A Review of the Genus Eunice - Smithsonian Institution Libraries

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FIGURE 110.—Eunice tribranchiata (syntype erf Eunice torresiensis, BM(NH)ZK.1885.12.1.193): a, parapodium
35, anterior view; b, compound falciger, parapodium 35; c, pectinate seta, parapodium 35; d, subacicular hook,
parapodium 35; e, anterior end, lateral view. Eunice tridentata (holotype, ZMH PE699): f, anterior end, lateral
view; g, acicula, parapodium 20; h, compound falciger, parapodium 20; i, parapodium 20, anterior view; j,
parapodium 162, anterior view; k, pectinate seta, parapodium 162; 1, subacicular hook, parapodium 162. (Scale
bars in mm.)
192. Eunice tribranchiata Mclntosh, 1885
FIGURE 110a-e; TABLES 27,29
Eunice tribranchiata Mclntosh, 1885:297, pi. 21A: figs. 6, 7.—Fauchald,
1986:258, figs. 71-75.
Eunice torresiensis Mclntosh, 1885:270-272, figs. 32, 33, pi. 37: figs. 18-21,
pi. 19A:figs. 12,13 [in part].
MATERIAL EXAMINED.—Holotype and paratype, BM(NH)
ZK.1885.12.1.205,2 syntypes of Eunice torresiensis, BM(NH)
ZK.1885.12.1.193, Challenger sta 186, Torres Strait, l
142°18'E, 15 m, coral sand.
COMMENTS ON MATERIAL EXAMINED.—An account of the
material of this species can be found in Fauchald (1986:258);
the description below is based on one of the two syntypes
removed from the material of E. torresiensis.
DESCRIPTION.—Holotype a posterior fragment of 90 median
and posterior setigers. Specimen described and illustrated
incomplete with 35 setigers, 31 mm long; maximal width 7 mm
at setiger 10; length through setiger 10,13 mm. Other specimen
with 18 setigers; length 15 mm; maximum width 8 mm; length
through setiger 10,11 mm. Body cylindrical, abruptly tapering
anteriorly.