Bathyvermilia sp. nov. 3

Gunton, Laetitia M., Kupriyanova, Elena K., Alvestad, Tom, Avery, Lynda, Blake, James A., Biriukova, Olga, Boeggemann, Markus, Borisova, Polina, Budaeva, Nataliya, Burghardt, Ingo, Capa, Maria, Georgieva, Magdalena N., Glasby, Christopher J., Hsueh, Pan-Wen, Hutchings, Pat, Jimi, Naoto, Kongsrud, Jon A., Langeneck, Joachim, Meissner, Karin, Murray, Anna, Nikolic, Mark, Paxton, Hannelore, Ramos, Dino, Schulze, Anja, Sobczyk, Robert, Watson, Charlotte, Wiklund, Helena, Wilson, Robin S., Zhadan, Anna & Zhang, Jinghuai, 2021, Annelids of the eastern Australian abyss collected by the 2017 RV ' Investigator' voyage, ZooKeys 1020, pp. 1-198 : 1

Bathyvermilia sp. nov. 3 Fig. 28C

Diagnosis.

White tubes with shiny smooth surface, surface with slight keel made of small denticles and small peristomes. Six thoracic chaetigerous segments plus simple collar chaetae. Opercular peduncle slightly annulated, constriction separates from operculum conical covered with white calcareous endplate.

Remarks.

Tubes were mostly found attached to deep-sea corals. SEM and molecular data are needed to confirm this preliminary identification.

Records.

21 specimens. Suppl. material 1: ops. 65, 80, 100, 104 (AM).

Figures

Figure 28. Serpulidae A Bathyvermilia challengeri, tube only (AM W. 49722) B Bathyvermilia cf. kupriyanovae, tube only (AM W. 49707) C Bathyvermilia sp. nov. 3, specimen in white shiny tube (AM W. 49494) D Hyalopomatus dieteri, tube only (AM W. 49689) E Bathyvermilia sp. nov. 4, specimen in tube with high keel (AM W. 49448) F Hyalopomatus sp. nov. 2, specimen removed from the tube (AM W. 49727) G Hyalopomatus sp. nov. 3, specimen removed from the tube (AM W. 49494) H Protis sp. 3, specimen partly removed tube, with egg sacks (AM W. 49682) I Spirodiscus sp. nov., specimens in tubes (AM W. 49511). Scale bars: 2 mm (A, C); 10 mm (B, E); 1 mm (D, F, H); 0.5 mm (G); 2 mm (I).