Demonax jamaicensis (Augener, 1922)

Giangrande, Adriana, Licciano, Margherita & Gambi, Maria Cristina, 2007, A collection of Sabellidae (Polychaeta) from Carrie Bow Cay (Belize, western Caribbean Sea) with the description of two new species, Zootaxa 1650, pp. 41-53 : 45

Demonax jamaicensis (Augener, 1922)

Figure 1 C

Parasabella jamaicensis Augener, 1922

Demonax jamaicensis Johansson, 1927 ; Perkins, 1984; Tovar-Hernández, 2005.

Material examined. Three specimens on dead coral rubble at 18 m from the outer coral reef in front of Carrie Bow Cay (sample CBC-KF 1018), 1 specimen on dead corals rubble at 7–10 m from the outer reef in front of Carrie Bow Cay (sample CBC-KF 1011).

Remarks. This species, endemic to the Caribbean, is about 13 mm long, with 10 pairs of radioles showing five yellow-red cross-bands on pinnules. The companion chaetae are characterized by their stout handles ( Fig. 1 C). Good descriptions and figures of this species are available in Perkins (1984) and Tovar-Hernández and Salazar-Vallejo (2006).

Figures

FIGURE 1. A) Anamoboea oerstedii. abdominal chaetae, B) Bispira melanostigma. thoracic uncinus with companion chaeta, C) Demonax jamaicensis. thoracic uncinus with companion chaeta.