Spirobranchus kraussii ( Baird, 1865 )
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Spirobranchus kraussii ( Baird, 1865)
( Figure 13 View FIGURE 13 A–F)
Placostegus cariniferus var. Kraussii Baird, 1865: 14.
Pomatoleios kraussii — Day 1967: 800 –801; Morton and Morton 1983: 88 –89; Wang and Huang 1993: 1 –12; Tan and Morton 1998: 392 –401; Fiege and Sun 1999: 130 –131; Sun and Yang 2001 b: 213 –214; Ben-Eliahu and ten Hove 2011: 43 –45. Pomatoceros triqueter not ( Linnaeus, 1758), Morton and Morton 1983: 77 (error for Pomatoleios kraussii ).
Material examined. AM W41410 View Materials , 10 specimens (22 ° 21 ’N, 114 ° 15 ’E, Hebe Haven, rocky intertidal, 0–1 m, May 25, 2009).
Description. TUBE: Tube white to blue, triangular in cross-section, with medial keel projecting into flap over the entrance. External tube diameter: from 1.9 mm to 2.4 mm (n= 3, µ= 2.2 ± 0.3), lumen diameter from 1.5 mm to 2.0 mm (n= 3, µ = 1.8 ± 0.3).
BRANCHIAE: radioles on each lobe arranged in circles, connected by interradiolar membrane for about one third of their length; numbers ranging from 21 to 26 (n= 5, µ= 23.4 ± 1.9). Terminal filaments short. Branchial eyes not observed.
PEDUNCLE: subtriangular in cross-section, inserted just below left branchial lobe in all specimens. Pair of lateral wings proximal to opercular ampulla present, constriction not observed. Pseudo-operculum absent.
OPERCULUM: operculum slightly concave, talon absent. Opercular length from 3.8 mm to 4.6 mm (n= 5, µ= 4.3 ± 0.3), width from 0.9 mm to 1.2 mm (n= 5, µ= 1.1 ± 0.1).
COLLAR AND THORACIC MEMBRANES: collar high, with entire edge. Thoracic membranes forming apron across anterior abdominal chaetigers.
THORAX: with 6 chaetigers. Collar chaetae absent. Thoracic chaetae of two sizes, largest (limbate) finely serrated ( Figure 13 View FIGURE 13 A). Uncini along entire thorax saw-shaped, with 9 curved teeth and gouged fang ( Figure 13 View FIGURE 13 B). Tori of similar size along thorax, approaching each other posteriorly, leaving ventral depression.
ABDOMEN: total number of abdominal chaetigers varies from 68 to 86 (n= 5, µ= 78.8 ± 0.2). Uncini sawshaped throughout, with 8 to 9 teeth and gouged peg ( Figure 13 View FIGURE 13 C, E–F). Chaetae true trumpet-shaped, abruptly bent, distally with two rows of denticles separated by a groove forming long pointed tip ( Figure 13 View FIGURE 13 D). Posterior abdominal capillaries absent.
SIZE: total worm length: 7.0 mm to 11.0 mm (n= 5, µ= 9.1 ± 1.5), thoracic width: 1.5 mm to 1.8 mm (n= 5, µ= 1.7 ± 0.1). Branchiae and operculum accounting for one fourth of entire length.
COLOUR: in ethanol operculum bluish, peduncle and wings light blue with dark blue pigmentation, branchial radioles banded blue and white, thorax and anterior abdomen blue, posterior abdomen colourless.
Habitat. Depth: 1 to 3 m, on rocks in higher intertidal zone.
Remarks. Spirobranchus kraussii has been reported as one of the dominant species in fouling communities in Hong Kong, forming intertidal aggregations ( Wang and Huang 1993, as Pomatoleios kraussii ).
Distribution. Widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific; South Africa; Lessepsian migrant to the Mediterranean Levant.
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Spirobranchus kraussii ( Baird, 1865 )
Sun, Yanan, Ten, Harry A. & Qiu, Jian-Wen 2012 |
Pomatoleios kraussii
Hove 2011: 43 |
Sun 2001: 213 |
Fiege 1999: 130 |
Tan 1998: 392 |
Wang 1993: 1 |
Morton 1983: 88 |
Morton 1983: 77 |
Day 1967: 800 |
Placostegus cariniferus
Baird 1865: 14 |