Handbook of Zoology: Annelida, Volume 2 Pleistoannelida, Sedentaria II

About this book

Language: English

This book is the second volume in a series of four volumes in the Handbook of Zoology series treating morphology, anatomy, reproduction, development, ecology, phylogeny, systematics and taxonomy of polychaetous Annelida.

In this volume, a comprehensive review of a few more derived higher taxa within Sedentaria are given, namely Sabellida, Opheliida/Capitellida as well as Hrabeiellidae. The former comprise annelids possessing a body divided into two more or less distinct regions or tagmata called thorax and abdomen. Here two groups of families are united, the spioniform and sabelliform polychaetes. Especially Spionidae and Sabellidae are speciose families within this group and represent two of the largest annelid families. These animals live in various types of burrows or tubes and all possess so-called feeding palps. In one group these appendages are differentiated as grooved feeding palps, whereas in the other they may form highly elaborated circular tentacular crowns comprising a number of radioles mostly giving off numerous filamentous pinnulae. Often additionally colourful, the latter are also received the common names "feather-duster worms", "flowers of the sea", "Christmas-tree worms". Opheliida/Capitellida including five families of truly worm-like annelids without appendages represents the contrary. Their members burrow in soft-bottom substrates and may be classified as non-selective deposit feeders. Molecular phylogenetic analyses have shown that Echiura or spoon worms, formerly regarded to represent a separate phylum, are members of this group. Last not least Hrabeiellidae is one out of only two families of oligochaete-like terrestrial polychaetes and for this reason received strong scientific interest.

Contents

Frontmatter   i
Preface   v
Contents   vii
List of contributing authors   ix

7.4 Sedentaria: Sabellida/Spionida / James A. Blake, Nancy J. Maciolek and Karin Meißner   1
      7.4.2 Poecilochaetidae Hannerz, 1956 / James A. Blake and Nancy J. Maciolek   103
      7.4.4 Uncispionidae Green, 1982 / James A. Blake and Nancy J. Maciolek   136
      7.4.5 Sabellariidae Johnston, 1865 / María Capa and Pat Hutchings   144
      7.4.7 Serpulidae Rafinesque, 1815 / Elena K. Kupriyanova, Alexander V. Rzhavsky and Harry A. ten Hove   213
7.5 Sedentaria: Opheliida/ Terebellida/Clitellata: incertae sedis / Günter Purschke   275
7.6 Opheliida/Capitellida / James A. Blake and Nancy J. Maciolek   285
      7.6.2 Travisiidae Hartmann-Schröder, 1971, new family status / James A. Blake and Nancy J. Maciolek   302
      7.6.3 Scalibregmatidae Malmgren, 1867 / James A. Blake   312
      7.6.4 Capitellidae Grube, 1862 / Wagner F. Magalhães and James A. Blake   349
      7.6.5 Echiura Stephen, 1965 (= Thalassematidae, Forbes & Goodsir, 1841) / Jörn von Döhren   404

Index   451

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