Vol. 63, 2024
(update: 2024.12.27)
Polychaete Worms of the Genus Perinereis (Annelida, Nereididae)
from Taiwan, with Description of 17 New Species
Pan-Wen
Hsueh*
doi:10.6620/ZS.2024.63-39
Department
of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, 145 Xingda Rd.,
Taichung city 402, Taiwan. *Correspondence: E-mail:
pwhsueh@dragon.nchu.edu.tw (Hsueh)
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:24B016F7-CC24-4653-AA92-0A826E8F3B20
Received 2 August 2023 / Accepted 19 July 2023 / Published 27 December 2024
Communicated by Benny K.K. Chan
A
taxonomic review on the genus Perinereis
(Annelida, Polychaeta, Nereididae) from Taiwan has been conducted by
examining over 1000 specimens of the worms in the author’s private
collection and in the depository of the National Museum of Natural
Science. A total of 24 species for this genus has been recognized in
the present study. Of these 24 species, 17 are new to science, and they
are: Perinereis daxiensis sp.
nov., P. fugangensis sp.
nov., P. kaomeiensis sp. nov., P. kebalanae sp. nov., P. houbihuensis sp. nov., P. hsinchuensis sp. nov., P. liuqiuensis sp. nov., P. longdongwanensis sp. nov., P. ludaoensis sp. nov., P. pangcahae sp. nov., P. pseudocultrifera sp. nov., P. qiguensis sp. nov., P. taitungensis sp. nov., P. tubicola sp. nov., P. wanlitongensis sp. nov., P. yehliuensis sp. nov., and P. yufuensis sp. nov. The presence of P. cultrifera (Grube, 1840) in
Taiwan is confirmed. The remaining six are species previously reported
from Taiwan, which are: Perinereis
aibuhitensis (Grube, 1878), P.
floridana (Ehlers, 1868), P.
mictodonta (Marenzeller, 1879), P. nigropunctata (Horst, 1889), P. vancaurica (Ehlers, 1868), and P. wilsoni Glasby & Hsieh,
2006. The generic diagnosis is partially amended to include the
presence of neuropodial homogomph spinigers found in the subacicular
fascicle of P. longdongwanensis sp.
nov. A key to Perinereis species reported from Taiwan is herein
provided.
Key words: Biodiversity, Perinereis polychaetes, Nereidinae,
Taxonomy, Taiwanese waters
Citation:
Hsueh PW. 2024. Polychaete worms of the genus Perinereis (Annelida,
Nereididae) from Taiwan, with description of 17 new species. Zool Stud 63:39. doi:10.6620/ZS.2024.63-39.
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