Josephella marenzelleri Caullery & Mesnil, 1896

Kupriyanova, Elena K., Sun, Yanan, Ten Hove, Harry A., Wong, Eunice & Rouse, Greg W., 2015, Serpulidae (Annelida) of Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Zootaxa 4019 (1), pp. 275-353 : 296-297

Josephella marenzelleri Caullery & Mesnil, 1896

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Josephella marenzelleri Caullery & Mesnil, 1896: 484 –486, figs 4–6 [Cap de la Hague, France; original description].

Josephella marenzelleri . — Dew 1959: 52 –53, fig. 21 [Aquarium at Taronga Zoo, NSW, Australia]; Straughan 1967b: 252 –253 [NSW, Australia]; Uchida 1978: 34 –36, 74 [Sabiura, Japan]; Imajima 1979: 181 [Honshu, Japan]; Bianchi 1981: 134 –135, fig. 30a, b [ Italy; diagnosis]; Bailey-Brock 1991: 200 –201, fig. 2 [Hawaii]; Ben-Eliahu & Payiatas 1999: 108 –113, figs 2– 4 [ Cyprus; SEM of chaetae ]; Ben-Eliahu & Safriel 1982: 378, 387, 389 [comparison diversity Mediterranean and Red Sea; cryptic]; Nishi 1992b: 12, table 1 [reproduction; Okinawa, Japan]; 1993a: 12 [Okinawa, Japan]; 1993b: 17–19, table 1 [tube ultrastructure, Okinawa, Japan]; 1993d: 7 [Okinawa, Japan; tube diameter]; 1996: 308–309 [on living coral; Okinawa, Japan]; Nishi & Nishihara 1997: 109 [Aquarium Sesoko, Okinawa, Japan].

not Josephella marenzelleri . — Straughan 1967a: 42 –43, fig. 5i [Heron Island, Qld; see Rhodopsis pusilla ].

Material examined. AM W.47449, stn.G236, east lagoon near Bird Islet, 9 m, coll. G. Rouse & E. Kupriyanova, 29 Oct 2005; AM W.47452, stn.G240, Osprey Island, intertidal rubble zone, coll. G. Rouse & E. Kupriyanova, 31 Oct 2005; AM W.47453, stn.G246, off Granite Bluff, 17 m, coll. G. Rouse & E. Kupriyanova, 3 Nov 2005; SAM E3592, stn.G232, between First Beach and Osprey Island, 14°42'S, 145°30'E, coll. E. Kupriyanova & G. Rouse, 26 Oct 2005; SAM E3620, Ser53, stn.G240, Coconut Beach 14°41'S, 145°28'E, scuba, coll. G. Rouse & E. Kupriyanova, 26 Oct 2005.

Diagnosis. Tube white, about 0.1 mm in diameter. Operculum delicate membranous cup with a flat distal surface surmounted by a marginal crown of fine teeth joined by a transparent membrane; borne on normal pinnulated radiole ( Fig. 12 ).

Remarks. This tiny serpulid has been reported from numerous circum(sub)tropical to temperate locations around the world: Australia ( Dew 1959), Japan ( Uchida 1978, Imajima 1979), Hawaii ( Bailey-Brock 1991), Israel ( Ben-Eliahu 1976), Italy ( Bianchi 1981), Cyprus ( Ben-Eliahu & Payiatas 1999), Germany ( Hartmann-Schröder 1971), France ( Fauvel 1927; Zibrowius 1968), west coast of Africa ( Zibrowius 1973), north coast of Tunis ( Zibrowius 1979). It remains to be seen if this wide distribution will stand up against the scrutiny of DNA. The species has the same body size as Rhodopsis pusilla and was confused with Rhodopsis (by Straughan 1967a, fig. 5i).

Distribution. Questionably circum(sub)tropical, temperate.

Figures

FIGURE 12. Josephella marenzelleri, live animals in tubes. A. Stn. G 232, SAM E 3592; B. Pinnulated peduncle is clearly seen, stn. G 240, AM W. 47452. Photo: A, B—G. Rouse. Scale bars: A – B = 0.1 mm.