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Giangrande, Adriana; Licciano, Margherita; Gambi, Maria Cristina. (2007). A collection of Sabellidae (Polychaeta) from Carrie Bow Cay (Belize, western Caribbean Sea) with the description of two new species. Zootaxa. 1650: 41-53.
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Giangrande, Adriana; Licciano, Margherita; Gambi, Maria Cristina
2007
A collection of Sabellidae (Polychaeta) from Carrie Bow Cay (Belize, western Caribbean Sea) with the description of two new species.
Zootaxa
1650: 41-53
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb). Closed access.
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In the framework of a research on taxonomy and ecology of selected families of polychaetes conducted at the field station of the Smithsonian Institution (Washington DC, USA) at Carrie Bow Cay (Belize, Western Caribbean Sea) on November 2005, several qualitative benthic samples from different habitats and substrate types (Thalassia testudinum shoots, fragments of dead hard corals, sponges) have been analyzed. In some of these samples, specimens of Sabellidae were found, revealing, together with some taxa already known for the area, the presence of two new species, Megalomma fauchaldi sp. nov., and Pseudoaugeneriella spongicola sp. nov., this latter representing a genus newly reported from the Caribbean. Sabellidae biodiversity and systematics between Caribbean and Mediterranean regions is also compared.
Caribbean region
Systematics, Taxonomy
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Anamobaea orstedii Krøyer, 1856 (taxonomy source)
Megalomma fauchaldi Giangrande, Licciano & Gambi, 2007 accepted as Acromegalomma fauchaldi (Giangrande, Licciano & Gambi, 2007) (original description)
Pseudoaugeneriella spongicola Giangrande, Licciano & Gambi, 2007 (original description)
Megalomma fauchaldi Giangrande, Licciano & Gambi, 2007 accepted as Acromegalomma fauchaldi (Giangrande, Licciano & Gambi, 2007) (original description)
Pseudoaugeneriella spongicola Giangrande, Licciano & Gambi, 2007 (original description)
Holotype MNCN 16.01/11018, geounit Carrie Bow Cay, identified as Megalomma fauchaldi Giangrande, Licciano & Gambi, 2007
Holotype MNCN 16.01/11019, geounit Carrie Bow Cay, identified as Pseudoaugeneriella spongicola Giangrande, Licciano & Gambi, 2007
Holotype MNCN 16.01/11019, geounit Carrie Bow Cay, identified as Pseudoaugeneriella spongicola Giangrande, Licciano & Gambi, 2007
Etymology
after Kristian Fauchald, polychaete systematist [details]
Etymology
Named for the sponge-dwelling occurrence (in Ircinia cf strobilina) [details]
Type locality
Carrie Bow Cay, lagoon side of CBC, Belize, Caribbean, 16.8019, -88.0827, (16° 48' 6.92"N, 88° 4' 57.69"W), 3 m, ... [details]
Type locality
Twin Cays, Belize, Caribbean, 16.8318, -88.1078, (16°49' 54.51"N, 88° 6' 28.02" W), 1 m, inside the sponge ... [details]