Description of a Wood-Dwelling Sipunculan, Phascolosoma turnerae, New Species
Description of a Wood-Dwelling Sipunculan, Phascolosoma turnerae, New Species
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木栖 Sipunculan、Phascolosoma Turnerae、新物种的描述
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1985
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M. E. Rice
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M. E. Rice
•Phascolosoma tiirnerae, a new species of the phylum Sipuncula, is described from 104 specimens collected at depths of 1,135-1,184 meters in the Straits of Florida, south of Key West and from 366-412 meters in the northern Gulf of Mexico, south of Mobile, Alabama. The specimens were found in association with submerged wood, occupying burrows in the wood. In the sample from the Straits of Florida, pogonophoran tubes had penetrated the wood and were frequently entwined around the bodies of the sipunculans. Phascolosoma turnerae, new species Fig. 1-4 Material examined. •is specimens, 2 with extended tentacles (20 dissected, 1 prepared for scanning electron microscopy). Gerda Station 448, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami; 1 Dec 1964; 620-647 fathoms; 23°54'N, 82°21'W. 19 specimens (5 dissected) M/V Oregon Station 3753, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Pascagoula, Mississippi; 28 Aug 1962; 200-225 fathoms; 29°13.5'N, 87°58.5'W. Holotype: USNM 96687 (dissected), from Gerda Station 448. Fig. la, b, c, d. Paratypes: USNM 96688 (Fig. If, dissected), 96689 (Fig. Ig), 96690 (Fig. le) from Gerda station 448. Diagnosis. •InXvoverX nearly equal in length to trunk; approximately 50 rows of closely apposed hooks on anteriormost introvert followed posteriorly by rows of more widely spaced hooks; most posterior rows incomplete dorsally. Tentacular crown dorsal to mouth, larger in proportion to body size than usual for Phascolosoma; X'X-ll digitiform tentacles. Exceptionally large mammillate papiUae with prominent apical protuberances; papUlae largest and most numerous at base of introvert and posterior trunk. Surface of papiUae covered with small, granular platelets, also scattered on non-papillary body surface. Longitudinal body wall musculature separated into anastomosing bundles. Four retractor muscles, dorsals arising in middle third of trunk, ventrals in posterior third; retractor muscles separate for most of length. Spindle muscle attached posteriorly at extremity of trunk and anteriorly immediately above anus. One fixing muscle, attaching lower esophagus to body wall in mid-trunk to left of ventral nerve cord. Intestinal coil with approximately 15 single coils. Contractile vessel simple. Nephridia attached nearly entire length to body wall; nephridiopores at approximate level of anus. Hooks sharply bent distally with clear streak close to convex surface; relatively narrow at base with basal rootlets on concave side. Description. •Trunk measurements average 6.7 mm (n = 80) in length for specimens from the Gerda collections and 12.8 mm (n = 14) for those from the M/V Oregon. The ranges for the two groups are, respectively, 3.5-11.4 mm and 7.417.3 mm. In two specimens, both from the Gerda collections, the introvert and tentacles are fully extended; in others the introvert is in varying states of conVOLUME 98, NUMBER 1 55 traction. One of the extended specimens has a total length of 12 mm (Holotype USNM 96687) and the other (Paratype USNM 96689) a total length of 17 mm. In the former the ratio of introvert to trunk is 1:1.4 and in the latter 1:1.1. In both specimens the relatively stout introvert is about one-half the maximum width of the trunk. The introvert is approximately one-third as wide as long; proportions are the same for the trunk. The short, thick, digitiform tentacles number 14 in the holotype and 22 in the paratype. They are arranged dorsal to the mouth in a circle that is interrupted at the mid-dorsal line by a heart-shaped nuchal organ. The color of the body of these preserved specimens is generally a pale grayish yellow, the posterior and anterior trunk being somewhat darker than the middle. The anterior introvert has a brownish appearance because of its dark-colored hooks. On the extended introvert of the holotype there are 70 rows of hooks. The first 25 rows are completely formed whereas those following may be incomplete dorsally (especially noticeable in rows 25 to 45). Following the first 52 rows in which the hooks are closely apposed, the individual hooks are more widely set apart. Scattered hooks are present after row 70, but no longer is there an obvious arrangement in rows. Hooks in the first 5 to 6 rows are light tannish yellow, whereas the remainder are dark brown. The most anterior 5 rows are smaller than those that follow, except for the farthest posterior ones which become increasingly smaller toward the posterior introvert. The form of the hook is simple (Figs, le, 2). The end is sharply curved, and, within the hook near the convex curvature a clear streak runs from base to apex gradually decreasing in width toward the apex. The hooks are best developed in rows 6 to 50. Measurements of hooks from rows 5 to 19 in paratype USNM 96690 show an average basal width of 0,044 mm and an average height of 0.051 mm. The basal processes number about 10 on each hook. Introvert papillae appear at regular intervals between the rows of hooks (Fig. 2). The body wall is rather thin, particularly in the mid-trunk region where the longitudinal muscle bands are visible through the integument. The most distinctive features of this species are the size and shape of the papillae at the anterior and posterior trunk (Figs, lb, c, d; 3). In these regions the papillae are numerous, concentrated, and mammillate in shape, each with a central protuberance bearing a pore. Most commonly the width and height are approximately equal although either one may exceed the other slightly. The largest papillae measure 0.16 x 0.16 mm in width and height in specimens from the Gerda collections which range in trunk length from 7 to 10 mm. Papillae of the somewhat larger specimens from the M/V Oregon collections, which range in trunk length from 17 to 18 mm, show a maximum width and height of 0.24 x 0.30 mm. In contracted specimens the base of the papillae may be constricted to form a naiTow stalk. Papillae in the midtrunk region are few, scattered and much flattened. The largest among them are the same diameter as the largest of the anterior and posterior papillae, but they have little or no elevation. Embedded in the integument of the papillae are small, well-separated platelets, ranging from colorless to light brown. Similar platelets are found scattered throughout the skin, although they are more concentrated on the papillae. The central protuberance of the papilla frequently appears brown. The bundles of the longitudinal musculature undergo considerable splitting and 56 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON VOLUME 98, NUMBER 1 57 Figs. 2-3, Phascolosoma iurnerae: electron micrograph, scale = 20 /im); (scanning electron micrograph, scale = 2, (left) Rows of hooks from the anterior introvert (scanning 3, (right) Papillae of anterior trunk and posterior introvert