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Potts, Frank Armitage. (1909). Polychaeta of the Indian Ocean. Part I. The Amphinomidae. The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Second Series, Zoology. 12(4): 355-371, plates 45-46.
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Potts, Frank Armitage
1909
Polychaeta of the Indian Ocean. Part I. The Amphinomidae
The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Second Series, Zoology
12(4): 355-371, plates 45-46
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb). Publication date: "January 1909"
[From introduction]
The Polychaeta, of which this is the first part of a description, are contained in three collections from different parts of the Indian Ocean. The first two were made by Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner, F.R.S., of Caius College, Cambridge, the first in the Maldive Archipelago in the year 1899 and the second in the Seychelles and Chagos groups in 1905. Incorporated with these is a third made by Mr. Cyril Crossland, M.A., at Zanzibar in 1901-2. Part of the Eunicidae and the Chaetopteridae from Zanzibar and the Maldives have been described by Crossland, but absence from England has prevented him from prosecuting the work. The Annelids from Zanzibar were received late and only a single species is here noticed. The noteworthy feature of this assemblage of Amphinomids is the wealth of new species, though this might only be expected in the neglected state of the group. Previously collections from the Indian Ocean have only been made at Ceylon. In Willey's description of the Annelids collected by Professor Herdman, only two Amphinomids are mentioned. Of these it is interesting to observe that the widespread Chloeia flava is absent from this extensive collection, though the genus is represented by four species. The re-discovery of C. fusca, a single specimen of which was dredged by the 'Challenger' off the Moluccas, is also a noteworthy feature. A number of examples of Eucarunculata grubei, a genus and species described in 1906 by Malaquin and Dehorne from the Malay Archipelago, were also obtained.
The Polychaeta of the Red Sea have now been very thoroughly described by Gravier. In a new species of Amphinome from the Maldives we have a very close resemblance to A. djiboutensis, Gravier, though the Red Sea collections were, as a whole, poor in Amphinomids.
The Polychaeta, of which this is the first part of a description, are contained in three collections from different parts of the Indian Ocean. The first two were made by Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner, F.R.S., of Caius College, Cambridge, the first in the Maldive Archipelago in the year 1899 and the second in the Seychelles and Chagos groups in 1905. Incorporated with these is a third made by Mr. Cyril Crossland, M.A., at Zanzibar in 1901-2. Part of the Eunicidae and the Chaetopteridae from Zanzibar and the Maldives have been described by Crossland, but absence from England has prevented him from prosecuting the work. The Annelids from Zanzibar were received late and only a single species is here noticed. The noteworthy feature of this assemblage of Amphinomids is the wealth of new species, though this might only be expected in the neglected state of the group. Previously collections from the Indian Ocean have only been made at Ceylon. In Willey's description of the Annelids collected by Professor Herdman, only two Amphinomids are mentioned. Of these it is interesting to observe that the widespread Chloeia flava is absent from this extensive collection, though the genus is represented by four species. The re-discovery of C. fusca, a single specimen of which was dredged by the 'Challenger' off the Moluccas, is also a noteworthy feature. A number of examples of Eucarunculata grubei, a genus and species described in 1906 by Malaquin and Dehorne from the Malay Archipelago, were also obtained.
The Polychaeta of the Red Sea have now been very thoroughly described by Gravier. In a new species of Amphinome from the Maldives we have a very close resemblance to A. djiboutensis, Gravier, though the Red Sea collections were, as a whole, poor in Amphinomids.
Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean, Western
Indian Ocean, Western
Systematics, Taxonomy
Amphinome maldivensis Potts, 1909 (original description)
Amphinome rostrata (Pallas, 1766) (additional source)
Chloeia fusca McIntosh, 1885 (additional source)
Chloeia longisetosa Potts, 1909 accepted as Chloeia fusca McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Chloeia maculata Potts, 1909 (original description)
Chloeia rosea Potts, 1909 (original description)
Eucarunculata grubei Malaquin & Dehorne, 1907 accepted as Pherecardia striata (Kinberg, 1857) (taxonomy source)
Eucarunculata grubei gracilis Potts, 1909 accepted as Pherecardia striata (Kinberg, 1857) (original description)
Eucarunculata grubei minuta Potts, 1909 accepted as Pherecardia striata (Kinberg, 1857) (original description)
Eurythoe alcyonia [auct. misspelling of alcyonea] accepted as Eurythoe complanata (Pallas, 1766) (additional source)
Eurythoe complanata (Pallas, 1766) (additional source)
Eurythoe heterotricha Potts, 1909 (original description)
Eurythoe pacifica Kinberg, 1857 accepted as Eurythoe complanata (Pallas, 1766) (additional source)
Notopygos gardineri Potts, 1909 (original description)
Notopygos hispida Potts, 1909 (original description)
Notopygos variabilis Potts, 1909 (original description)
Amphinome rostrata (Pallas, 1766) (additional source)
Chloeia fusca McIntosh, 1885 (additional source)
Chloeia longisetosa Potts, 1909 accepted as Chloeia fusca McIntosh, 1885 (original description)
Chloeia maculata Potts, 1909 (original description)
Chloeia rosea Potts, 1909 (original description)
Eucarunculata grubei Malaquin & Dehorne, 1907 accepted as Pherecardia striata (Kinberg, 1857) (taxonomy source)
Eucarunculata grubei gracilis Potts, 1909 accepted as Pherecardia striata (Kinberg, 1857) (original description)
Eucarunculata grubei minuta Potts, 1909 accepted as Pherecardia striata (Kinberg, 1857) (original description)
Eurythoe alcyonia [auct. misspelling of alcyonea] accepted as Eurythoe complanata (Pallas, 1766) (additional source)
Eurythoe complanata (Pallas, 1766) (additional source)
Eurythoe heterotricha Potts, 1909 (original description)
Eurythoe pacifica Kinberg, 1857 accepted as Eurythoe complanata (Pallas, 1766) (additional source)
Notopygos gardineri Potts, 1909 (original description)
Notopygos hispida Potts, 1909 (original description)
Notopygos variabilis Potts, 1909 (original description)
Holotype NHMUK 1924.3.1.84, geounit Maalhosmadulu Atholhu Uthuruburi, identified as Eurythoe heterotricha Potts, 1909
Distribution
Indian Ocean: Maalhosmadulu Atoll (Malvines). [details]
Etymology
Not stated by the author. The specific epithet heterotricha is composed by the prefix of Greek origin hetero-, ... [details]
Habitat
Not specified. The single specimen found was associated with several individuals of Eurythoe complanata (Pallas, 1766). [details]
Type locality
Mahlos Atoll (= Maalhosmadulu Atoll), Maldive Archipelago, Indian Ocean (gazetteer estimate 5.37°, 72.98°). [details]
Type material
Holotype in the Natural History Museum, London, UK (NHMUK 1924.3.1.84). [details]
