WoRMS taxon details
Pseudopolydora corniculata Radashevsky & Hsieh, 2000
331412 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:331412)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Radashevsky, V.I. & Hsieh, H.L. (2000). <i>Pseudopolydora</i> (Polychaeta: Spionidae) species from Taiwan. <em>Zoological Studies.</em> 39(3): 218-235., available online at http://zoolstud.sinica.edu.tw/Journals/39.3/218.pdf
page(s): 226-227, fig. 6 [details]
page(s): 226-227, fig. 6 [details]
Holotype ASIZP 144, geounit Taiwan
, Note West Pacific Ocean, South China Sea, Taiwan,...
Holotype ASIZP 144, geounit Taiwan [details]
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Type locality West Pacific Ocean, South China Sea, Taiwan, Tainan County, coast off Pachang River (23º20'N, 120º03'E), 14 m, mud. [details]
Depth range 11-14 m.
Distribution Pacific Ocean: South China Sea coasts of Taiwan; New Zealand.
Etymology The specific epithet corniculata, feminine of the Latin adjective corniculatus and meaning 'horn-shaped' or 'horned',...
Depth range 11-14 m. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: South China Sea coasts of Taiwan; New Zealand.
Distribution Pacific Ocean: South China Sea coasts of Taiwan; New Zealand. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet corniculata, feminine of the Latin adjective corniculatus and meaning 'horn-shaped' or 'horned',...
Etymology The specific epithet corniculata, feminine of the Latin adjective corniculatus and meaning 'horn-shaped' or 'horned', refers to the morphology of the anterior end of the species, with horn-like antero-lateral processes on the prostomium, long cirriform median antenna on the caruncle, and long cirriform notopodial lamellae on segment 1, giving all together a horned appearance to the species. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Pseudopolydora corniculata Radashevsky & Hsieh, 2000. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=331412 on 2021-06-13
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Radashevsky, V.I. & Hsieh, H.L. (2000). <i>Pseudopolydora</i> (Polychaeta: Spionidae) species from Taiwan. <em>Zoological Studies.</em> 39(3): 218-235., available online at http://zoolstud.sinica.edu.tw/Journals/39.3/218.pdf
page(s): 226-227, fig. 6 [details]
additional source Glasby, C.J.; Read, G.B.; Lee, K.E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 312-358. [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
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page(s): 226-227, fig. 6 [details]
additional source Glasby, C.J.; Read, G.B.; Lee, K.E.; Blakemore, R.J.; Fraser, P.M.; Pinder, A.M.; Erséus, C.; Moser, W.E.; Burreson, E.M.; Govedich, F.R.; Davies, R.W.; Dawson, E.W. (2009). Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 312-358. [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
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Depth range 11-14 m. [details]Diagnosis Moderate-sized, gonochoristic Pseudopolydora species inhabiting mud tubes in soft bottoms of brackish-water environments. Body pigmentation absent. Prostomium T-shaped anteriorly, with two pointed antero-lateral processes. Four black eyes present. Caruncle reaching middle of segment 6. Median antenna present on caruncle. Segment 1 with long cirriform postchaetal lamellae and winged capillary neurochaetae. Segment 5 not modified, with noto- and neuropodial lamellae; anterior row of notochaetae slightly different from those chaetae on neighboring segments. Glandular pouches largest and paired in segments 6 and 7. [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: South China Sea coasts of Taiwan; New Zealand. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet corniculata, feminine of the Latin adjective corniculatus and meaning 'horn-shaped' or 'horned', refers to the morphology of the anterior end of the species, with horn-like antero-lateral processes on the prostomium, long cirriform median antenna on the caruncle, and long cirriform notopodial lamellae on segment 1, giving all together a horned appearance to the species. [details]
Habitat Mud tubes in soft bottoms of brackish-water environments. [details]
Reproduction Female with small oocytes present in segments 19 to 44. Paired gonoducts ending externally into one gonopore on middorsal side of segments 20 to 47. [details]
Type locality West Pacific Ocean, South China Sea, Taiwan, Tainan County, coast off Pachang River (23º20'N, 120º03'E), 14 m, mud. [details]
