Zonosagitta nagae ( Alvarino , 1967)

Choo, Seohwi, Jeong, Man-Ki & Soh, Ho Young, 2022, Taxonomic reassessment of chaetognaths (Chaetognatha, Sagittoidea, Aphragmophora) from Korean waters, ZooKeys 1106, pp. 165-211 : 165

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scientific name

Zonosagitta nagae ( Alvarino , 1967)
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Zonosagitta nagae ( Alvarino, 1967) View in CoL

Figs 6D View Figure 6 , 7C View Figure 7 , 22A-E View Figure 22

Sagitta nagae : Alvariño, 1967: 55-58 p., fig. 34A-D.

Material examined.

Korea Strait (33°29.662'N, 125°30.881'E), oblique towing with MOCNESS, 32-58 m depth, July 2020, NIBRIV0000895297 (two specimens) GoogleMaps ; Korea Strait (33°24.504'N, 127°54.600'E), 0-50 m depth, oblique towing with conical net, May 2019, two specimens GoogleMaps ; northern East China Sea (31°30.000'N, 125°17.100'E), 0-50 m depth, oblique towing with conical net, Feb 2020, NIBRIV0000895296 (one specimen) GoogleMaps .

Description.

Total body length ranged from 11-15 mm. Hooks 6-8. Anterior teeth 11-15 and posterior teeth 15-35, respectively. Rigid and opaque body (Fig. 22A View Figure 22 ). Long and dense teeth. Collarette present on neck (Fig. 22B View Figure 22 ). Intestinal diverticula absent (Fig. 7C View Figure 7 ). Eyes “D” -shaped with “E” -shaped eye pigments (Fig. 22B View Figure 22 ). Anterior fins 27.7% of body length and 1.5 times longer than posterior fins. Anterior fins beginning in front of ventral ganglion and partially rayed. Starting points of anterior fins 28.6% and ending points of anterior fins 59.8% of body length, respectively (Fig. 22A, D View Figure 22 ). Posterior fins 18.0% of body length. Starting points of posterior fins 67.8% and ending points of posterior fins 91.9% of body length, respectively. Posterior fins connecting with anterior fins partially rayed (Fig. 22A, E View Figure 22 ). Seminal vesicles conical-shaped with small indentations and well separated from posterior fins (Fig. 22C View Figure 22 ). Eggs reached posterior of anterior fins. Corona ciliata beginning behind eyes and elongated over neck (Fig. 22C View Figure 22 ).

Distribution.

This species is found in the epipelagic zone (0-200 m depth) of the Pacific and Indian Oceans ( Pierrot-Bults and Nair 1991). In this study, the species was found in the epipelagic zone (0-120 m depth) of the northern East China Sea, the Korea Strait and the Yellow Sea (Fig. 1 View Figure 1 : stations KS03, KS07 and nECS05).

Ecology.

This species appears year-round in most of the seas around Korea, predominantly in the southern and western seas and shows high abundance in areas where warm and cold currents meet ( Park 1970). In summer, the temperature range was 15.49-28.70 °C and the salinity was 30.92-34.01 psu. In winter, the temperature range was 11.47-11.58 °C and the salinity was 32.44-32.49 psu.

Remarks.

The anterior fin of Zonosagitta nagae had a longer rayless zone than the posterior fin, clearly distinguishing it from Z. bedoti . CBE staining showed the following spot pattern on the body surface: an irregular spot pattern continued from the head to the middle of the ventral ganglion; symmetrical dots appeared near the rayless zone of each fin (13 spots on anterior fin, 6 spots on posterior fin).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chaetognatha

Class

Sagittoidea

Order

Aphragmophora

Family

Sagittidae

Genus

Zonosagitta

Loc

Zonosagitta nagae ( Alvarino , 1967)

Choo, Seohwi, Jeong, Man-Ki & Soh, Ho Young 2022
2022
Loc

Sagitta nagae

Alvarino 1967
1967