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Radashevsky, Vasily I.; Al-Kandari, Manal; Malyar, Vasily V.; Pankova, Victoria V. (2021). Pseudopolydora (Annelida: Spionidae) from the Arabian Gulf, Kuwait. European Journal of Taxonomy. 773(1): 120–168.
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Radashevsky, Vasily I.; Al-Kandari, Manal; Malyar, Vasily V.; Pankova, Victoria V.
2021
Pseudopolydora (Annelida: Spionidae) from the Arabian Gulf, Kuwait
European Journal of Taxonomy
773(1): 120–168
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World Polychaeta Database (WPolyD).
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Seven species of Pseudopolydora are described and illustrated from the Arabian Gulf, Kuwait: P. achaeta Radashevsky & Hsieh, 2000, P. antennata (Claparède, 1868), P. arabica Radashevsky & Al-Kandari, 2020, P. auha sp. nov., P. kuwaiti sp. nov., P. melanopalpa sp. nov., and P. multispinosa sp. nov. The morphology of the developed planktonic larvae is described for P. antennata and P. kuwaiti sp. nov. Adults of all species live in tubes in soft sediments, while adults of P. kuwaiti sp. nov. also bore in shells of gastropods and dead corals encrusted by coralline algae. Pseudopolydora antennata and P. arabica form dense settlements up to 50?000 individuals per 1 m2, while other species are comparatively rare. The phylogenetic relationships between the examined species and other Pseudopolydora (18 species in total) were assessed in an analysis of sequence data of four gene fragments: mitochondrial 16S rDNA, nuclear 18S rDNA and 28S rDNA, and Histone 3 (2473 bp in total). Three species complexes are distinguished involving P. antennata, P. diopatra Hsieh, 1992 and P. paucibranchiata (Okuda, 1937). Sets of adult morphological features shared by species of each complex and an identification key to Pseudopolydora species from the Arabian Gulf are provided.
Northern Indian Ocean
Molecular systematics, Molecular biology
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Holotype MIMB 40853, geounit Kuwaiti part of the Persian Gulf, identified as Pseudopolydora kuwaiti Radashevsky, Al-Kandari, Malyar & Pankova, 2021
Holotype MIMB 40906, geounit Kuwaiti part of the Persian Gulf, identified as Pseudopolydora multispinosa Radashevsky, Al-Kandari, Malyar & Pankova, 2021
Holotype MIMB 40907, geounit Kuwaiti part of the Persian Gulf, identified as Pseudopolydora auha Radashevsky, Al-Kandari, Malyar & Pankova, 2021
Holotype MIMB 40909, geounit Kuwaiti part of the Persian Gulf, identified as Pseudopolydora melanopalpa Radashevsky, Al-Kandari, Malyar & Pankova, 2021
 Etymology

Pseudopolydora auha is named for Auha Island, off Kuwait, Arabian Gulf. As the name is unchanged from the placename ... [details]

 Etymology

Authors: Pseudopolydora kuwaiti "refers to the type locality of the species in Kuwaiti waters". It is not clear how ... [details]

 Etymology

The name Pseudopolydora melanopalpa is a reference to the ... [details]

 Etymology

Pseudopolydora multispinosa is named for the large number of distally pointed chaetiger 5 spines. [details]

 Habitat

Burrows in "shell limestone encrusted by a coralline alga. Whether the worms made the burrows themselves or ... [details]

 Habitat

"Adult P. kuwaiti sp. nov. inhabit silty tubes in muddy sand intertidally and in shallow waters and also bore in ... [details]

 Habitat

Adult Pseudopolydora melanopalpa inhabit silty tubes in the muddy intertidal. [details]

 Taxonomy

authors: "Adults of P. auha sp. nov. appear very similar to those of P. uphondo Simon, Sato-Okoshi & Abe, 2017 and ... [details]

 Taxonomy

The authors place P. melanopalpa in the P. antennata group, although it does not seem similar in prostomial ... [details]

 Taxonomy

Pseudopolydora multispinosa is distinct for the large number of distally pointed chaetiger 5 spines, which ... [details]

 Type locality

Auha Island, 29.3764° N, 48.4391° E; low intertidal; from shell limestone encrusted by coralline alga [details]

 Type locality

Al-Judailiat; Kuwait, 29.377° N, 47.759° E; low intertidal; fine sand [details]

 Type locality

Sulaibikhat Bay, desalinization station outfall area, Kuwait, 29.3616° N, 47.8192° E, low intertidal mud [details]

 Type locality

Al-Salmiya, cove near Lebanese Restaurant, Kuwait, 29.32778° N, 48.09299° E, intertidal [details]

 Type material

MIMB 40906, Museum of Institute of Marine Biolology, Vladivostock. Described from a single Kuwaiti specimen, a ... [details]

 Type specimen

Described from the two specimens known, a holotype and paratype [details]