Spiraserpula iugoconvexa Pillai

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 : 325

Spiraserpula iugoconvexa Pillai & ten Hove, 1994

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Spiraserpula iugoconvexa Pillai & ten Hove, 1994: 82, figs 24–25 [ Flores and Banda Seas, Indonesia; Lizard Island; original description, material studied].

Material examined. AM W.21676 (paratype, tube), 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.42093, stn.G232, between First Beach and Osprey Island, 14°42'S, 145°30'E, coll. E. Kupriyanova & G. Rouse, 26 Oct 2005.

Diagnosis. Tube rose, red in fresh material, with a translucent granular overlay, coiled posteriorly, but not anteriorly. The operculum, when present, Serpula - type, with about 12 radii, zygomorphic, markedly convex distally, separated by a sharp constriction from the peduncle.

Distribution. North-East Flores Sea, Indonesia, Central Indo-West Pacific.

Figures

FIGURE 25. Spiraserpula iugoconvexa. A. Live specimen, stn. G 232, AM W. 42093; B. Operculum of fixed paratype AM W. 21676. Photo: A—G. Rouse, B—E. Wong. Scale bars: A = 0.5 mm, B = 0.1 mm.