Pomatoleios kraussii ( Baird, 1865 )

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Pomatoleios kraussii ( Baird, 1865)

( Figures 7N–O)

Placostegus cariniferus var. Kraussii Baird, 1865: 13–15. Type locality: Cape of Good Hope , South Africa .

Pomatoleios kraussii .— Straughan, 1969: 235–236, Hawaii.

Pomatoleios kraussii .— Bailey-Brock, 1987: 421, fig. 3.11.193, Hawaii.

Diagnosis. Tubes aggregated, forming colonies; tube grey to blue; very thick, with two longitudinal ridges, tube with flap projection over entrance; lacks peristomes or alveoli. Opercular peduncle yellowish, with wide, smooth and thick wings ( Fig. 7N). Operculum yellowish, as slightly concave calcareous plate ( Fig. 7O). Thoracic membrane extends to last thoracic chaetiger. Six thoracic chaetigers. Collar chaetae absent.

Habitat. Depth: intertidal to 1 m. Fouling species, on rocks and coral rubble on reef flat.

Distribution. Indo-Pacific. South Africa, Madagascar, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, India, Australia, Japan, Hawaii (Day 1967; Straughan 1969; Bailey-Brock 1987).

Taxonomic remarks. Pomatoleios kraussii has a short talon ( Fig. 7O) at the base of the operculum, as showed by ten Hove (1973, Fig. 34).