Bispira melanostigma (Schmarda, 1861)

Giangrande, Adriana, Licciano, Margherita & Gambi, Maria Cristina, 2007, A collection of Sabellidae (Polychaeta) from Carrie Bow Cay (Belize, western Caribbean Sea) with the description of two new species, Zootaxa 1650, pp. 41-53 : 45

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.179763

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6236256

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scientific name

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).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Annelida

Class

Polychaeta

Order

Sabellida

Family

Sabellidae

Genus

Bispira

Loc

Bispira melanostigma (Schmarda, 1861)

Giangrande, Adriana, Licciano, Margherita & Gambi, Maria Cristina 2007
2007
Loc

Bispira melanostigma

Knight-Jones and Perkins 1998
1998
Loc

Sabella bipunctata

Baird 1865
1865
Loc

Sabella melanostigma

Schmarda 1861
1861
Loc

Sabella variegata

Kroyer 1856
1856
Loc

Sabella thoracica

Kroyer 1856
1856
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