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Name

ten Hove, H. A.; Smith, R. S. (1990). A redescription of Ditrupa gracillima Grube, 1878 (Polychaeta, Serpulidae) from the Indo-Pacific, with a discussion of the genus. Records of the Australian Museum. 42(1): 101-118.

SourceID

59341

DOI

10.3853/j.0067-1975.42.1990.108 [view]

Authors

ten Hove, H. A.; Smith, R. S.

Year

1990

Title

A redescription of Ditrupa gracillima Grube, 1878 (Polychaeta, Serpulidae) from the Indo-Pacific, with a discussion of the genus

Journal

Records of the Australian Museum

Suffix

42(1): 101-118

Type

Publication

Link

https://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Hove-and-Smith-1990-Rec-Aust-Mus-421-101118

Note

World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb). Open access at Australian Museum

Abstract

Like so many other serpulid genera, Ditrupa has a history of taxonomic confusion, even to the extent that the worm tubes have been included in the Mollusca by some workers. In recent publications, most authors follow Fauvel (e.g. 1953) and recognise a single species, Ditrupa arietina O.F. Miiller, 1776, worldwide, despite the fact that descriptions of this species were based on European and Atlantic material. A re-examination of type specimens and study of a broad range of samples from the Indo-Pacific now justifies the recognition of a separate species, Ditrupa gracillima Grube, 1878, from this region. It shows extreme variation, at least partly related to depth: from 100 m downwards an ecophenotype prevails, previously described as D. arietina var. monilifera.

Geographical term

Australia

Bibliographical term

Systematics, Taxonomy

Taxonomic term

Annelida

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Taxa (2)
Notes (6)

Ditrupa Berkeley, 1835 (status source)
Ditrupa arietina (O. F. Müller, 1776) (taxonomy source)

Distribution

for Ditrupa arietina (O. F. Müller, 1776)

distribution: Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea (see ten Hove & Smith 1990) [details]

Editor's comment

for Dentalium gadus Montagu, 1803

Mostly Scaphopoda, but the part which is referred to as "Hake's tooth" is likely to be Ditrupa arietina [details]

Status

for Serpula laeve (Montagu, 1803)

not serpulid but belongs to the Foraminifera, assigned to Lagena laevis by e.g. Brown (1827) [details]

Syntype

for Ditrupa gracillima Grube, 1878

in Wroclaw #272 (see Wiktor 1980) and Zoological Museum Berlin #1560 [details]

Taxonomy

for Dentalium strangulatum Deshayes, 1826

erected for Dentalium corneum non Linnaeus sensu Lamarck (mostly = Ditrupa arietina); for Dentalium coarctatum ... [details]

Taxonomy

for Gadila gadus (Montagu, 1803)

in Mörch (1863: 426-427) mentioned as synonym of Ditrupa gadus Montagu, variant spelling of Ditrupa, and probably ... [details]