Harmothoe fraserthomsoni McIntosh, 1897

Barnich, R. & Fiege, D., 2000, Revision of the Mediterranean species of Harmothoe Kinberg, 1856 Lagisca Malmgren, 1865 (Polychaeta: Polynoidae: Polynoinae) descriptions of a new genus and a new species, Journal of Natural History 34, pp. 1889-1938 : 1903-1904

Harmothoe fraserthomsoni McIntosh, 1897

(fi gure 7A -C)

Harmothoe fraserthomsoni McIntosh, 1897: 401 ; McIntosh, 1900: 337, pl. 28: fi gure 7, pl. 32: fi gure 11, pl. 29: fi gure 15, pl. 39: fi gure 4-6; Campoy, 1982: 60; Tebble and Chambers, 1982: 36, fi gures 11, 35, 36; Chambers and Muir, 1997: 102, fi gure 25.

Harmothoe Fraser-Thomsoni : Fauvel, 1923: 68, fi gure 25a -e.

Harmothoe fraser-thomsoni: Bellan, 1964a: 27 .

Type material. Harmothoe fraserthomson i, HOLOTYPE: St. 3, off the Butt of Lewis ,

August 1880, dredged, 53 fathoms,`Knight-Errant’ Exp., FaÈroe Channel, 1880, BMNH 1885.12 .1.7 6 (bad shape, dry) .

Additional material. 2 spms., Prof. Th. Tissier 1959, St. L 386, Mer d’Alboran,

du Cap Tres Forcas, 35ss25¾N, 2ss44¾W, 235-250 m, VP, Coll. PeÂreÁs indeÂt. 1 spm., Prof. Th. Tissier St. 102, 14 June 1949, 49ss42¾N 3ss31¾E, CoÃte Catalane, 115 m, fonds

Leptometra , identi fi ed as Lagisca extenuata, Coll. PeÂreÁs. 1 spm. (dry), Prof. Th. Tissier St. 106, 14 June 1949, Golfe du Lion, 42ss36¾N, 3ss07¾E, 50 m, Coll. PeÂreÁs.

spms. (bad shape), St. 0112, Blanes, between sponges, Coll. Campoy. 2 spms.,

February 1951, St. 192, Marseille, gravelle, identi fi ed as Lagisca extenuata, Coll. PeÂreÁs. 1 spm., Antedon St. 1737 August 1960 , S de la Corse, 63 m, õÃle de Piana, SE pte Paragrano, Coll. PeÂreÁs. 1 spm., 15 May 1919, Porto fi no, leg. S. Nick, SMF 9208/1.

Diagnosis. Anterior pair of eyes dorsolaterally on widest part of prostomium. Elytra: margin smooth; surface covered by conical microtubercles, conical macrotubercles scattered on surface and near posterior margin. Dorsal and ventral tentacular cirri and dorsal cirri smooth, tapering.

Description. Prostomium bilobed, with prominent cephalic peaks; median antenna with large ceratophore in anterior notch, style smooth, tapering; lateral antennae with small ceratophores inserted ventrally and with short, smooth, tapering styles; palps smooth, about as long as median antenna and tentacular cirri; anterior pair of eyes dorsolaterally on widest part of prostomium, posterior pair dorsally IG. 7. Harmothoe fraserthomsoni ((A) large specimen; (B) small specimen; Prof. Th. Tissier 1959, St. L386). (A) Anterior end; right palp missing; dorsal view; (B) left middle elytron; (C) detail of posterior margin of same (scales 5 1 mm for A; 2 mm for B; 250 M m for C).

1904 near hind margin. Tentaculophores inserted laterally to prostomium, each with two