Pectinariidae (Polychaeta) from Caribbean and Associated Waters

Long, Charlene

ABSTRACT: Three species of Pectinaria, P. regalis Verrill, P. gouldii (Verrill), and Pectinaria meredethi, n. sp., from various localities of the eastern Gulf of Mexico and eastern Caribbean are described. Previous work on Caribbean species is reviewed. INTRODUCTION: This study was initiated during a visit in 1970 to the marine laboratory of the University of Puerto Rico on Maguayes Island, off La Parguera. All Caribbean specimens of Pectinariidae deposited in the Yale Peabody Museum (YPM), United States National Museum (USNM), Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science of the University of Miami (UMML), the University of Puerto Rico (UPR), and the Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen (NSSNA), were examined. I would like to thank Professors H. Baraclough Fell and Charles Cutress, Mrs. Bertha Cutress, and Drs. Willard Hartman, Lowell Thomas and H. A. ten Hove for their cooperation and help. I am particularly indebted to Dr. Marian Pettibone for her patient and valuable guidance. This work was supported in part by NSFGB-3532.

Pectinariidae (Polychaeta) from Caribbean and Associated Waters

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