Hydroides floridana ( Bush, 1910 )

Bastida-Zavala, J. Rolando, McCANN, Linda D., Keppel, Erica & Ruiz, Gregory M., 2017, The fouling serpulids (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) from United States coastal waters: an overview, European Journal of Taxonomy 344, pp. 1-76 : 34-35

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Hydroides floridana ( Bush, 1910) View in CoL

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Eupomatus floridanus Bush, 1910: 498 View in CoL (type locality: Cape Dear Rio, Florida (probably Cape Fear,

North Carolina), United States; nomen novum for E. uncinatus View in CoL recorded by Ehlers (1887)). Eupomatus rostrata Iroso, 1921: 53 (nomen novum for E. uncinatus View in CoL recorded by Ehlers (1887)). Eupomatus decorus Treadwell, 1931: 4–5 View in CoL , fig. 3 (type locality: Grand Isle, Lousiana, United States).

Eupomatus uncinatus View in CoL (non Philippi 1844) – Ehlers 1887: 285 –286, pl. 58, figs 6–11 (off Cape Dear Rio, and fishing grounds in Cape Rear, Florida; 13 m). — Day 1973: 132 –134, fig. 18h–i (off Beaufort, North Carolina; 6.5–18 m).

Eupomatus floridanus View in CoL – Wells & Gray 1964: 74 (Cape Hatteras, North Carolina; hard substrates). — Wells & Wells 1969: 109 –110 (off St. Augustine, Panama City, near Dog Island, and Cedar Key, Florida; associated with Fargoa dianthophila View in CoL ).

Hydroides floridanus View in CoL – Robertson & Mau-Lastovicka 1979: 323 (northeastern and northwestern Florida; “host” of Fargoa dianthophila View in CoL ). — Perkins 1998: 95 (checklist of shallow-water polychaetes of Florida). — Bastida-Zavala & ten Hove 2002: 118 –122, figs 6K–P, 7A–F, 9A–F, 10 (North Carolina, Louisiana, Campeche, eastern Mexico; 10–40 m; on shells of Argopecten gibbus (Linnaeus, 1758) and a submerged derrick).

Material examined

Ten specimens: BB (1) Aug. 2004, PB (4) Aug. 2002, CC (5) Sep. 2002.

Diagnosis

Tube white; with three longitudinal ridges; without peristomes, transverse ridges or alveoli. Opercular peduncle smooth, white. Opercular funnel with 26–32 radii with pointed tip ( Fig. 4F View Fig ); verticil with 11–12 spines, curving inwards, with one basal internal spinule, without external and lateral spinules ( Fig. 4F View Fig ). Most specimens have spines with lateral wings extending for less than half the length of the spine. Special collar chaetae with two blunt, short teeth and smooth distal blade.

Taxonomic remarks

The type locality of Hydroides floridana is unknown, from Florida or somewhere nearby. Ehlers (1887: 286) recorded the localities as “ Cape Dear Rio ” and “Inside fishing ground Cape Rear”, but these are probably transcription errors, as these placenames were not found in Florida ( Read 2016); instead, “ Cape Dear” and “ Cape Rear” might refer to Cape Fear, in North Carolina.

Some specimens examined here have the verticil spines colored red (see H. dianthus ). The specimens from Corpus Christi are the first records for the Texas coast. Hydroides floridana is rare as a fouling organism.

Ecology

Intertidal to sublittoral (40 m). On hard substrates, shells of Argopecten gibbus and on a submerged derrick ( Wells & Gray 1964; Bastida-Zavala & ten Hove 2002); also associated with the gastropod Fargoa dianthophila ( Wells & Wells 1969) .

Distribution

Gulf of Mexico and east coast of the United States: From North Carolina to Florida and Louisiana ( Bastida-Zavala & ten Hove 2002). In this work, Hydroides floridana was found occasionally on fouling plates from Biscayne Bay and Pensacola Bay, Florida, and Corpus Christi, Texas ( Fig. 6 View Fig ). This species extends its westward range from Louisiana ( Treadwell 1931) to Texas (710 km).

References

Bastida-Zavala J. R. & ten Hove H. A. 2002. Revision of Hydroides Gunnerus, 1768 (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) from the Western Atlantic Region. Beaufortia 52: 103 - 178.

Bush K. J. 1910. Description of new serpulids from Bermuda with notes on known forms from adjacent regions. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 62: 490 - 501. http: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 5526383 # page / 528 / mode / 1 up

Day J. H. 1973. New Polychaeta from Beaufort with a key to all species recorded from North Carolina. NOAA Technical Report. NMFS CIRC- 375, Seattle. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 62852

Ehlers E. 1887. Reports on the results of dredging, under the direction of L. F. Pourtales, during the years 1868 - 1870, and of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877 - 78), and in the Caribbean Sea (1878 - 79), in the U. S. Coast Survey steamer Blake , Lieut-Com. C. D. Sigsbee, U. S. N. and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U. S. N., commanding. XXXI. Report on the annelids. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 15: 1 - 355.

Iroso I. 1921. Revisione dei serpulidi e sabellidi del Golfo di Napoli. Pubblicazioni della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli 3: 47 - 91.

Perkins T. H. 1998. Checklist of shallow-water marine polychaetous Annelida of Florida. In: Camp D. K., Lyons W. G. & Perkins T. H. (eds) Checklist of Selected Shallow-water Marine Invertebrates of Florida: 79 - 122. Florida Marine Research Institute, Technical Report 3.

Philippi A. 1844. Einige Bemerkungen uber die Gattung Serpula, nebst Aufzahlung der von mir im Mittelmeer mit dem Thier beobachteten Arten. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 10 (1): 186 - 198. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 29558

Read G. 2016. WoRMS note, details on Hydroides floridanus. In: Read G. & Fauchald K. (eds) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through World Register of Marine Species, available from: http: // www. marinespecies. org / aphia. php? p = notes & id = 127102 [accessed 12 Jul. 2016].

Robertson R. & Mau-Lastovicka T. 1979. The ectoparasitism of Boonea and Fargoa (Gastropoda: Pyramidellidae). The Biological Bulletin 157: 320 - 335. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1541058

Treadwell A. L. 1931. Three new species of polychaetous annelids in the collections of the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 80 (2): 1 - 5. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.80 - 2902.1

Wells H. W. & Gray I. E. 1964. Polychaetous annelids of the Cape Hatteras area. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 80 (2): 70 - 78.

Wells H. W. & Wells M. J. 1969. New host and distribution records of Odostontia dianthophila. Nautilus 82: 109 - 110.

Figures

Fig. 4. Serpulids from United States fouling plates. Hydroides bispinosa. A. Operculum, from Biscayne Bay, Florida (SERC-118756). – H. cf. brachyacantha. B. Operculum, Pensacola Bay, Florida (SERC- 92415). – H. dianthus. C. Operculum, Corpus Christi, Texas (SERC-87878RB). – H. dirampha. D. Operculum, Biscayne Bay, Florida (SERC-118709). – H. elegans. E. Operculum, San Diego, California (SERC-04075R). – H. floridana. F. Operculum, Corpus Christi, Texas (SERC-87968). – H. gracilis. G. Operculum, San Diego, California (SERC-34585R). – H. longispinosa. H. Operculum, Oahu, Hawaii (SERC-19654). – H. parva. I. Operculum, Biscayne Bay, Florida (SERC-118709). – H. sanctaecrucis. J. Operculum, Tampa Bay, Florida (SERC-66920R).