Paraprotis dendrova Uchida, 1978

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 : 301

Paraprotis dendrova Uchida, 1978

( Fig. 14A )

Paraprotis dendrova Uchida, 1978: 16 –17, plas 3, 4 [Sabiura, Japan].

Paraprotis dendrova . —Nishi 1992a: 18–19, fig. 3A–D [Okinawa, Japan]; 1996: 309, fig. 4e [Okinawa, Japan]; Nishi & Yamasu 1992a: 85 [Ryukyu Islands, Japan; brooding]; Rouse 2005: 168, 173, 175, fig. 3B [Okinawa, Japan].

Material examined. SAM E3591, G243, Patch Reef on the way to Palfrey Island, coll. G. Rouse & E. Kupriyanova, 1 Nov 2005; ZMA V.Pol. 4538, Granite Head, 14°39'S, 145°27'E, from underside of boulders on rock, little sand, subtidally, coll. H. ten Hove, 18 Jun 1983 (3, carrying eggs/embryos).

Diagnosis. Operculum absent. Ocellar clusters (2–3 per radiole) present. A spiral projection for brood attachment originates from the right side of the mouth, carrying up to 50 embryos ( Fig. 14A ). Collar non-lobed.

Remarks. This small (tube about 1 mm wide) cryptic species lacks an operculum and is easily recognizable only when the brooding appendage is present.

Distribution. Okinawa, Japan, Qld, Australia. New record for Australia.

Figures

FIGURE 14. A. Paraprotis dendrova, live animal removed from the tube, with typical brooding appendage bearing developing larvae (arrow), stn. G 243, SAM E 3591; B. Placostegus sp., operculum covered with brown distal plate, stn. G 231, SAM E 3589; C. Same, live animal in transparent tube, radiolar crown and operculum missing, bright orange belt of thoracic eyes (arrow) is seen through tube, stn. G 231, SAM E 3589; D. Pomatostegus actinoceras, live animal in tube, AM W. 44540. Photo: A – C—G. Rouse, D—A. Semenov. Scale bars: A = 0.5 mm, B – D = 1 mm.