Bispira melanostigma (Schmarda, 1861)
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6236256 |
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Bispira melanostigma (Schmarda, 1861) |
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Bispira melanostigma (Schmarda, 1861) View in CoL
Figure 1 View FIGURE 1. A B
Sabella melanostigma Schmarda, 1861 View in CoL (36, pl. 22, Fig. 190); Uebelacker, 1984 (54-42, 54-43, Gulf of Mexico, part); Sabella variegata Kroyer, 1856 View in CoL ; Sabella thoracica Kroyer, 1856 View in CoL ; Sabella bipunctata Baird, 1865 View in CoL ; Bispira melanostigma Knight-Jones and Perkins, 1998 View in CoL (415–419, Figs 11, 12).
Material examined. Several specimens occurring as epiphytes on Thalassia leaves collected at 0.5 m in the main channel of the Twin Cays (sample CBC-TC Chan, others from a meadow off the N-E external side of Twin Cays entrance (sample CBC-KF 1019).
Remarks. This species, commonly reported in the Caribbean area ( Tovar-Hernández and Salazar-Vallejo, 2006) is similar in size to B. brunnea , apart from the smaller length of its crown. This species is characterized by asexual reproduction as seen in B. brunnea ( Knight-Jones and Perkins, 1998) and can be found in aggregations of individuals. The shape of the companion chaetae of the thorax is unusual for the genus in that they are not geniculate ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1. A B). The distribution seems to be centered in the Caribbean and in the Gulf of Mexico, extending northward as far as North Carolina and Bermuda. Good descriptions and figures are available in Knight-Jones and Perkins (1998) and Tovar-Hernández and Salazar-Vallejo (2006).
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Bispira melanostigma (Schmarda, 1861)
Giangrande, Adriana, Licciano, Margherita & Gambi, Maria Cristina 2007 |
Bispira melanostigma
Knight-Jones and Perkins 1998 |
Sabella bipunctata
Baird 1865 |
Sabella melanostigma
Schmarda 1861 |
Sabella variegata
Kroyer 1856 |
Sabella thoracica
Kroyer 1856 |