Protis sp. 3

Gunton, Laetitia M., Kupriyanova, Elena K., Alvestad, Tom, Avery, Lynda, Blake, James A., Biriukova, Olga, Boeggemann, Markus, Borisova, Polina, Budaeva, Nataliya, Burghardt, Ingo, Capa, Maria, Georgieva, Magdalena N., Glasby, Christopher J., Hsueh, Pan-Wen, Hutchings, Pat, Jimi, Naoto, Kongsrud, Jon A., Langeneck, Joachim, Meissner, Karin, Murray, Anna, Nikolic, Mark, Paxton, Hannelore, Ramos, Dino, Schulze, Anja, Sobczyk, Robert, Watson, Charlotte, Wiklund, Helena, Wilson, Robin S., Zhadan, Anna & Zhang, Jinghuai, 2021, Annelids of the eastern Australian abyss collected by the 2017 RV ' Investigator' voyage, ZooKeys 1020, pp. 1-198 : 1

Protis sp. 3 Fig. 28H

Diagnosis.

Rugose greyish, relatively thick-walled tubes. Six thoracic chaetigerous segments plus collar chaetae. Operculum, if present, globular transparent vesicle on normal pinnulated radioles.

Remarks.

One specimen is with two elongated egg sacks attached to the abdomen. SEM and molecular data are needed to confirm this preliminary identification.

Records.

10 specimens. Suppl. material 1: ops. 69, 86, 88, 90, 104, 128 (AM).

Figures

Figure 28. Serpulidae A Bathyvermilia challengeri, tube only (AM W. 49722) B Bathyvermilia cf. kupriyanovae, tube only (AM W. 49707) C Bathyvermilia sp. nov. 3, specimen in white shiny tube (AM W. 49494) D Hyalopomatus dieteri, tube only (AM W. 49689) E Bathyvermilia sp. nov. 4, specimen in tube with high keel (AM W. 49448) F Hyalopomatus sp. nov. 2, specimen removed from the tube (AM W. 49727) G Hyalopomatus sp. nov. 3, specimen removed from the tube (AM W. 49494) H Protis sp. 3, specimen partly removed tube, with egg sacks (AM W. 49682) I Spirodiscus sp. nov., specimens in tubes (AM W. 49511). Scale bars: 2 mm (A, C); 10 mm (B, E); 1 mm (D, F, H); 0.5 mm (G); 2 mm (I).