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Georgieva, Magdalena N.; Rimskaya-Korsakova, Nadezhda N.; Krolenko, Varvara I.; Van Dover, Cindy Lee; Amon, Diva J.; Copley, Jonathan T.; Plouviez, Sophie; Ball, Bernard; Wiklund, Helena; Glover, Adrian G. (2023). A tale of two tubeworms: taxonomy of vestimentiferans (Annelida: Siboglinidae) from the Mid-Cayman Spreading Centre. Invertebrate Systematics. 37(3): 167.
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urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D9F72BD4-FDE1-4C0A-B84B-A08D06F2A981 [view]
Georgieva, Magdalena N.; Rimskaya-Korsakova, Nadezhda N.; Krolenko, Varvara I.; Van Dover, Cindy Lee; Amon, Diva J.; Copley, Jonathan T.; Plouviez, Sophie; Ball, Bernard; Wiklund, Helena; Glover, Adrian G
2023
A tale of two tubeworms: taxonomy of vestimentiferans (Annelida: Siboglinidae) from the Mid-Cayman Spreading Centre
Invertebrate Systematics
37(3): 167
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyD).
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The vestimentiferan tubeworm genera Lamellibrachia and Escarpia inhabit deep-sea chemosynthesis-based ecosystems, such as seeps, hydrothermal vents and organic falls, and have wide distributions across the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans. In 2010–2012 during initial explorations of hydrothermal vents of the Mid-Cayman Spreading Centre (MCSC), both genera were found to co-occur at the Von Damm Vent Field (VDVF), a site characterised by diffuse flow, therefore resembling a ‘hydrothermal seep’. Here, we erect two new vestimentiferan tubeworm species from the VDVF, Lamellibrachia judigobini sp. nov. and Escarpia tritentaculata sp. nov. Lamellibrachia judigobini sp. nov. differs genetically and morphologically from other Lamellibrachia species, and has a range that extends across the Gulf of Mexico, MCSC, off Trinidad and Tobago, and Barbados, and also across both vents and seeps and 964–3304-m water depth. Escarpia tritentaculata sp. nov. is distinguished from other Escarpia species primarily based on morphology and is known only from vents of the MCSC at 2300-m depth. This study highlights the incredible habitat flexibility of a single Lamellibrachia species and the genus Escarpia, and historic biogeographic connections to the eastern Pacific for L. judigobini sp. nov. and the eastern Atlantic for E. tritentaculata sp. nov.
author email: nadezdarkorsakova@gmail.com
Caribbean region
Gulf of Mexico
Systematics, Taxonomy
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Holotype NHMUK ANEA 2023.599, JC082 912, geounit Caribbean, identified as Lamellibrachia judigobini Georgieva, Rimskaya-Korsakova, Krolenko, Van Dover, Amon, Copley, Plouviez, Ball, Wiklund & Glover, 2023
Holotype NHMUK ANEA 2023.601, JC082 919, geounit Caribbean, identified as Escarpia tritentaculata Georgieva, Rimskaya-Korsakova, Krolenko, Van Dover, Amon, Copley, Plouviez, Ball, Wiklund & Glover, 2023
 Distribution

Authors: "Lamellibrachia judigobini sp. nov., previously known as Lamellibrachia ‘sp. 2’ for at least 20 years ... [details]

 Etymology

authors: Escarpia tritentaculata is "Named after the three types of filaments observed on the tentacular plume ... [details]

 Etymology

Lamellibrachia judigobini is named for Dr Judith Gobin, Professor of Marine Biology at University of the West ... [details]

 Identification

Authors: "Genetic data for COI do not differentiate Escarpia tritentaculata sp. nov. from other species in the ... [details]

 Spelling

The epithet 'judigobini' is an incorrect Latinization. The name should have been 'judigobinae' to match the female ... [details]

 Type locality

‘MarkerX18’ site of the Von Damm Vent Field, Mid Cayman Spreading Centre, Caribbean Sea, 2353 m, 18.3748°N, ... [details]

 Type locality

‘MarkerX18’ site of the Von Damm Vent Field, Mid Cayman Spreading Centre, Caribbean Sea, 2362-m, 18.3752°N, ... [details]