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Name

Wang, Zhi; Zhang, Yanjie; Xie, Yang James; Qiu, Jian-Wen. (2019). Two species of fireworms (Annelida: Amphinomidae: Chloeia) from Hong Kong. Zoological Studies. 58:22 [12 pp.].

SourceID

355152

DOI

10.6620/ZS.2019.58-22 [view]

Zoobank LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AAE81751-3EA2-4F35-BF5A-6FD7999A1F77 [view]

Authors

Wang, Zhi; Zhang, Yanjie; Xie, Yang James; Qiu, Jian-Wen

Year

2019

Title

Two species of fireworms (Annelida: Amphinomidae: Chloeia) from Hong Kong

Journal

Zoological Studies

Suffix

58:22 [12 pp.]

Type

Publication

Link

http://zoolstud.sinica.edu.tw/Journals/58/58-22.html

Note

World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb), MS advertised as online, not finalised in August 2019 with the different title "Description of a new species and re-description of a species of fireworms (Annelida: Amphinomidae: Chloeia) from Hong Kong". Finalised article open access, with supplementary online materials (figs. S1-S3, table S1). Published: 10 September 2019
Press release https://phys.org/news/2019-08-biologists-fireworm-species-hong-kong.html "In Hong Kong, individual fireworms have often been sighted underwater by divers, but since last summer swarms of them have been seen near swimming beaches in Tuen Mun and Tsuen Wan, threatening many beachgoers."
News story: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/2151683/marine-worms-found-along-hong-kong-beaches-raise

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Abstract

A new fireworm species and a poorly described species of the genus Chloeia are described on the basis of specimens collected from Hong Kong. The new species C. bimaculata n. sp. is characterized by having two distinct mid-dorsal dark spots one behind the other on each segment. It is similar to its sympatric species C. parva, which is characterized by having a mid-dorsal “Y”-shaped dark pigment on each segment. C. bimaculata n. sp. diverges from C. parva by 16.8% for the COI gene, 4.6% for the 16S rRNA gene and 0.6% for the 28S rRNA gene. Other Chloeia species with the corresponding gene sequences available in the GenBank show greater divergences.

Geographical term

Hong Kong

Taxonomic terms

Annelida
Polychaeta

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2019-08-30 02:02:21Z

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Chloeia bimaculata Wang, Zhang, Xie & Qiu, 2019 (original description)
Chloeia parva Baird, 1868 accepted as Chloeia incerta Quatrefages, 1866 (redescription)

Holotype SWIMS SWIMS-ANN-19-001, geounit Hong Kong, identified as Chloeia bimaculata Wang, Zhang, Xie & Qiu, 2019
Paratype SWIMS SWIMS-ANN-19-002, geounit Hong Kong, identified as Chloeia bimaculata Wang, Zhang, Xie & Qiu, 2019

Depth range

for Chloeia bimaculata Wang, Zhang, Xie & Qiu, 2019

Subtidal, between 4-20 m approx. [details]

Distribution

for Chloeia bimaculata Wang, Zhang, Xie & Qiu, 2019

Pacific Ocean: South China Sea (Hong Kong). [details]

Etymology

for Chloeia bimaculata Wang, Zhang, Xie & Qiu, 2019

"The specific epithet bimaculata refers to the two mid-dorsal dark spots in each chaetiger" (Wang et al., 2019: 5). [details]

Habitat

for Chloeia bimaculata Wang, Zhang, Xie & Qiu, 2019

Subtidal sandy bottoms, between 4-20 m approx. [details]

Type locality

for Chloeia bimaculata Wang, Zhang, Xie & Qiu, 2019

Port Shelter, off Sharp Island, Hong Kong, China, South China Sea (gazetteer estimate 22.371°, 114.289°), about 4 ... [details]