Serpula watsoni Willey, 1905

Bastida-Zavala, J. Rolando, 2008, Serpulids (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Eastern Pacific, including a brief mention of Hawaiian serpulids, Zootaxa 1722, pp. 1-61 : 46-48

Serpula watsoni Willey, 1905

( Figures 11L–M)

Serpula watsoni Willey, 1905: 317 , pl. 7, fig. 187, pl. 8, fig. 6. Type locality: Trincomalee , Sri Lanka (Ceylon).

Serpula watsoni .— Imajima, 1977: 91–92, figs. 2a–j, Tsurihama ( Japan).

Serpula watsoni .— Imajima and ten Hove, 1984: 38–39, fig. 2, Truk, Ponape and Majuro Islands, Amoy (southern China Sea) and Australia.

Material examined. Two specimens: Hawaii ( USA), UMAR-Poly 96, 2 spec. (Hawaii inter-island cargo barge, HF–023, hull fouling community roughly two years old; barge only operates in Hawaii, coll. SG) .

Diagnosis. Tube white, rough, thick-walled, with five longitudinal ridges, lacks peristomes or alveoli. Opercular peduncle smooth, white, with marked constriction. Operculum symmetrical, deep; funnel with 37– 47 radii with blunt tips ( Figs 11L–M). Collar with bayonet chaetae, with five blunt-short teeth, distal blade smooth.

Habitat. Depth: intertidal to few meters. Fouling species.

Distribution. Indo-Pacific. Sri Lanka, South China Sea, southern Japan, Australia, Micronesia, Hawaii ( Imajima & ten Hove 1984).