Crucigera zygophora

• Main Authors: Bastida-Zavala, J. Rolando, McCANN, Linda D., Keppel, Erica, Ruiz, Gregory M.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Annelida; Polychaeta; Sabellida; Serpulidae; Crucigera; Crucigera zygophora; Dillon; Hove; Treadwell; Virgin Bay; Orca; Alaska
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/3851361; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3851361

Crucigera zygophora (Johnson, 1901) Figs 2 C–D, 3 Serpula zygophora Johnson, 1901: 433–434, pl. 19, figs 205–208 (type locality: Alki Point, Puget Sound, Washington, United States). Crucigera formosa Bush, 1905: 233–234, pl. 28, figs 3–4, pl. 33, fig. 4, pl. 39, figs 6–7, 10–11, 14 (type locality: Dutch Harbor, Unalaska Island; also from Wrangell, southern Alaska). Crucigera hespera Chamberlin, 1919b: 270, pl. 2, fig. 9 (type locality: Mendocino, northern California, United States). Crucigera zygophora – Bush 1905: 233, pl. 29, fig. 5, pl. 31, fig. 2, pl. 33, fig. 3, pl. 39, figs 8, 12– 13, 15, 17, 20 (Sitka, Orca and Virgin Bay, and Prince William Sound, southern Alaska; attached to shell fragments, in twisted masses). — Treadwell 1914: 227 (Alaska and Santa Barbara, Southern California). — Berkeley 1930: 73 (Nanoose Bay, British Columbia; 36–55 m). — ten Hove & Jansen-Jacobs 1984: 165–170, figs 4a–c, 5d, 8d, 9a–j, 10a, c–d, 11a–h, 12 (revision of the genus; Alaska, British Columbia, Washington and California). — Bastida-Zavala 2008: 17–19, figs 4E–F (Alaska and California; 12–64 m). Crucigera formosa – ten Hove & Jansen-Jacobs 1984: 166 (synonymy). Material examined 179 specimens: AK (61) Jul. 2000, AV (1) Aug. 2000, PW (2) Aug. 2003, KD (26) Aug. 2001, ST (58) Aug. 2001, KT (4) Sep. 2003, WA (11) Aug. 2000, OR (3) Aug. 2000, HB (13) Sep. 2003. Additional material Approximately 13 specimens: LACMNH N2128, 1 specimen (approx. 55°55' N, 161°27' W, Canoe Bay, north shore, Alaska, King Crab Investigation, sta. 12–40, 17 Sep. 1940; see Hartman 1948); LACMNH N2129, several specimens (approx. 55°19' N, 162°57' W, Cold Bay, Alaska, King Crab Investigation, sta. 70–40, 27– 64 m, 17 Oct. 1940); LACMNH N2789, 1 specimen (approx. 55°55' N, 161°27' W, Canoe Bay, Alaska, from crab trap, 23 Sep. 1940, coll. N.L. Schmitt); LACMNH N412, 1 specimen (approx. 38°15' N, 122°58' W, Dillon Beach, Perch Rock Pt, California, Jun. 1941, coll. S.F. Light). Diagnosis Juvenile specimens. Tube white, thin and smooth; without ...