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Martin, Daniel. (1996). A new species of Polydora (Polychaeta, Spionidae) associated with the excavating sponge Cliona viridis (Porifera, Hadromerida) in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Ophelia. 45(3): 159-174.
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10.1080/00785326.1996.10432469 [view]
Martin, Daniel
1996
A new species of <i>Polydora</i> (Polychaeta, Spionidae) associated with the excavating sponge <i>Cliona viridis</i> (Porifera, Hadromerida) in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea
Ophelia
45(3): 159-174
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
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A new species of Polydora is described from the Catalan coast of the northwestern Mediterranean Sea. The species has exclusively been found in association with specimens at the three growth stages of the excavating sponge Cliona viridis, and is closely related to Polydora armata. It mainly differs from its closest relatives by: (1) the rounded entire anterior margin of the prostomium; (2) the unusual hook-shaped row arrangement of the modified spines on its posterior notopodia; and (3) the stout flattened modified spines, which have tips hooked in different degrees depending on their position on the notopodia.
Mediterranean
Associations, Symbiosis, Commensalism (parasitism see *PAR)
Systematics, Taxonomy
Systematics, Taxonomy
Polydora rogeri Martin, 1996 accepted as Dipolydora armata (Langerhans, 1880) (original description)
Holotype MNCN 16.01/819, geounit Western Mediterranean, identified as Polydora rogeri Martin, 1996
Paratype MNCN 16.01/819, geounit Western Mediterranean, identified as Polydora rogeri Martin, 1996
Paratype MNCN 16.01/9226, geounit Western Mediterranean, identified as Polydora rogeri Martin, 1996
Paratype MNCN 16.01/9227, geounit Western Mediterranean, identified as Polydora rogeri Martin, 1996
Paratype MNCN 16.01/819, geounit Western Mediterranean, identified as Polydora rogeri Martin, 1996
Paratype MNCN 16.01/9226, geounit Western Mediterranean, identified as Polydora rogeri Martin, 1996
Paratype MNCN 16.01/9227, geounit Western Mediterranean, identified as Polydora rogeri Martin, 1996
Association
Inhabiting calcareous algae associated with the sponge Cliona viridis (Schmidt, 1862). [details]
Distribution
Western Mediterranean Sea: Bay of Blanes (Catalonia, Spain). [details]
Etymology
"This species is dedicated to my son Roger who was born at the same time the new species was discovered" (Martin, ... [details]
Habitat
Inhabiting calcareous algae in association with papillate to massive growth stages of the sponge Cliona viridis ... [details]
Type locality
Pinya de Rosa cove, near Sant Francesc beach, Bay of Blanes, Catalonia, Spain, Western Mediterranean Sea ... [details]