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Wehe, Thomas. (2006). Revision of the scale worms (Polychaeta:Aphroditoidea) occurring in the seas surrounding the Arabian Peninsula. Part I: Polynoidae. Fauna of Arabia. 22: 23–197.
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Wehe, Thomas.
2006
Revision of the scale worms (Polychaeta:Aphroditoidea) occurring in the seas surrounding the Arabian Peninsula. Part I: Polynoidae
Fauna of Arabia
22: 23–197
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World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
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The study presented here is the first in a series on the scale worms of the seas surrounding the Arabian Peninsula: Suez Canal, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, The Gulf. Based on type specimens and additional published and unpublished specimens, this is the first revision of the Polynoidae that are currently recognised from this area. Detailed descriptions and figures are provided as well as identification keys to all taxa, and taxonomic problems are discussed. Discussions of the distribution, faunal affinities, Lessepsian migration and endemism are given in a zoogeographic account. The occurrence of 44 species belonging to 23 genera and seven subfamilies is confirmed. Twenty-three species represent new records for one or more of the respective seas. Four new species are described: Harmothoe marerubrum n. sp., Lepidonotus polae n. sp., Parahalosydnopsis arabica n. sp., Pararctonoella marginopapillata n. sp.; and Uncopolynoinae n. subf. is introduced. Harmothoe grisea, Lepidasthenia nuda and Lepidonotus impatiens are redescribed. Bouchiria, Iphione reticulata, Lepidonotus impatiens meridionalis and L. australiensis [type locality red sea] are considered junior synonyms. Harmothoe vesicudenta is transferred to the genus Malmgreniella. The diagnoses of 10 genera are emended. The fauna documented is closely related to that of the Indo-West Pacific with at least 30 species out of 44 in common. Two species are likely to represent Lessepsian and two Anti-Lessepsian migrants. For the present, 10 species (23 %) are considered endemic to the area.
Indian Ocean, Western
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Arctonoinae Hanley, 1989 (status source)
Australaugeneria Pettibone, 1969 (additional source)
Bouchiria Wesenberg-Lund, 1949 accepted as Lepidasthenia Malmgren, 1867 (source of synonymy)
Bouchiria vesiculosa Wesenberg-Lund, 1949 accepted as Lepidasthenia vesiculosa (Wesenberg-Lund, 1949) (new combination reference)
Gastrolepidia Schmarda, 1861 (status source)
Harmothoe marerubrum Wehe, 2006 (original description)
Harmothoe vesicudenta Hanley & Burke, 1991 accepted as Malmgreniella vesicudenta (Hanley & Burke, 1991) (new combination reference)
Hololepidella Willey, 1905 (additional source)
Iphione reticulata Amoureux, Rullier & Fishelson, 1978 (source of synonymy)
Lepidasthenia nuda (Quatrefages in Grube, 1870) (redescription)
Lepidonotus australiensis Seidler, 1924 accepted as Lepidonotus impatiens (Savigny in Lamarck, 1818) (source of synonymy)
Lepidonotus cristatus (Grube, 1876) (redescription)
Lepidonotus impatiens (Savigny in Lamarck, 1818) (redescription)
Lepidonotus natalensis Day, 1951 (status source)
Lepidonotus polae Wehe, 2006 (original description)
Lepidonotus stellatus Baird, 1865 accepted as Lepidonotus glaucus (Peters, 1854) (source of synonymy)
Paradyte Pettibone, 1969 (additional source)
Parahalosydnopsis arabica Wehe, 2006 (original description)
Pararctonoella Pettibone, 1996 (additional source)
Pararctonoella marginopapillata Wehe, 2006 (original description)
Polynoidae Kinberg, 1856 (additional source)
Thormora salvati Rullier, 1972 (redescription)
Uncopolynoe Hartmann-Schröder, 1960 (status source)
Uncopolynoe corallicola Hartmann-Schröder, 1960 (redescription)
Uncopolynoinae Wehe, 2006 (original description)
 Etymology

The name refers to the sea where the species was found; Latin mare = sea, Latin ruber = red [details]

 Etymology

The species name was chosen in recognition of the first important deep-sea expedition to the Red Sea in the years ... [details]

 Etymology

The species is named for its occurrence on the Arabian Peninsula [details]

 Etymology

The name refers to the papillae present on the lateral margins of the elytra; Latin margino = to frame; Latin papilla ... [details]

 Status

Polynoinae and Arctonoinae II sensu Wehe, 2006. Further to previous status note, Wehe, 2006 (following Barnich & ... [details]

 Status

Placement in Arctonoinae follows Wehe (2006). [details]

 Status

Placement in Arctonoinae follows Wehe (2006). [details]

 Status

Placement in Polynoinae follows Wehe, 2006. [details]

 Status

Placement in Polynoinae follows Wehe, 2006. [details]

 Status

Description inadequate and types lost (Wehe 2006: 170) [details]

 Status

Polynoinae and Arctonoinae II sensu Wehe, 2006. Further to previous status note, Wehe, 2006 (following Barnich & ... [details]

 Status

Placement in Polynoinae follows Wehe, 2006. [details]

 Taxonomy

Based on one specimen which Pettibone (1986:4) reported was "... incompletely described and figured (elytron only). ... [details]