Harmothoe liaoi Barnich, Fiege & Sun 2004

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 : 65-66

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.31.127

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3790105

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scientific name

Harmothoe liaoi Barnich, Fiege & Sun 2004
status

 

Harmothoe liaoi Barnich, Fiege & Sun 2004 View in CoL

Figs 8 View Figure 8 a–h

Harmothoe liaoi Barnich, Fiege & Sun, 2004 View in CoL . — Species Diversity 9: 307–309, fig. 4; Wehe 2006, Fauna of Arabia 22: 138–141, fig. 35a–k.

Type locality: Yezhu Island, Yalong Bay, Hainan Island, South China Sea.

Material examined: ZUTC ann. 2041.

Remarks: The only specimen examined here was broken into three parts, so no measurements were taken. Nephridial papillae from segment 7 onwards as described by Barnich et al. (2004) could not be observed in our specimen ( Fig. 8 a, e View Figure 8 ).

Distribution: Th is is the first record for the Gulf of Oman.

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

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.

Gallery Image

Figure 8. Harmothoe liaoi. a anterior end, dorsal view b 2nd right elytron c microtubercles d papillae on elytra margin e, f parapodium of middle segment: e posterior view f anterior view g notochaeta h neurochaeta.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Annelida

Class

Polychaeta

Order

Phyllodocida

Family

Polynoidae

SubFamily

Lepidonotinae

Genus

Harmothoe