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Proceraea janetae sp. nov. (Annelida, Syllidae, Autolytinae), a scleractinian coral feeder from Grand Cayman Island

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 October 2014

Daniel Martin ,
João Gil ,
Cynthia Abgarian ,
Essi Evans ,
Everett M. Turner Jr  and
Arne Nygren
Daniel Martin*
Affiliation:
Centre d'Estudis Avançats de Blanes (CEAB-CSIC), Carrer d'Accés a la Cala Sant Francesc 14, 17300 Blanes, Girona, Catalunya, Spain
João Gil
Affiliation:
Centre d'Estudis Avançats de Blanes (CEAB-CSIC), Carrer d'Accés a la Cala Sant Francesc 14, 17300 Blanes, Girona, Catalunya, Spain
Cynthia Abgarian
Affiliation:
5420 Meadowcrest Dr, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, USA 228 Raleigh Quay #A9, West Bay, Grand Cayman, British West Indies
Essi Evans
Affiliation:
64 Scugog Street, Bowmanville, Ontario L1C3J1, Canada Lighthouse Point Condos, 571 Northwest Point Road, West Bay, Grand Cayman, British West Indies
Everett M. Turner Jr
Affiliation:
64 Scugog Street, Bowmanville, Ontario L1C3J1, Canada Lighthouse Point Condos, 571 Northwest Point Road, West Bay, Grand Cayman, British West Indies
Arne Nygren
Affiliation:
Göteborg University, Sjöfartsmuseet Akvariet, Karl Johansgatan 1-3, 41459 Göteborg, Sweden
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: D. MartinCentre d'Estudis Avançats de Blanes (CEAB-CSIC), Carrer d'Accés a la Cala Sant Francesc 14, 17300 Blanes (Girona), Catalunya, Spain. email: dani@ceab.cisc.es
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Abstract

We have found a new species of Autolytinae (Annelida, Syllidae), Proceraea janetae, feeding on the scleractinian coral Montastrea cavernosa in coral reefs surrounding the Grand Cayman Island (Cayman Islands, British West Indies). The new species has a characteristic combination of transversal brown markings on the segmental margins and diffuse white mid-dorsal transverse bars, together with a diffuse white mid-dorsal longitudinal band. Antennae are brown, tentacular cirri are pale, the first dorsal cirri are white with pale base; the second dorsal cirri are pale, and the remaining dorsal cirri are alternately long, bright yellow-orange with brownish tips and short, entirely brown. The trepan has 18 tricuspid teeth in one ring. There are 9 teeth with all cuspids equally long and 9 with a longer median cuspid, arranged in an alternating pattern. We describe and illustrate the feeding behaviour of the new species, which appears to be closer to parasitism rather than to specialized predation. Proceraea janetae sp. nov. is the second polychaete, and the first syllid, known to feed on scleractinian corals.

Keywords

ProceraeaAutolytinaeSyllidaePolychaetafeeding behaviourscleractinian coralGrand Cayman IslandCaribbeannew species
Type
Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 95 , Issue 4 , June 2015 , pp. 703 - 712
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2014 

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