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Polychaetes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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Ecology of Faunal Communities on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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This chapter deals with 30 species of polycheates that belong to eight families and 23 genera. All species were recorded for the first time from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, of which 15 species are new to Indian waters. An updated checklist of polycheates of Andaman and Nicobar Islands is also presented in this chapter.

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Acknowledgement

We thank the director, Dr. T. Balasubramanian, CAS in Marine Biology, Annamalai University, for providing facilities. First author thanks Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, for financial support for this study.

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  1. Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Annamalai University, Parangipettai, 608 502, Tamil Nadu, India

    R. Rajasekaran & Olivia J. Fernando

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  1. Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, 700 053, India

    K. Venkataraman

  2. Zoological Survey of India, Andaman & Nicobar Regional Centre, Port Blair, 744 102, Andaman und Nico.In., India

    C. Raghunathan

  3. Zoological Survey of India, Port Blair, 744102, India

    C. Sivaperuman

Appendix. An Updated Checklist of Polychaetes from Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Appendix. An Updated Checklist of Polychaetes from Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Family Aphroditidae

Subfamily Aphroditinae Savigny

1. Aphrodita talpa Quatrefages

2. Aphrogenia alba Kinberg

3. Hermonia hystrix (Savigny)

4. Pontogenia nuda Horst

Subfamily Polynoniae Malmgren

5. Admetella longipedata McIntosh

6. Allmaniella ptycholepis (Grube)

7. Eunoe pallida (Ehlers)

8. Gastrolepidia clavigera Schmarda

9. Halosydna (Hyperhalosydna) striata (Kinberg)

10. Harmothoe ampulifera (Grube)

11. Harmothoe aequiseta (Kinberg, 1855)a

12. H. dictyophora (Grube)

13. H.imbricata (Linn)

14. H. minuta (Potts)

15. Iphione muricata (Savigny)

16. Lepidasthenia microlepis Potts

17. Lepidonotus cristatus (Grube)

18. L. glaucus (Peters)

19. L. hedleyi Benham

20. L. jacksoni Kinberg

21. L. melanogrammus Haswell

22. L. tenuisetosus (Gravier)

23. L.(Thormorta) jukesi (Baird)

24. Scalisetosus fragilis (Claparede)

Subfamily Acoetinae Grube

25. Panthalis oerstedi Kinberg

26. Polyodontes maxillosus (Ranzani)

27. P. melanonotus (Grube)

Subfamily Sigalioninae Malmgren

28. Psammolyce zeylanica Willey

29. Sthenolepis japonica (McIntosh)

Family Chrysopetalidae Ehlers

30. Bhawania goodei Webster

Family Amphinomidae Savigny

31. Amphinome rostrata (Pallas)

32. Chloeia amphora Horst

33. C. flava (Pallas)

34. C. flava pulchella Baird

35. C. fusca McIntosh

36. C. parva (Baird)

37. Euphrosine foliosa Audouin and Milne-Edwards

38. Eurythoe complanata (Pallas)

39. E. pervecarunculata Horst

40. Pherecardia striata (Kinberg, 1857)a

41. Notopygos hispidus Potts

42. N. lablatus McIntosh

43. N. variabillis Potts

Family Phyllodocidae Williams, 1857

Subfamily Phyllodocinae Williams

44. Eulalia albopicta Marenzeller

45. E. capensis Schmarda, 1861b

46. E. trilineata Saint Joseph, 1888b

47. Phyllodoce fristedti Bergstrom

48. P. castanea (Marenzeller, 1879)a

49. P. malmgreni Gravier

50. P. quadraticeps Grube

51. P.(Anaitides)madeirensis Langerhans

52. P.(Anaitides) tenuissima Grube

53. Notophyllum splendens (Schmarda, 1861)a

Family Pilargidae St. Joseph

54. Synelmis albini (Langerhans)

Family Hesionidae Malmgren

55. Hesione intertexta Grube

56. H. splendida Savigny

57. Leocrates claparedii (Costa)

58. L. filamentosus Ehlers

59. Ophiodromus angustifrons (Grube)

Family Syllidae Grube

60. Syllis (Syllis) gracilis Grube

61. S. (Typosyllis) armillaris (Mueller)

62. S. (Typosyllis) exillis Gravier

63. S. (Typosyllis) okadai Fauvel

64. Trypanosyllis gigantea (McIntosh)

65. T. zebra (Grube)

Family Nereidae Johnston

66. Neanthes glandicincta (Southern, 1921)a

67. Ceratonereis anchylochaeta Horst

68. C. mirabilis Kinberg

69. C. tripartite Horst

70. Namalycastis indica (Southern)

71. Nereis (Neanthes) cricognatha (Ehlers)

72. N.(Nereis) coutierei Gravier

73. N.(Nereis) jacksoni Kinberg

74. Perinereis albuhitensis Grube

75. P. breviciris (Grube)

76. P. cultrifera var. helleri Grube

77. P. cultrifera var. typica (Grube)

78. P. neocaledonia Pruvot

79. P. nigropunctata (Horst)

80. P. nuntia var. typica (Savigny)

81. Perinereis nuntia caeruleis (Hoagland, 1920)b

82. P. singaporiensis Grube

83. P. suluana Horst

84. P. vancaurica Ehlers

85. Perinereis weijhouensis, Wu Boaling, 1984b

86. Perinereis obfuscata (Grube, 1878)b

87. Platynereis dumerilii Audouin and Milne-Edwards

88. P. pulchella Gravier

89. P. polyscalma Chamberlin

90. Pseudonereis anomala Gravier

91. P. rottnestiana Augener

92. P. variegata (Grube)

93. Tylonereis bogoyawlenskyi Fauvel

94. Nephthys (Aglaophamus) malmgren Theel

Family Glyceridae Grube (Including Gonidadidae Kinberg)

95. Glycera cirrata Grube

96. G. prashadi Fauvel

97. G. rouxii Audouin and Milne-Edwards

98. G. tessellata Grube

99. Glycera longipinnis Grube, 1878a

100. Glycera capitata Orsted, 1843 b

Family Eunicidae Savigny

Subfamily Eunicidae Savigny

101. Eunice afra afra Peters

102. E. afra paupera Grube

103. E. afra punctata pertes

104. E. antennata (Savigny)

105. E. aphroditois (Pallas)

106. E. australis Quatrefages

107. E. grubei Gravier

108. E. indica Kinberg

109. E. marenzelleri Gravier

110. E. norvegica (Linnaeus)

111. E. vittata (Delle Chiaje, 1825)b

112. E. savigny Grube, 1878

113. E. tubifex Crossland, 1904a

114. E. tentaculata Quatrefages

115. E. coccinea Grube, 1878a

116. E. (Palolo) siciliensis Grube

117. Lysidice collaris Grube

118. Marphysa mossambica Peters

119. M. sanguinea (Montagu)

120. M. macintoshi Crossland, 1903a

121. Nematonereis unicornis (Grube, 1840)a

Subfamily Onuphinae Kinberg

122. Hyalinoecia tubicola (Mueller)

123. Onuphis (Nothria) conchylega Sars

124. O. (Nothria) holobranchiata Marenzeller

125. O. (onuphis) aucklandensis Augener

126. Rhamphobranchium chuni Ehlers

Subfamily Lysaretinae Kinberg

127. Oenone fulgida (Savigny)

Subfamily Lumbrinerinae Malmgren

128. Lumbrineris sphaerocephala (Schmarda)

129. L. tetraura (Schmarda)

Subfamily Arabellinae Hartman (Arabellidae Hartman)

130. Arabella iricolor iricolor (Montagu)

131. A. mutans (Chamberlin)

132. Drilonereis filum (Claparede)

Family Spionidae Grube

133. Nerinides Knight-Jones de Silva

134. Malacoceros indicus (Fauvel, 1928)a

135. Scolelepis squamata (Muller, 1806)a

136. Prionospio (Prionospio) ehlersi (Fauvel, 1936)b

Family Magelonidae Cunningham and Ramage

137. Megelona japonica Okuda

Family Cirratulidae Carus

138. Cirriformia filligera (Delle Chlaje)

139. C. punctata (Grube)

140. C. tentaculata (Montagu)

141. Dodecaceria pulchra Day, 1955b

Family Poecilochaetidae Hennerz

142. Poecilochaetus serpens Allen

Family Chaetopteridae Malmgren

143. Mesochaetopterus minutus Pottus

Family Orbiniidae Hartman

Subfamily Orbiniinae Hartman

144. Naineris laevigata (Grube)

145. Scoloplos marsupialis Southern

146. Scolaricia capensis Day, 1961a

Family Opheliidae Malmgren

147. Armandia lanceolata Willey

148. A. leptocirris (Grube)

149. Travisia arborifera Fauvel

Family Capitellidae Grube

150. Capitellethus dispar Ehlers

151. Dasynbranchus caduceus (Grube)

152. Notomastus latericeus Sars

Family Arenicolidae Johnston

153. Arenicola brasiliensis Nonato

Family Maldanidae Malmgren

154. Asychis gotoi (lzuka)

155. Axiothella australis Augener

156. Euclymene annandalei Southern

157. E. grossa Baird

158. Maldane sarsi Malmgren

Family Sternaspidae Carus

159. Sternaspis scutata (Renier)

Family Owenidae Rioja

160. Owenia fusiformis Delle Chiaje

Family Flabelligeridae Saint Joseph

161. Pherusa eruca indica (Fauvel)

162. P. parmata (Grube, 1878)a

163. Piromis arenosus , Kinberg, 1867b

Family Sabellariidae Johnston

164. Idanthyrsus pennatus (Peters)

165. I. bihamatus (Caullery, 1944)b

166. Lygdamis indicus Kinberg

Family Pectinariidae Quaterfages

167. Pectinaria antipoda Schmarda

168. P.(Amphictene) crassa Grube

Subfamily Ampharetinae Chamberlin

169. Amphicteis gunneri (Sars)

Family Terebellidae Grube

Subfamily Trichobranchinae Malmgren

170. Terebellides stroemi Sars

171. Lanice conchilega (Pallas, 1766)a

Subfamily Thelepinae Malmgren

172. Streblosoma persica (Fauvel)

173. Thelepus cincinnatus (Fabricius)

Subfamily Terebellinae Grube

174. Eupolymnia nebulosa (Montau)

175. Loimia medusa (Savigny)

176. Nicolea gracilibranchis (Grube)

177. Terebella ehrenbergi Grube

Family Sabellidae Malmgren

Subfamily Sabellinae Rioja

178. Branchiomma nigromaculata (Baird, 1865)

179. B. serratibranchis (Grube)

180. Hypsicomus phaeotaenis (Schmarda)

181. Sabella fusca Grube

182. S. melanostigma Schmarda

183. Sabellastarte sanctijosephi (Gravier)

184. Megalomma quadrioculatum (Willey, 1905)b

Family Serpulidae Savigny

Subfamily Spirobinae Chamberlin

185. Spirorbis (Dexiospira) foraminosus Busch

Subfamily Serpulinae Macleay

186. Ditrupa arietina Mueller

187. D. arietina var. monilifera Fauvel

188. Pomatostegus stellatus (Abildgaard)

189. Spirobranchus giganteus (Pallas)

190. S. tetraceros (Schmarda, 1861)b

191. Hydroides externispina Straughan, 1967b

  1. aNew record from Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  2. bNew record from Indian waters

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Rajasekaran, R., Fernando, O.J. (2012). Polychaetes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In: Venkataraman, K., Raghunathan, C., Sivaperuman, C. (eds) Ecology of Faunal Communities on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28335-2_1

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