Myrianida prolifera O.F. Muller 1788

• Main Author: Nygren, Arne
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2004
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Annelida; Polychaeta; Phyllodocida; Syllidae; Myrianida; Myrianida prolifera; Norway; McIntosh; Kaldbak; Nygren; Black Point; Faroes
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6273256; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CDB626CCE14EB7FEE87C2D897285FD

Myrianida prolifera (O.F. Müller, 1788) (Fig. 75A–E) Nereis prolifera O.F. Müller, 1788: 15, pl. 52, fig. 5–9. Autolytus prolifera Grube 1850: 310. Myrianida prolifera Quatrefages 1866: 63 –64. Autolytus ehbiensis in part Saint­Joseph, 1887: 228 –233. pl. 11, fig. 106–107, pl. 12, fig. 114–115; McIntosh 1910: 243 –245, pl. 86, fig. 16, plate 87, fig. 15; Fauvel 1923: 314 –315, fig. 121 I–L. Autolytus prolifer Gidholm 1963; 1965; 1967: 182, 186–188, figs 2A, D, 7A, 8A, B, 14A, 15, 18; Mattisson 1969; Hamond 1969a; Hartmann­Schröder 1971: 179–180, fig. 57A–F; Schiedges 1979a; 1979b; Kirkegaard 1992: 231–233, fig. 133A–F; Hartmann­Schröder 1996: 184, fig. 79A–F; Nygren & Sundberg 2003: GenBank sequences, 16S rDNA partial sequence AF474249, and 18S rDNA partial sequence AF474295. Material examined . France : 2 syntypes of Autolytus ehbiensis MNHN 1050, 1055, Dinard, Aug– Jul 1876 –1881. Faroes : 8 spms (7 spms on slides (6 rear ends in author's collection for DNA analyses), 1 spm in author's collection for DNA analyses), Kaldbak marine laboratory, 62°N 06°W, dive, 1–4 m, Laminaria with epifauna, 21 Jun 1997. Wales : 7 spms on slides (rear ends in author's collection for DNA analyses), Black Point, 53°18.8'N 04°2.4'W, intertidal, algae with epifauna, May 2000. Sweden : 6 spms in author's collection for DNA analyses, Gullmarsfjorden, Lökarna, 58°13.6'N 11°24.8'E, dredge, 32–36 m, shells and stone with hydroids, 19 Nov 1997; 30 spms in formalin, Tjärnö archipelago, Inre Vattenholmen, 58°52'N 11°06'E, intertidal, algae with epifauna, Apr, 2002. Norway : 4 spms on slides (rear ends in author's collection for DNA analyses), Trondheim, Zoologisk station, 63°26.5'N 10°20.9'E. intertidal on docks, mussels with epifauna, 20 Jan 2002. Diagnosis . Myrianida with 24–33 equal teeth in trepan, and a well­developed basal ring with infradental spines; cirrophores and cirrostyles unequal, cirrophores always shorter than cirrostyles. Description . Length 3.6–12.2 mm for 22–69 stock chaetigers, width 0.25–0.45 mm. Live specimens ...