Pseudopolydora (Annelida: Spionidae) from the Arabian Gulf, Kuwait

  • Vasily I. Radashevsky A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 17 Palchevsky Street, Vladivostok 690041, Russia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1578-4904
  • Manal Al-Kandari Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, 22107, Salmiya, Kuwait https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0073-7929
  • Vasily V. Malyar A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 17 Palchevsky Street, Vladivostok 690041, Russia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3695-1783
  • Victoria V. Pankova A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 17 Palchevsky Street, Vladivostok 690041, Russia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4692-5079
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.773.1519
Keywords: polychaete, systematics, reproduction, larval development, molecular analysis

Abstract

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.

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2021-10-01
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Radashevsky, V. I., Al-Kandari, M., Malyar, V. V., & Pankova, V. V. (2021). Pseudopolydora (Annelida: Spionidae) from the Arabian Gulf, Kuwait. European Journal of Taxonomy, 773(1), 120–168. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.773.1519
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