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Wang, Zhi; Zhang, Yanjie; Xie, Yang James; Qiu, Jian-Wen. (2019). Two species of fireworms (Annelida: Amphinomidae: Chloeia) from Hong Kong. Zoological Studies. 58:22 [12 pp.].
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10.6620/ZS.2019.58-22 [view]
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AAE81751-3EA2-4F35-BF5A-6FD7999A1F77 [view]
Wang, Zhi; Zhang, Yanjie; Xie, Yang James; Qiu, Jian-Wen
2019
Two species of fireworms (Annelida: Amphinomidae: Chloeia) from Hong Kong
Zoological Studies
58:22 [12 pp.]
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb), MS advertised as online, not finalised in August 2019 with the different title "Description of a new species and re-description of a species of fireworms (Annelida: Amphinomidae: Chloeia) from Hong Kong". Finalised article open access, with supplementary online materials (figs. S1-S3, table S1). Published: 10 September 2019
Press release https://phys.org/news/2019-08-biologists-fireworm-species-hong-kong.html "In Hong Kong, individual fireworms have often been sighted underwater by divers, but since last summer swarms of them have been seen near swimming beaches in Tuen Mun and Tsuen Wan, threatening many beachgoers."
News story: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/2151683/marine-worms-found-along-hong-kong-beaches-raise
Press release https://phys.org/news/2019-08-biologists-fireworm-species-hong-kong.html "In Hong Kong, individual fireworms have often been sighted underwater by divers, but since last summer swarms of them have been seen near swimming beaches in Tuen Mun and Tsuen Wan, threatening many beachgoers."
News story: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/2151683/marine-worms-found-along-hong-kong-beaches-raise
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A new fireworm species and a poorly described species of the genus Chloeia are described on the basis of specimens collected from Hong Kong. The new species C. bimaculata n. sp. is characterized by having two distinct mid-dorsal dark spots one behind the other on each segment. It is similar to its sympatric species C. parva, which is characterized by having a mid-dorsal “Y”-shaped dark pigment on each segment. C. bimaculata n. sp. diverges from C. parva by 16.8% for the COI gene, 4.6% for the 16S rRNA gene and 0.6% for the 28S rRNA gene. Other Chloeia species with the corresponding gene sequences available in the GenBank show greater divergences.
Hong Kong
Chloeia bimaculata Wang, Zhang, Xie & Qiu, 2019 (original description)
Chloeia parva Baird, 1868 accepted as Chloeia incerta Quatrefages, 1866 (redescription)
Chloeia parva Baird, 1868 accepted as Chloeia incerta Quatrefages, 1866 (redescription)
Holotype SWIMS SWIMS-ANN-19-001, geounit Hong Kong, identified as Chloeia bimaculata Wang, Zhang, Xie & Qiu, 2019
Paratype SWIMS SWIMS-ANN-19-002, geounit Hong Kong, identified as Chloeia bimaculata Wang, Zhang, Xie & Qiu, 2019
Paratype SWIMS SWIMS-ANN-19-002, geounit Hong Kong, identified as Chloeia bimaculata Wang, Zhang, Xie & Qiu, 2019
Depth range
Subtidal, between 4-20 m approx. [details]
Distribution
Pacific Ocean: South China Sea (Hong Kong). [details]
Etymology
"The specific epithet bimaculata refers to the two mid-dorsal dark spots in each chaetiger" (Wang et al., 2019: 5). [details]
Habitat
Subtidal sandy bottoms, between 4-20 m approx. [details]
Type locality
Port Shelter, off Sharp Island, Hong Kong, China, South China Sea (gazetteer estimate 22.371°, 114.289°), about 4 ... [details]
