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Jones, Meredith L. (1974). Brandtika asiatica new genus, new species, from Southeastern Asia and a redescription of Monroika africana (Monro) (Polychaeta: Sabellidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 87(20): 217-230.
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Jones, Meredith L.
1974
<i>Brandtika asiatica</i> new genus, new species, from Southeastern Asia and a redescription of <i>Monroika africana</i> (Monro) (Polychaeta: Sabellidae)
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington
87(20): 217-230
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb). Publication date: "22 October 1974"
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In 1939, Monro reported on a collection of polychaetes from near the mouth of the Congo River in West Africa. Among these were specimens of a small sabellid from Matadi, approximately 130 km upstream from the Congo River mouth, in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Monro considered these to be a new species of Manayunkia, M. africana, in spite of the presence of true spatulate thoracic setae (on the basis of there being a trend from mere limbation toward a spatulate condition among various described species of Manayunkia) and in spite of the presence of two (rather than three) abdominal setigers. Further, he noted that specimens of M. africana constructed incrusting, ". . . intertwining sandy tubules" (Monro, 1939:220) on the shells of the freshwater gastropod, Hydrobia plena, that the worms were found in areas of swift current, that they were not confined to snail shells, but also found on rocks, and that additional dried tubes of the worms were collected in the M'Pozo River, further upriver from Matadi.
In 1939, Monro reported on a collection of polychaetes from near the mouth of the Congo River in West Africa. Among these were specimens of a small sabellid from Matadi, approximately 130 km upstream from the Congo River mouth, in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Monro considered these to be a new species of Manayunkia, M. africana, in spite of the presence of true spatulate thoracic setae (on the basis of there being a trend from mere limbation toward a spatulate condition among various described species of Manayunkia) and in spite of the presence of two (rather than three) abdominal setigers. Further, he noted that specimens of M. africana constructed incrusting, ". . . intertwining sandy tubules" (Monro, 1939:220) on the shells of the freshwater gastropod, Hydrobia plena, that the worms were found in areas of swift current, that they were not confined to snail shells, but also found on rocks, and that additional dried tubes of the worms were collected in the M'Pozo River, further upriver from Matadi.
West Africa
Freshwater
Systematics, Taxonomy
Systematics, Taxonomy
Brandtika Jones, 1974 (original description)
Brandtika asiatica Jones, 1974 (original description)
Manayunkia africana Monro, 1939 accepted as Monroika africana (Monro, 1939) (source of synonymy)
Monroika africana (Monro, 1939) (redescription)
Brandtika asiatica Jones, 1974 (original description)
Manayunkia africana Monro, 1939 accepted as Monroika africana (Monro, 1939) (source of synonymy)
Monroika africana (Monro, 1939) (redescription)
Spelling
The original spelling of Fabricinae used by Rioja (1923: 15, 50) was silently corrected to Fabriciinae by Johansson ... [details]
