table 4)]; Ghobashy & Ghobashy 2005: 94 [as discussed above].

Suez Canal

? Vermiliopsis infundibulum: Ghobashy et al. 1980: 75–92 [Suez Canal, location not known; citing Selim (1997b), see introductory note above].

Vermiliopsis infundibulum: Selim 1997b: 96–97 , fig. 9a–f [Deversoir, northern tip of Great Bitter Lake; Selim’s excellent figure of the operculum enables correcting the particular determination herein to V. striaticeps ]; Emara & Belal 2004: 192–199 [pooled Lake Timsah and Bitter Lakes data]; Ghobashy & Ghobashy 2005: 94 [in part, the single record from the Suez Canal ( Ghobashy et al. 1980, Selim 1997b) is referred by us to V. striaticeps ].

Material examined. Locations adjacent to the Suez Canal, Mediterranean side: Turkey, 2 samples, 0.5 m—Rhodes, 1 sample— Cyprus, 26 samples [0.5–0.8]– [3–5]– 46 m — Israel, 36 samples, intertidal– 10 –67 m.

No additional specimens from the Suez Canal in addition to those reported by Selim (1997b) as Vermiliopsis infundibulum .

Distribution. Mediterranean, Atlantic (from the Gulf of Guinea to Cornwall, U.K.)