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Polychaeta taxon detailsSpinosphaera oculata Hartman, 1944
332040 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:332040)
accepted
Species
marine,
recent only
Hartman, Olga. (1944). Polychaetous annelids from California, including the descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 10(2): 239-307, plates 19-26., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4680190
page(s): 274-275, plate 22 figs. 33-36 [details]
Holotype LACM AHF Poly 0218, geounit Tomales Point
Holotype LACM AHF Poly 0218, geounit Tomales Point [details] From editor or global species database
Type locality Tomales Point, ocean side, central California, USA, Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate 38.24°, -122.9955°), intertidal, rocky habitats. [details]
Depth range Intertidal.
Depth range Intertidal. [details] Distribution Pacific Ocean: from central California (USA) to Baja California Sur (Mexico).
Distribution Pacific Ocean: from central California (USA) to Baja California Sur (Mexico). [details] Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet oculata (masculine: oculatus) is a Latin adjective meaning 'having eyes', and refers...
Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet oculata (masculine: oculatus) is a Latin adjective meaning 'having eyes', and refers presumably to the presence of irregular rows of dark eyespots on the peristomial ring of the species: ''S. oculata differs from S. pacifica, the only known species in the genus, in having numerous peristomial eyespots'' (Hartman, 1944: 275). [details] Taxonomy According to Nogueira & Hutchings (2003) Spinosphaera oculata probably does not belong to this genus, as it lacks some...
Taxonomy According to Nogueira & Hutchings (2003) Spinosphaera oculata probably does not belong to this genus, as it lacks some important morphological features typical of Spinosphaera. This way, on the posterior thoracic chaetigers it lacks (against having) alimbate and serrate chaetae with blade at an angle with the shaft, and 'spinosphaera chaetae', on the anterior and posterior tier of the bundle, respectively, it has 41 pairs of notopodia (against 20-23), and the uncini arranged in double rows end close to the pygidium (against ending near segment 44, where notopodia end). The correct taxonomic placement of the species is subordinate to an ongoing phylogenetic analysis of the group, in preparation by the same authors. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Spinosphaera oculata Hartman, 1944. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=332040 on 2024-04-18
Date action by
original description
Hartman, Olga. (1944). Polychaetous annelids from California, including the descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. <em>Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions.</em> 10(2): 239-307, plates 19-26., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4680190
page(s): 274-275, plate 22 figs. 33-36 [details] redescription Londoño-Mesa, Mario H. (2003). Revision of <i>Spinosphaera</i> and establishment of the new genus <i>Hutchingsiella</i> (Polychaeta: Terebellidae: Terebellinae). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK.</em> 83(4): 747-759., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315403007744h page(s): 755-756, fig. 5A-E [details] Available for editors  [request]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype LACM AHF Poly 0218, geounit Tomales Point [details]
Nontype ECOSUR TERE-12, geounit Baja California Sur [details]
From editor or global species database
Depth range Intertidal. [details]Distribution Pacific Ocean: from central California (USA) to Baja California Sur (Mexico). [details] Etymology Not stated. The specific epithet oculata (masculine: oculatus) is a Latin adjective meaning 'having eyes', and refers presumably to the presence of irregular rows of dark eyespots on the peristomial ring of the species: ''S. oculata differs from S. pacifica, the only known species in the genus, in having numerous peristomial eyespots'' (Hartman, 1944: 275). [details] Habitat Intertidal rocky habitats. [details] Taxonomy According to Nogueira & Hutchings (2003) Spinosphaera oculata probably does not belong to this genus, as it lacks some important morphological features typical of Spinosphaera. This way, on the posterior thoracic chaetigers it lacks (against having) alimbate and serrate chaetae with blade at an angle with the shaft, and 'spinosphaera chaetae', on the anterior and posterior tier of the bundle, respectively, it has 41 pairs of notopodia (against 20-23), and the uncini arranged in double rows end close to the pygidium (against ending near segment 44, where notopodia end). The correct taxonomic placement of the species is subordinate to an ongoing phylogenetic analysis of the group, in preparation by the same authors. [details] Type locality Tomales Point, ocean side, central California, USA, Pacific Ocean (gazetteer estimate 38.24°, -122.9955°), intertidal, rocky habitats. [details] |