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Bonyadi-Naeini, Alieh; Rastegar-Pouyani, Nasrullah; Rastegar-Pouyani, Eskandar; Glasby, Christopher J.; Rahimian, Hassan. (2017). Nereididae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, including description of two new species and 11 new records. Zootaxa. 4244(1): 91–117.
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10.11646/zootaxa.4244.1.5 [view]
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:32B4596D-43D8-4598-9B3C-D67F8066F549 [view]
Bonyadi-Naeini, Alieh; Rastegar-Pouyani, Nasrullah; Rastegar-Pouyani, Eskandar; Glasby, Christopher J.; Rahimian, Hassan
2017
Nereididae (Annelida: Phyllodocida) of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, including description of two new species and 11 new records
Zootaxa
4244(1): 91–117
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
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Currently, only 31 nereidid species are known from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. The present study was carried out in order to investigate the poorly known diversity of nereidid polychaetes from seas of the southern coasts of Iran. Specimens were collected from 23 locations along the intertidal zones of the two water bodies. Among the 26 species found: two are new, and are described here, including Simplisetia qeshmensis sp. nov. and Neanthes biparagnatha sp. nov.; 11 are new geographical records. Neanthes biparagnatha sp. nov. is most similar to N. deplanata (Mohammed, 1971), which is also found in the Persian Gulf, but can be most easily distinguished from it by the presence of bars in addition to cones in Area IV of the pharynx. Simplisetia qeshmensis sp. nov. may be distinguished from its closest congener, S. erythraeensis (Fauvel, 1918), also reported from the Persian Gulf, by having a greater number of paragnaths in Area I of the pharynx, an additional type of chaeta (homogomph spinigers) in the ventral neuropodial fascicle and having a reduced notopodial lobe in posterior chaetigers. The list of new records includes: one species from both areas, Neanthes glandicincta (Southern, 1921); eight species from the Persian Gulf, Leonnates decipiens Fauvel, 1929, Neanthes acuminata (Ehlers, 1868), Neanthes sp., Neanthes sp. cf. N. acuminata, Nereis sp. cf. N. pelagica Linnaeus, 1758, Perinereis cultrifera (Grube, 1840) species complex., Pseudonereis trimaculata (Horst, 1924), Pseudonereis sp. cf. P. variegata (Grube, 1857) and two from the Gulf of Oman, Leonnates persicus Wesenberg-Lund, 1949 and Perinereis kuwaitensis Mohammed, 1970. The present study brings to 40 the number of nereidid species currently known from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. A taxonomic key to nereidid species from the intertidal zones of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman is presented to facilitate future investigations
Indian Ocean, Western
Systematics, Taxonomy
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Paratype ZUTC 6155, geounit Gulf of Oman, identified as Neanthes biparagnatha Bonyadi-Naeini, Rastegar-Pouyani, Rastegar-Pouyani, Glasby & Rahimian, 2017
Paratype ZUTC 6156, geounit Bushehr, identified as Neanthes biparagnatha Bonyadi-Naeini, Rastegar-Pouyani, Rastegar-Pouyani, Glasby & Rahimian, 2017
Paratype ZUTC 6157, geounit Qeshm Island, identified as Neanthes biparagnatha Bonyadi-Naeini, Rastegar-Pouyani, Rastegar-Pouyani, Glasby & Rahimian, 2017
Paratype ZUTC 6158, geounit Strait of Hormuz, identified as Neanthes biparagnatha Bonyadi-Naeini, Rastegar-Pouyani, Rastegar-Pouyani, Glasby & Rahimian, 2017
Holotype ZUTC 6167, geounit Qeshm Island, identified as Simplisetia qeshmensis Bonyadi-Naeini, Rastegar-Pouyani, Rastegar-Pouyani, Glasby & Rahimian, 2017
Holotype ZUTC 6169, geounit Qeshm Island, identified as Neanthes biparagnatha Bonyadi-Naeini, Rastegar-Pouyani, Rastegar-Pouyani, Glasby & Rahimian, 2017
Paratype ZUTC 6169, geounit Qeshm Island, identified as Neanthes biparagnatha Bonyadi-Naeini, Rastegar-Pouyani, Rastegar-Pouyani, Glasby & Rahimian, 2017
Nontype ZUTC Ann. 6151, geounit Gulf of Oman, identified as Leonnates persicus Wesenberg-Lund, 1949
 Distribution

Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf (NW Qais); Gulf of Oman (Khalasi mangrove); Suez Canal; Mozambique. Pacific Ocean: China. [details]

 Distribution

NW Indian Ocean: Iranian coasts of the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, and Gulf of Oman. [details]

 Distribution

NW Indian Ocean: Qeshm Island (Strait of Hormuz). Known only from the type locality. [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet biparagnatha refers to the presence of two types of paragnaths in the Area IV of the pharynx ... [details]

 Etymology

The specific epithet qeshmensis refers to the type locality of the species, Qeshm Island (Strait of Hormuz, Indian ... [details]

 Habitat

Intertidal beaches of sand mixed with rocks, stones and cobbles. [details]

 Type locality

North beach of Qeshm Island, Iran, Persian Gulf (26.9714°, 56.2589°). [details]

 Type locality

Qeshm Island, Fajr jetty, Iran, Strait of Hormuz, Indian Ocean (26.9811°, 56.2325°). [details]