Thormora jukesii Baird, 1865

Bonyadi Naeini, Alieh & Rahimian, Hassan, 2009, Intertidal scale worms (Polychaeta, Polynoidae and Sigalionidae) from the northern coasts of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, ZooKeys 31 (3), pp. 53-71 : 63-64

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.31.127
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3790101
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scientific name	Thormora jukesii Baird, 1865
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Thormora jukesii Baird, 1865 View in CoL

Figs 6 View Figure 6 a–g, Figs 7 View Figure 7 a–d

Thormora jukesii View in CoL . — Rasheed and Mustaquim 2003, Pakistan Journal of Marine Sciences 12(1): 79–81, fig. 16; Barnich et al. 2004, Species Diversity 9: 301; Wehe 2006, Fauna of Arabia 22: 117–119, fig. 27a–o.

Lepidonotus (Thormora) jukesi View in CoL . — Ben-Eliahu 1977, Israel Journal of Zoology 25: 158.

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Type locality: Australia?

Material examined: ZUTC ann. 2039, 2230, 2234.

Measurements (n = 9): Length 17.55–24.18 (21.19), width 4.3–8.19 (6.6).

Remarks: According to Wehe (2006), there are microtubercles on the elytra of Thormora jukesii , usually confined to the lateral part of the surface of the body. They are numerous from the second pair of elytra onwards. Additionally, small globular papillae are found scattered along the margin of the body. However, on specimens of T. jukesii found in Hengam Island, the microtubercles decreased from the second pair of the elytra onward, and globular papillae along the margin of specimens were missing ( Fig. 6c, f View Figure 6 ).

Distribution: Th is is a new record for the Gulf of Oman.

Subfamily Polynoinae

Harmothoe hirsuta Johnson, 1897

Harmothoe hirsuta . — Wehe 2006, Fauna of Arabia 22: 136–138, fig. 34a–g.

Type locality: San Pedro, California, Northeast Pacific.

Material examined: ZUTC ann. 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025.

Measurements (n = 10): Length 10.99–16.83 (13.4), width 4.36–5.75 (4.7). Distribution: Th is is the first record for the Gulf of Oman.

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References

Barnich R, Fiege D, Sun R (2004) Polychaeta of Hainan Island, South China Sea. Part III. Aphroditoidea (Annelida: Polychaeta). Species Diversity 9: 285 - 329.

Ben-Eliahu MN (1977) Errant polychaete cryptofauna (excluding Syllidae and Nereidae) from rims of similar intertidal vermetid reefs on the Mediterranean coast of Israel and in the Gulf of Elat. Israel Journal of Zoology 25: 156 - 177.

Rasheed S, Mustaquim J (2003) Scale bearing worms (Annelida: Polychaeta) of the family Polynoidae from the coastal waters of Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Marine Sciences 12 (1): 49 - 82.

Wehe T (2006) Revision of scale worms (Polychaeta: Aphroditoidea) occurring in the seas surrounding the Arabian Peninsula. Part I. Polynoidae. Fauna of Arabia 22: 23 - 197.