Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Radashevsky, V.I. & Hsieh, H.L. (2000). <i>Polydora</i> (Polychaeta: Spionidae) species from Taiwan. <em>Zoological Studies.</em> 39(3): 203-217., available online at http://zoolstud.sinica.edu.tw/Journals/39.3/203.pdf page(s): 213-215, figs. 7-8, table 2 [details]
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype ASIZP 77, geounit Taiwan Strait [details]
Paratype ASIZP 73, geounit Taiwan Strait [details]
Paratype ASIZP 74, geounit Taiwan Strait [details]
Paratype ASIZP 75, geounit Taiwan Strait [details]
Paratype ASIZP 76, geounit Taiwan Strait [details]
Paratype ASIZP 78, geounit Taiwan Strait [details]
Paratype ASIZP 79, geounit Taiwan Strait [details]
Paratype ASIZP 80, geounit Taiwan Strait [details]
Paratype USNM 186421, geounit Taiwan Strait [details]
From editor or global species database
Association Bores into skeletons of the living scleractinian corals Porites lobata Dana, 1846, P. lichen Dana, 1846, Hydnophora exesa (Pallas, 1766), Cyphastrea chalcidicum (Forskål, 1775), and Montipora sp. [details]
Depth range About 2 m depth. [details]
Diagnosis A moderate-sized gonochoristic Polydora species boring into corals. Prostomium weakly incised anteriorly. Eyes absent. Caruncle up to end of segment 3; median antenna absent. Posterior notopodia with separate needlelike spines in addition to capillaries. Segment 5 with dorsal superior and ventral capillaries; major spines falcate with lateral tooth or flange on one side and a shelf with rough edge on the other. Branchiae from segment 7 through most of body. Pygidium small disc- or cup-shaped with dorsal gap. [details]
Distribution West Pacific Ocean: Chin Bay, Penghu Islands (Taiwan, Taiwan Strait). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet villosa, feminine of the Latin adjective villosus and meaning 'hairy', 'shaggy', or 'bearing bristles', refers to the numerous separate needlelike spines on the posterior notopodia [details]
Habitat Bores into skeletons of the living scleractinian corals Porites lobata Dana, 1846, P. lichen Dana, 1846, Hydnophora exesa (Pallas, 1766), Cyphastrea chalcidicum (Forskål, 1775), and Montipora sp., at shallow water. The species makes long and U-shaped burrows, communicating with the coral surface through two or more openings. The walls of the burrows are lined up with mud, forming an internal mud tube, which extend 1-2 mm above the coral surface. [details]
Type locality West Pacific Ocean, Taiwan Strait, Taiwan, Penghu County, Chin Bay of Penghu Islands (23º31.8'N, 119º33.0'E), fringed coral reef at about 2 m, from coral Cyphastrea chalcidicum. [details]
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