Pseudovermilia occidentalis
Creators: name: Bastida-Zavala, J. Rolando
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Sabellida
Serpulidae
Pseudovermilia
Pseudovermilia occidentalis

description: <i>Pseudovermilia occidentalis</i> (McIntosh, 1885) (Figures 9H–I) <i>Spirobranchus occidentalis</i> McIntosh, 1885: 529–530, pl. 55, fig. 10, pl. 29a, figs. 31–32. Type locality: Off the Bermudas, Western Atlantic. <i>Pseudovermilia occidentalis</i>.— ten Hove, 1975: 59–72, figs. 114–123, 144–145, 155–156, 159, 161–164, 170–172, pls. 1, 2a–e, 3, 7 (revision of the genus). <i>Pseudovermilia conchata</i>.— Bastida-Zavala, 1993: 36, Bahia de La Paz (Baja California Sur, Mexico). <i>Pseudovermilia occidentalis</i>.— Bastida-Zavala, 1995: 25, Cabo Pulmo Reef (Baja California Sur, Mexico). <i>Pseudovermilia occidentalis</i>.— Bastida-Zavala and Salazar-Vallejo, 2001: 820, figs. 8r–u, Campeche Bank, Cayo Alacranes, Ria Lagartos, Mexican Caribbean and Cuba. <b>Material examined.</b> More than 55 specimens: <b>Baja California Sur</b> (Mexico), UMAR-Poly 85, 2 spec. (beaches of Bahia de La Paz, 24º21'07"N, 110º17'04"W, Caleritas beach, rock pools, June 25, 1986, and 24º11'50"N, 110º18'02"W, Coromuel beach, sand and rock bottom, Nov. 29, 1986, coll. SISV &amp; JALG); UMAR-Poly 86, 6 spec. (23º24–25'N, 109º25'W, Cabo Pulmo Reef, Coral Los Frailes and second bar, on dead coral <i>Pocillopora</i>, 4–7 m, Sept. 25, 1988, Sept. 18, 1989, coll. PH, JK &amp; JRBZ); UMAR-Poly 87 (24º13'10"N, 110º18'38"W, PEMEX pier, Bahia de La Paz, epifauna of <i>Eucidaris</i>, June 16, 1991, coll. F. Solís, R. Ramírez &amp; JRBZ); UMAR-Poly 88, 4 spec. (24º17'25"N, 110º19'57"W, La Gaviota beach, Bahia de La Paz, 1992, epifauna of <i>Eucidaris</i>, coll. MSGM &amp; JRBZ); UANL 363, 20+ spec. (approx. 25º49'N, 111º18'W, Puerto Escondido, Jan. 26, 1986, coll. JALG). <b>Oaxaca</b> (Mexico), UMAR-Poly 89, 20+ spec. (15º40'04"N, 96º28'53"W, Estacahuite beach, Puerto Angel, on coral debris, 2 m, Oct. 22, 2003, coll. JRBZ); UMAR-Poly 90, 2 spec. (15º41'14"N, 96º26'32"W, La Tijera beach, Puerto Angel, on coral <i>Pocillopora</i>, May or June, 2004, coll. G. Velásquez); UMAR-Poly 91 (15º44'40"N, 96º07'43"W, La Entrega beach, Huatulco, on <i>Spondylus calcifer</i>, Aug., 2004, coll. MSGM). <b>Diagnosis.</b> Tube white, with longitudinal and transversal ridges, sometimes with peristomes. Opercular peduncle smooth, white. Operculum with fleshy, bulbous part and distal, black horny cap; last with up to 0–7 internal septa (Fig. 9I), generally with curving spine on top (Fig. 9H). Thoracic membrane short, extending to second thoracic chaetiger. Collar with hooded (limbate) chaetae, with bundles of few chaetae. Thorax with " Apomatus " chaetae occurring from third chaetiger onwards. Thoracic uncini with anterior bifurcate tooth. <b>Habitat.</b> Depth: 4–7 m. On calcareous substrates (rocks, dead corals, shells, sea urchin spines). <b>Distribution.</b> Amphi-American and Amphi-Atlantic. Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Georgia (USA) to Brazil, Gulf of Guinea, Cabo Verde and Santa Helena Islands; California (USA) to Galapagos, Hawaii (ten Hove 1975).
description: Published as part of <i>Bastida-Zavala, J. Rolando, 2008, Serpulids (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Eastern Pacific, including a brief mention of Hawaiian serpulids, pp. 1-61 in Zootaxa 1722</i> on pages 40-42
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