Micromaldane Mesnil, 1897

Assis, José Eriberto De, Alonso, Carmen & Christoffersen, Martin Lindsey, 2007, A catalogue and taxonomic keys of the Subfamily Nicomachinae (Polychaeta: Maldanidae) of the world, Zootaxa 1657, pp. 41-55 : 44

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Genus Micromaldane Mesnil, 1897 View in CoL

Genus Micromaldane Mesnil, 1897: 146 View in CoL . Type species: M. ornithochaeta Mesnil, 1897: 146 View in CoL –148, pl. 6, figs. 1–4.

1. Micromaldane androgyne Rouse, 1990: 211 View in CoL –212, figs. 1a–i; 5a–b. Holotype: AM W 20207. Paratypes: AM W 20208, AM W 20209 View Materials , BMNH ZB 1990 4–7, ZMH P 20208. Type locality: Australia. Geographic distribution: Known only from the type locality.

2. Micromaldane bispinosa Hartmann-Schröder, 1960: 221 , pl. 21, figs. 182–185. Holotype: not mentioned in original description. Type locality: Red Sea.

Micromaldane bispinosa: Hartman, 1965a: 69 View in CoL , catalogue; Rouse 1990: 210, key. Geographic distribution: Known only from the type locality.

3. Micromaldane jonesi Kumaraswamy Achari, 1970: 269 View in CoL –273, figs. 1a–f, 2a–h. Holotype: CMFRI 155. Paratypes: CMFRI 156. Type locality: Gulf of Mannar, India.

Micromaldane jonesi Rouse, 1990: 212 View in CoL , key.

Geographic distribution: Known only from the type locality.

4. Micromaldane nutricula Rouse, 1990: 212 –214, figs. 2a–k, 5c–e. Holotype: AM W 20210. Paratypes: AM W 20211, AM W 20212, BMNH ZB 1990 8–11, ZMH P–20209. Type locality: Australia. Geographic distribution: Known only from the type locality.

5. Micromaldane ornithochaeta Mesnil, 1897: 146 –148, pl. 6 figs 1–4. Type: DBAUL, number not mentioned; SAM A 20319. Type locality: France.

Micromaldane ornithochaeta: Rioja 1925: 22 View in CoL –30, figs. 1–3; Berkeley and Berkeley 1962: 572; Hartman 1966: 67, pl. 22, figs. 1–5; Kumaraswamy Achari 1970: 269, key; Amoureux 1974: 220; Hobson and Banse 1981: 17, fig. 17a; Rouse 1990: 210, key; Branch 1994: 9; Jiménez-Cueto and Salazar-Vallejo 1997: 1462, figs. 2a–e; Pascual et al. 2001: 57 –58, fig. 1a–e; Gherardi, et al., 2002: 133 –143, figs. 1a–d.

Geographic distribution: Western Atlantic, from Ireland to Canary Islands; Mediterranean and Black Sea; Eastern Pacific; Antarctic Ocean.

6. Micromaldane pamelae Rouse, 1990: 214 –216, figs. 3a–l, 5f–h. Holotype: AM W 20213. Paratypes: AM W 20214, AM W 20215, BMNH ZB 1990 12–15, ZMH P–20210. Type locality: Australia.

Geographic distribution: Known only from the type locality.

7. Micromaldane rubrospermatheca Rouse, 1990: 216 –219, figs. 4a–l, 5i –k. Holotype: AM W 20216 View Materials . Paratypes: AM W 20217, AM W 20218.

Type locality: Australia.

Geographic distribution: Known only from the type locality.

References

Kumarasawmy Achari, G. P. (1970) Studies on new or little known polychaetes from the Indian Seas. 2. Micromaldane jonesi n. sp. (Maldanidae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 10, 269 - 273.

Amoureux, L. (1974) Annlides polychtes du banc Le Danois. Campagnes 1971 de la Thalassa (octubre). Boletin da la Real Sociedad Espaola de Historia Natural, 72, 101 - 127.

Berkeley, E. & Berkeley, C. (1962) Polychaeta from British Columbia, with a note an some Western Canadian arctic forms. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 40, 571 - 577.

Branch, M. L. (1994) The Polychaeta of subantarctic Marion and Prince Edward Islands: Illustrated keys to the species and results of the 1982 - 1989 University of Cape Town surveys. South African Journal of Antarctic Research, 24 (1 - 2), 3 - 51.

Gherardi, M., Gravina, M. F. & Giangrande, A. (2002) Note Tassonomiche ed Ecologique su Micromaldane ornithochaeta (Polychaeta, Maldanidae), Rinventura Lungo Le Costa Italiane Meridionale. Thalassia Salentia, 26, 133 - 143.

Hartman, O. (1965 a) Catalogue of the Polychaeta annelids of the world. Allan Hancock Publications, 23, 1 - 197.

Hartman, O. (1966) Polychaeta Myzostomidae and Sedentaria of Antarctica. America Geophysical Union Antarctic Research Series, 7, 1 - 158.

Hartmann-Schroder, G. (1960) Polychaeten aus dem Roten Meer. Kieler Meeresforschung, 16, 69 - 125.

Hobson, K. D. & Banse, K. (1981) Sedentariate and archiannelid polychaetes of British Columbia and Washington. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science, 209, 1 - 144.

Jimenez-Cueto, M. S. & Salazar-Vallejo, S. I. (1997) Maldnidos (Polychaeta) del Caribe Mexicano con una clave para las especies del Gran Caribe. Revista de Biologa Tropical, 45 (4), 1459 - 1480.

Mesnil, F. (1897) tudes de morphologie externe chez les annlides. II. Remarques complmentaires sur les spionidens. Bulletin des Science de France et Belgique, 30, 83 - 100.

Pascual, M., Nez, J., Brito Y., M. C. & Riera, R. (2001) Escolcidos (Polychaeta: Scolecida) endobiontes de esponjas de Canrias y Madeira. Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias, 7 (3 - 4), 55 - 65.

Rioja, E. (1925) Observaciones sobre Micromaldane ornithochaeta Mesnil. Boletn de la Real Sociedad Espaola, 25, 22 - 30.

Rouse, G. W. (1990) Four new species of Micromaldane (Polychaeta: Maldanidae) from Eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, 42, 209 - 219.