Platynereis fuscorubida
(Grube,
1878) (Marine Worm)
Organism information awaits expert curation
Organism information awaits expert curation
| Taxonomy | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Class: | Polychaeta |
| Order: | Phyllodocida |
| Family: | Nereididae |
Description
Size: 20-50 mm.
Color: Dark pedal glands.
In the atocous condition this species is very close to Pl. Dumerilli. The chief difference lie in the armature of the proboscis. There is a small row of paragnaths in the groups VI a rectangular cluster, instead of the usual two rows. Such slight differences are hardly of specific value but , on the other hand, the proboscis agrees tolerably well with that of Pl. polyscalma, whose atocous condition is still unknown. Pl. fusco-rubida might, perhaps, be this atocous condition, as Pl. pulchella is the atocous condition of a Heteronereis quite distinct from Pl. dumerilli.
Size: 20-50 mm.
Color: Dark pedal glands.
In the atocous condition this species is very close to Pl. Dumerilli. The chief difference lie in the armature of the proboscis. There is a small row of paragnaths in the groups VI a rectangular cluster, instead of the usual two rows. Such slight differences are hardly of specific value but , on the other hand, the proboscis agrees tolerably well with that of Pl. polyscalma, whose atocous condition is still unknown. Pl. fusco-rubida might, perhaps, be this atocous condition, as Pl. pulchella is the atocous condition of a Heteronereis quite distinct from Pl. dumerilli.
Synonym (s)
• Nereis (Platynereis) fusco-rubida Grube, 1878
• Platynereis fuscorubida Fauvel, 1911
• Platynereis fuscorubida Fauvel, 1953
• Nereis (Platynereis) fusco-rubida Grube, 1878
• Platynereis fuscorubida Fauvel, 1911
• Platynereis fuscorubida Fauvel, 1953
Common Name (s)
Economic Importance and Threats
Ecology
Biogeography
Literature Source(s)
- Society for the Management of European Biodiversity Data (2009) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available at - http://www.marinespecies.org
- Wehe, T and Fiege, D (2002) Annotated checklist of the polychaete species of the seas surrounding the Arabian Peninsula: Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, Arabian Gulf Fauna of Arabia 19 7-238 Available at - http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/aquazool/mev2/wehe_&_fiege.pdf
- Fauvel, P (1953) The fauna of India including Pakistan, Ceylon, Burma and Malaya: Annelida, Polychaeta The Indian press ltd., Allahabad 507 pp Available at - NIO, Goa
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