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Vine, Peter J. (1972). Spirorbinae (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) from the Red Sea, including descriptions of a new genus and four new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London. 51(2): 177-201.
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10.1111/j.1096-3642.1972.tb00780.x [view]
Vine, Peter J.
1972
Spirorbinae (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) from the Red Sea, including descriptions of a new genus and four new species
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London
51(2): 177-201
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World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
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A new genus, a new subgenus, four new species and four previously described species are recorded from the Red Sea. The new genus Anomalorbis has four and a half thoracic segments. Re-discovery of the sinistral variety of Janua (Dexiospira) steueri confirms Sterzinger's observation that this species may coil in either direction. Janua (Fauveldora) anticorrugata sp. nov. is also sinistral and a shallow water species. It therefore appears that the Red Sea may have been the centre of origin for sinistral mutants of the Janua complex. Other of the new forms live in fairly deep water. The assemblage encountered shows closest affinity with the Indo-Pacific, but suggests a high degree of endemism, which may be related to the high temperatures prevailing at all depths in the Red Sea.
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