Protula

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 : 305-307

Protula spp.

( Fig. 15 A–C)

Protula sp.— Stock 1988: 217 [Lizard Island; parasitized]; ten Hove & Smith 1990: 114 [ Indonesia, Java]; Allen & Steene 1994: 130 [Indo-Pacific; colour photograph]; Colin & Arneson 1995: 154 [ Indonesia, Papua New Guinea; colour photograph]; Nishi 1996: 312 [in dead coral, Okinawa, Japan]; Nishi & Asakura 1996: 56 –57 [Marianas]; Fiege & Sun 1999: 136 [Hainan Island, China]; Rouse & Pleijel 2001: plate 10b, insert [Qld; colour photograph]; Rousset et al. 2007: 48 [Qld, Australia; phylogeny].

Material examined. AM W.23094, stn.z 00-24(36)-4-8, between Bird and South Islets, 14°40'S, 145°28'E, from dead Porites blocks, coll. P. Hutchings, Jan 1987, det. P. Knight-Jones, 1995; AM W.28329, stn.18, lagoon near east entrance, 14°40'S, 145°28'E, sheltered side of reef, near sandy bottom, 3 Mar 1986; AM W.28424, stn.21, south of South Island, 14°42'S, 145°28'E, sloping silty reef, little coral cover, coll. H. ten Hove & P. Hutchings, 6 Mar 1986; AM W.28429, North Reef, 14°40'S, 145°27'E, underside of boulders on rock, low tide, little sand, coll.

H. ten Hove, 22 Jun 1983; AM W.28434, stn. 19, Turtle Beach, 14°40'S, 145°27'E, intertidal, boulders in sand, coll. H. ten Hove, 5 Mar 1986, det. H. ten Hove; AM W.44532, MI QLD 2371; AM W.45049, MI QLD 2406; AM W.45061, MI QLD 2413; AM W.45075, MI QLD 2417; AM W.45082, MI QLD 2423; AM W.45099, MI QLD 2435; AM W.47586, stn.G232, rubble between First Beach & Osprey Island, 1 m, coll. G. Rouse & E. Kupriyanova, 26 Oct 2005; MAGNT W025494, off Casuarina Beach , lagoon of Patch Reef, 14°40'48"S, 145°26'42"E, coral rubble, 2 m, coll. P. Bock; SAM E3588, stn.G246, off Granite Bluff, 7 m, coll. G. Rouse & E. Kupriyanova, 3 Nov 2005; SAM stn.G231, Coconut Beach, coll. G. Rouse & E. Kupriyanova, 26 Oct 2005; SAM stn.G235, Coconut Beach, 14°0'S, 145°0'E, coral rubble, coll. G. Rouse & E. Kupriyanova, 28 Oct 2005; ZMA V.Pol. 4707, between Bird and South Islets, 1–5 m, coll. P. Hutchings, 10 Mar 1986; ZMA V.Pol. 4718, between First Beach & Osprey Island, reef flat, dead corals & rubble in sand, 3–4 m, coll. H. ten Hove, 17 Jun 1983; ZMA V.Pol. 4721 (2), between Research Point & Freshwater Beach, in lagoon, subtidally, from dead coral cobbles on sand, 1 m, coll. H. ten Hove, 16 Jun 1983; ZMA V.Pol. 4723 (many), stn.22, between Osprey Island & beach of Resort, intertidal collecting at low tide, from below large boulders on rocky bottom, coll. H. ten Hove & P. Hutchings, 6 Mar 1986.

Remarks. The specimens collected at Lizard Island belong to an unknown number of most likely undescribed species (see Remarks after the generic diagnosis).

Distribution. Currently unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 15. Protula spp., live specimens. A. Animal in tube, stn. G 235, SAM; B. AM W. 45075; C. Stn. 231, SAM; D. P. bispiralis, live specimen in situ, stn. G 238. Photo: A, C, D—G. Rouse, B—A. Semenov. Scale bars: A = 3 mm, B = 2 mm, C = 10 mm, D = 50 mm.