Castalia, MULTIPAPILLATA (THEEL, 1879)

Pleijel, Fredrik, Rouse, Greg W. & Nygren, Arne, 2012, A revision of Nereimyra (Psamathini, Hesionidae, Aciculata, Annelida), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 164 (1), pp. 36-51 : 48

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CASTALIA MULTIPAPILLATA ( THÉEL, 1879)

NOMEN DUBIUM

Castalia multipapillata Théel, 1879: 38–39 , pl. 3, fig. 38.

Nereimyra multipapillata Hartman, 1959: 189 .

Type material: Holotype SMNH 2432 View Materials .

Type locality: Russia, Jenisej Exp 1875 sta 80, Novaya Zemlja, west opening of Matochkin Shar, 72°30′N, 54°40′N, 4–9 m, sandy mud, coll. Stuxberg & Théel, 12.vii.1875 .

Material examined: Holotype SMNH 2432. Théel based his description on a single specimen that agrees with Nereimyra except that he reported the presence of 24 papillae on the terminal ring of the proboscis ( Théel, 1879: pl. 3, fig. 38), rather than ten. Unfortunately the proboscis has been dissected and removed from the type and this feature could therefore not be re-examined. We cannot exclude the possibility that it represents an aberrant specimen of N. aphroditoides but treat it as a nomen dubium for now. Uschakov (1955) recorded this species from Bering Sea, but his description disagrees with Théel’s in that he reports ten terminal proboscis papillae. To our knowledge no further records exist.