Vermiliopsis infundibulum, sensu (Philippi, 1844

Ben-Eliahu, M. Nechama & Ten Hove, Harry A., 2011, Serpulidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Suez Canal- From a Lessepsian Migration Perspective (a Monograph) 2848, Zootaxa 2848 (1), pp. 1-147 : 96-97

Vermiliopsis infundibulum s. auct.

Vermilia infundibulum Philippi 1844: 193 , pl. 6, fig. g [Type locality: Mediterranean Sea]. Vermiliopsis infundibulum: Zibrowius 1968: 121–124 , pl. 2 figs 30–33; pl. 3 figs 1–15; pl. 14 fig. b [part]; ten Hove

1975: 57 [included V. pygidialis within Vermiliopsis infundibulum / glandigera- complex]; Bianchi 1981: 71–73,

figs 25a–h. Vermiliopsis infundibulum glandigera -group: Imajima 1976: 139–141, fig. 11.

Eastern Mediterranean

? Vermiliopsis infundibulum: Fauvel 1937: 47 [ Egypt, Alexandria, 46 m; empty tube, indeterminable]; Ben-Eliahu 1972b: 90 [ Cyprus, littoral]; Ghobashy 1984: 43, table 1 [Alexandria harbour]; Ghobashy & Ghobashy 2005: 94 [Alexandria, Eastern Harbour, 1.5 m; citing Ghobashy & Selim (1976a, b), Ghobashy (1977), Selim (1978), as discussed under V. striaticeps , below]; all these records might (partly) be misidentified V. striaticeps as well.

Vermiliopsis infundibulum: Amoureux 1976: 1054 [ Israel, Haifa Bay [part, 1 spec., the other specimen V. striaticeps , redet. M.N. Ben-Eliahu 1985]; Ben-Eliahu 1991b: 518 [ Cyprus, Israel]; Ben-Eliahu & ten Hove 1992: 40 [ Israel]; Ben-Eliahu & Fiege 1996: 7–8, 33, 38 [western Levant Basin, Turkey, Cyprus, Levant coast]; Ben-Eliahu & Payiatas 1999: 110–111 [ Cyprus]; Çinar 2006: 233 [Levant coast of Turkey, Bogsak, Anamur, [0.1–5], 200 m].

Suez Canal

? Vermi[o]liopsis infundibulum: Emara & Belal 2004: 196 , 199 [pooled Lake Timsah and Bitter Lakes data]. Vermiliopsis glandigera: Abd-Elnaby 2009: 10 [reported from southern part of the canal and Red Sea].

Gulf of Suez and Gulf of Aqaba

Vermiliopsis pygidialis: Pixell 1913: 86–87 , pl. 9, figs 11a, b [Gulf of Suez, Suez; Red Sea, Suakin; Indian Ocean, Zanzibar, Maldives; Pacific Ocean, Tuvalu Islands, Funafuti]; Por & Dor 1975: 39, figs 1, 8b, c, 10, 12 [Gulf of Aqaba, Sinai Peninsula, El Kura hypersaline lagoon near Dahab, salinity 40–60 ‰]; Ben-Eliahu 1976: 111–112, fig. 3a, b [Gulf of Suez, Gulf of Aqaba: Sinai Peninsula, intertidal Dendropoma cryptofauna; Indian Ocean, Zanzibar, Sri Lanka; Pacific Ocean; Australia]; Ben-Eliahu & Dafni 1979: 207 [Gulf of Aqaba, Sinai Peninsula, el Kura hypersaline lagoon, near Dahab]; Ben-Eliahu & Safriel 1982: 389 [Gulf of Aqaba, Sinai Peninsula, intertidal cryptofauna].

Vermiliopsis glandigera: Fauvel 1933a: 77 [Gulf of Suez, st. 17 ter, 33º23'– 33º24' E, 28º12'– 28º14' N; 27–29 m, 25.XII.1928, on madreporarians, 2 specs; Gulf of Suez; Red Sea; western Indian Ocean, Madagascar; Gulf of Manaar; eastern Atlantic Ocean, western coast of Africa; Fauvel 1957: 10 [E55 / 349 f, g and j, tubes with 5 longitudinal ridges. Gulf of Aqaba: Elat, 0–2 m; Red Sea proper; Indian Ocean, Madagascar; Atlantic Ocean, Congo, Gulf of Guinea].

Vermiliopsis glandigerus: Amoureux et al. 1978: 149 [Gulf of Aqaba, Elat, on float, coral rubble, 3 m; Red Sea; Indian Ocean; Persian Gulf; tropical zone of west Africa]; Goren 1979: 24 [det. F. Rullier, Gulf of Aqaba, Elat, Venezia lagoon, asbestos panel 0.20 m, XI.1971].

? Vermiliopsis infundibulum: Amoureux et al. 1978: 149 [Gulf of Aqaba, coral rubble, 0–30 m; Red Sea; Atlantic, Mediterranean]; Ghobashy & Ghobashy 2005: 94 [these records probably do not belong to the Mediterranean Vermiliopsis infundibulum , but to an Indo-West Pacific representative of the species complex].

Red Sea proper-Indo-West-Pacific (excluding citations from Gulf of Suez and Gulf of Aqaba already given above) Vermilia pygidialis Willey 1905: 318–319 , pl. 7 figs 194–196 [Type locality: Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka, South west

Cheval Paar].

Vermiliopsis pygidialis: Pillai 1960: 26 , figs 10a–g [ Sri Lanka, Pearl Banks]; Vine & Bailey-Brock 1984: 142–143, fig. 3a–c [Suez; Red Sea, Suakin, Port Sudan, ship fouling, Sanganeb lagoon under coral rock from 12–75 m; on dead coral at 4 m; Indian Ocean, Zanzibar; Pacific, Australia].

Vermiliopsis glandigerus Gravier 1906b: 112–113 , pl. 8 figs 290–291 [Type locality: Red Sea, Météore Reef, Pingouin, Marabout, Pascal, Mission, Héron, Bounhoure, Ormiers reefs; Gulf of Aden, Djibouti, on branching corals Pocillopora , Stylophora , Madrepora to 20 m]; Gravier 1908: 121–124, text-figs 476–481; pl. 8 figs 290, 291 [locations as in 1906b]; Day 1967: 813–814, fig. 38.6.g–i [Red Sea, Djibouti; Gulf of Aden, Aden]; ten Hove 1970a: 59–60, figs 17–25 [Red Sea; tropical Indian Ocean; Persian (Arabian) Gulf; Tasmania; W. Africa, Annobon Isl.]; Mohammad 1971: 301 [Red Sea; Indian Ocean, Madagascar; Persian Gulf, Kuwait; India; Tasmania; tropical Atlantic Ocean, Panama; West Africa, Gulf of Guinea]; Mohammad 1976: 133 [Persian Gulf, Kuwait].

Vermiliopsis acanthophora not Augener, 1914, sensu Monro 1937: 318 [south Arabian coast, north Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, 38–609 m]; Mohammad 1971: 301 [Persian Gulf, Kuwait]; both records fide ten Hove (1975: 59).

Vermiliopsis glandigera: Monro 1937: 318 [in part, Red Sea, Arabian coast; for records from Panama and western Africa, part, see above].

Vermiliopsis infundibulum: Rosenfeldt 1989: 238–239 [Red Sea depths, 757–1554 m; this record probably does not belong to the Mediterranean Vermiliopsis infundibulum , but to an Indo-West Pacific representative of the speciescomplex.

Vermiliopsis pygidialis / glandigera- complex: ten Hove 1994: 113; [circum-sub-tropical]; Fiege & Sun 1999: 133–135, figs 21a–e [S. China Sea; Australia; Atlantic, Mediterranean; circum-sub-tropical]; Wehe & Fiege 2001: 134–135 [list of references].

Material examined. Locations adjacent to the Suez Canal, Mediterranean side: Vermiliopsis infundibulum: Rhodes 1 sample, shallow— Turkey 2 samples, [108–135] m— Cyprus 59 samples, [3–5]– [18– 78] – 2432 m — Israel 30 samples, 1– [18–66] – 1435 m — Egypt (incl. Sinai) 6 samples, 18– [137–198]–[1993– 2025] m, HUJ and SMF.

Suez Canal material reported herein: 2 samples, 2 specimens . Hebrew University-Smithsonian Expeditions , 1967–1973: Exp. 11.VII.1968: SLC 45, 1 spec. — East of Deversoir–Km 97: SLC 71, 1 spec.

Locations adjacent to the Suez Canal, Red Sea side: As Vermiliopsis infundibulum / glandigera (see introductory note): Gulf of Suez, Suez, det. H.L.M. Pixell (1913: 86–87) V. pygidialis , redet. ten Hove (1975: 68) Vermiliopsis infundibulum / glandigera, BM(NH) 1924.6.13.140, 2 specs—Gulf of Aqaba: 14 samples, [intertidal–3]– [6–9] –[22–25] m. Red Sea proper 9 samples, 1– [5–15] – 50 m, HUJ.

Indian Ocean, Seychelles 18 samples, [1–7]– [4–11]–[30] –[45–55] m, ZMA.

Suez Canal depth and substrates:?from pool and “sublittoral”, on alga; on Pectinidae .

Remarks. Particularly the non-Atlantic-Mediterranean Vermiliopsis taxa are in need of revision.