Chrysopetalum maculatum Aguado, Capa & San Martin 2003
Creators: name: Cruz-Gómez, Christopher
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Phyllodocida
Chrysopetalidae
Chrysopetalum
Chrysopetalum maculatum

description: Chrysopetalum maculatum Aguado, Capa & San Martín, 2003
Figs 21, 26
Chrysopetalum maculata Aguado, Capa & San Martín, 2003: 89–92, Figs 4–6.
Chrysopetalum maculatum. — Read 2018: WoRMS (correction of the epithet).
Type locality: Bajo Mali Rock (7º39´00”N, 81º41´40”W), Coiba Island, Panamá, on coarse sand at 0–4 m (Aguado et al. 2003).
Material exmined. Baja California Sur: UMAR-Poly 942, La Paz Bay, coll. RBZ, no further data.
Description. Based on the only specimen found: complete with 32 segments. TL= 2.7 mm, TW= 0.4 mm. Body long, broad, tapered posteriorly (Fig. 21A). Body pale orange. Paleae fan bright yellow, slightly imbricated dorsally.
Prostomium visible between the first two segments. Lateral antennae short, inserted on the antero-ventral prostomial margin, median antenna short, half of lateral ones, inserted in front of the first pair of eyes. Eyes red-violet, two pairs. Nuchal organ, small, not covering the prostomium (Fig. 21B). Palps long, cylindrical, visible in dorsal view. Mouth fold large, placed between segment 3 and 4. Pharynx eversible, not exposed, stylets thick.
Parapodium from segment 27, notochaetae in three main groups (Fig. 21D). Notochaetae: lateral group inserted below notaciculum, 3–4 paleae, narrow and asymmetrical, with 1–2 internal ribs (Fig. 21E); subunit 1, 1 paleae, broader and asymmetrical, with 5 internal ribs (Fig. 21F). Main group, 20–24 paleae; lateral-most paleae, asymmetrical, with (8) 10–13; mid-most paleae, symmetrical, with 10–11 internal ribs and 0–1 raised ribs; midline-most paleae, asymmetrical, with (8) 10–12 (Fig. 21G). Median group, 3–4 paleae, shorter, curved and asymmetrical, with 4–8 internal ribs and 0–1 raised rib (Fig. 21H). All paleal groups with margins finely serrated, dorsal paleal surface ornamented with raised tubercles.
Neuropodium conical, longer than notopodium. Neurochaetae: unit 1, 2–5 falcigers, blades straight and long, 11–12 times longer than wide (Fig. 21I). Unit 2, 6–8 falcigers, blades straight and medium-sized, 3–4 times longer than wide. Unit 3, 5–6 falcigers, blades straight and medium-sized, 6–7 times longer than wide (Fig. 21K). Unit 4, 2–3 falcigers, blades straight and short, 2–3 times longer than wide (Fig. 21L). Pygidium rounded with two anal cirri (Fig. 21C). Oocytes not seen.
Habitat. Intertidal to subtidal (0–10 m). The sole specimen examined was possibly obtained from dead coral (Bastida-Zavala Pers. Comm. 2017). Previously, specimens of C. maculatum were collected in rocks, dead coral, and coarse sand (Aguado et al. 2003; Cruz-Gómez & Bastida-Zavala 2018).
Distribution. From La Paz Bay, Baja California Sur to Roca Bajo Mali, Panamá (Fig. 26).
Remarks. Recently, the suffix of the epithet was modified by Read (2018) to match with the neuter gender of the genus (ICZN 1999, Art. 31.2). The species is easily distinguishable among Chrysopetalum due to broad main paleae.
description: Published as part of Cruz-Gómez, Christopher, 2021, A new genus and seven new species of chrysopetalids (Annelida, Chrysopetalidae) from the Tropical Eastern Pacific, pp. 1-59 in Zootaxa 5068 (1) on page 38, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5068.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5702007