Hostname: page-component-8448b6f56d-xtgtn Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-24T22:43:59.742Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Small-scale distribution patterns of two cirratulid species with a description of a peculiar early juvenile stage

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 April 2013

Andrea Cosentino
Andrea Cosentino*
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche e Ambientali, University of Messina, Viale Stagno d'Alcontres, 31–98166 S. Agata, Messina, Italy
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: A. Cosentino, Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche e Ambientali, University of Messina, Viale Stagno d'Alcontres, 31–98166 S. Agata, Messina, Italy email: cosentinoa@unime.it
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

An assemblage of cirratulids in a confined marine basin (Mediterranean Sea) was investigated at small spatio-temporal scales in an experiment in which artificial granules of expanded fire-clay were used as a bare substratum for colonization. Analysis of core samples of 3.5 l undisturbed natural sediments (source area) and equal volumes of artificial substratum (new settlement area), plunged into the sea bottom were carried out from May to July 2008 after 0, 15, 30 and 60 days. Caulleriella bioculata showed the highest total mean density of 10.1 ± 5.8 N l−1 in the natural sediment, and the lowest at 0.13 ± 0.08 N l−1in the artificial substratum, with a marked temporal decrease. Individuals were not strongly aggregated and were found in a deeper sediment layer. The density of large Cirriformia tentaculata was 0.5 ± 0.3 N l−1, with individuals more aggregated and confined to shallower sediments, versus 0.10 ± 0.06 N l−1 but found deeper in the artificial substratum; temporal trends were not straightforward for this species. The adult stage of sedentary cirratulids appeared to actively move into the new available substratum from the neighbouring sediments. An early cirratulid juvenile stage was observed in both microhabitats at a comparable density of 1.8 ± 2.8 N l−1 with highly aggregated individuals (cohorts). The peculiar morphology of branchiae, the threadlike body shape and the multivariate morphological differences between two sub-populations settled in the different substrata are reported for these problematic specimens.

Keywords

Polychaetasedimentscolonizationjuvenile settlementmorphological variationCaulleriellaCirriformia
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 93 , Issue 7 , November 2013 , pp. 1761 - 1771
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2013 

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

REFERENCES

Blake, J.A. (1975) The larval development of Polychaeta from the northern California. I. Cirriformia spirabrancha (family Cirratulidae). Transaction of the American Microscopical Society 94, 179–188.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Blake, J.A. (1991) Revision of some genera and species of Cirratulidae (Polychaeta) from the western North Atlantic. In Petersen, M.E. and Kirkegaard, J.B. (eds) Proceedings of the Second International Polychaete Conference, Copenhagen Denmark, 18–23 August 1986. Systematics, Biology and Morphology of World Polychaeta. Ophelia Supplement 5, 17–30.Google Scholar
Blake, J.A. (1996) Family Cirratulidae Ryckholdt, 1851. In Blake, J.A., Hilbig, B. and Scott, P.H. (eds) Taxonomic atlas of the benthic fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel, vol. 6: the Annelida. Part 3: Polychaeta: Orbiniidae to Cossuridae. Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, pp. 263–384.Google Scholar
Blake, J.A. (2006) New species and records of deep-water Cirratulidae (Polychaeta) from off Northern California. In Sardá, R., San Martín, G., López, E., Martín, D. and George, D. (eds) Scientific advances in polychaete research. Barcelona: Scientia Marina 70s3, pp. 45–57.Google Scholar
Blake, J.A., Maciolek, N.J., Ota, A.Y. and Williams, I.P. (2009) Long-term benthic infaunal monitoring at a deep ocean dredged material disposal site off Northern California. Deep-Sea Research II 56, 1775–1803.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Cazaux, C. (1972) Développement larvaire d'annélides polychètes (Bassin d'Arcachon). Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 113, 71–108.Google Scholar
Chambers, S.J. (2000) A redescription of Chaetozone setosa Malmgren, 1867 including a definition of the genus, and a description of a new species of Chaetozone (Poychaeta: Cirratulidae) from the northeast Atlantic. Bulletin of Marine Science 67, 587–596.Google Scholar
Chambers, S.J. and Woodham, A. (2003) A new species of Chaetozone (Polychaeta: Cirratulidae) from deep water in the northeast Atlantic, with comments on the diversity of the genus in cold northern waters. Hydrobiologia 496, 41–48.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Chambers, S.J., Lanera, P. and Mikac, B. (2011) Chaetozone carpenteri McIntosh, 1911 from the Mediterranean Sea and records of other bi-tentaculate Cirratulids. In Giangrande, A., Gambi, M.C. and Rouse, G. (eds) Proceedings of the 10th International Polychaete Conference, Lecce, Italy, 20–26 June 2010. Italian Journal of Zoology 78, 41–48.Google Scholar
Chatfield, C. and Collins, A.J. (1980) Introduction to multivariate analysis. London: Chapman & Hall.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Christie, G. (1985) A comparative study of the reproductive cycles of three Northumberland populations of Chaetozone setosa (Polychaeta: Cirratulidae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 65, 239–254.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Clarke, K.R. and Warwick, R.M. (2001) Change in marine communities: an approach to statistical analysis and interpretation. 2nd edition.Plymouth: PRIMER-E.Google Scholar
Dean, H.D. and Blake, J.A. (2007) Chaetozone and Caulleriella (Polychaeta: Cirratulidae) from the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica, with description of eight new species. Zootaxa 1451, 41–68.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Díaz-Díaz, O. and Salazar-Vallejo, S. (2009) Cirratulidae Ryckholdt, 1851. In de León, Gonzáles J.A., Bastida-Zavala, J.R., Carrera-Parra, L.F., García-Garza, M.E., Peña-Rivera, A., Salazar-Vallejo, S.I. and Solís-Weiss, V. (eds) Poliquetos (Annelida: Polychaeta) de México y América Tropical. Monterrey: Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, pp. 131–147.Google Scholar
Doner, S.A. and Blake, J.A. (2006) New species of Cirratulidae (Polychaeta) from the northeastern United States. In Sardá, R., San, Martín G., López, E., Martín, D. and George, D. (eds) Scientific Advances in Polychaete Research. Barcelona: Scientia Marina 70s3, pp. 65–73.Google Scholar
Doner, S.A. and Blake, J.A. (2009) Two new species of Aphelochaeta (Polychaeta: Cirratulidae) from deep water off northern California. Zoosymposia 2, 127–137.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Dorgan, K.M., Jumars, P.A., Johnson, B.D. and Boudreau, B.P. (2006) Macrofaunal burrowing: the medium is the message. Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review 44, 85–121.Google Scholar
Elías, R. and Rivero, M.S. (2009). Two new species of Cirratulidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Mar del Plata, Argentina (SW Atlantic). Zoosymposia 2, 139–148.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Elías, R. and Rivero, M.S. (2011) A new species of Cirratulidae (Polychaeta) with characteristics of three genera, and a key to the known species around Mar del Plata (south-western Atlantic). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 91, 1529–1535.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
George, J.D. (1964a) Organic matter available to the polychaete Cirriformia tentaculata (Montagu) living in intertidal mud flat. Limnology and Oceanography 9, 453–455.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
George, J.D. (1964b) The life history of the cirratulid worm, Cirriformia tentaculata, on an intertidal mud flat. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 44, 47–65.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
George, J.D. and Petersen, M.E. (1991) The validity of the genus Zeppelina Vaillant (Polychaeta: Ctenodrilidae). In Petersen, M.E. and Kirkegaard, J.B. (eds) Proceedings of the Second International Polychaete Conference, Copenhagen Denmark, 18–23 August 1986. Systematics, Biology and Morphology of World Polychaeta. Ophelia Supplement 5, 89–100.Google Scholar
Gherardi, M., Sciscioli, M., Lepore, E., Todisco, G. and Giangrande, A. (2007) The role of schizogenesis in population dynamics of Timarete filigera (Polychaeta: Cirratulidae): 2-years observations in the Port of Bari (South Adriatic Sea). Marine Ecology 28, 306–314.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Gibbs, P.E. (1971) A comparative study of reproduction cycles in four polychaete species belonging to the family Cirratulidae. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 51, 745–769.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Gibbs, P.E., Langston, W.J., Burt, G.R. and Pascoe, P.L. (1983) Tharyx marioni (Polychaeta): a remarkable accumulator of arsenic. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 63, 313–325.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Hall, J.A. and Frid, C.L.J. (1997) Colonisation patterns of adult macrobenthos in a polluted north sea estuary. Aquatic Ecology 31, 333–340.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Halt, M.N., Rouse, G.W., Petersen, M.E. and Pleijel, F. (2006) Cirratuliformia. In Rouse, G. and Pleijel, F. (eds) Reproductive biology and phylogeny of Annelida, vol. 4. Enfield, Jersey, Plymouth, UK: Science Publishers, pp. 497–520.Google Scholar
Hily, C. (1987) Spatio-temporal variability of Chaetozone setosa (Malmgren) populations on an organic gradient in the Bay of Brest, France. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 112, 201–216.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Leonardi, M., Azzaro, F., Azzaro, M., Caruso, G., Mancuso, M., Monticelli, L.S., Maimone, G., La Ferla, R., Raffa, F. and Zaccone, R. (2009) A multidisciplinary study of the Cape Peloro brackish area (Messina, Italy): characterization of trophic conditions, microbial abundances and activities. Marine Ecology 30, 32–42.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Levin, L.A. and Edesa, S. (1997) The ecology of cirratulid mudballs on the Oman margin, northwest Arabian Sea. Marine Biology 128, 671–678.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Nowell, A., Jumars, P., Self, R. and Southward, A. (1989) The effects of sediment transport and deposition on infauna: results obtained in a specially designed flume. In Lopez, G., Taghon, G. and Levinton, J. (eds) Ecology of marine deposit feeders, vol. 31. New York: Springer, pp. 247–268.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Oyekan, J.A. (1987) Population dynamics and secondary production in an estuarine population of Caulleriella caputesocis (Polychaeta: Cirratulidae). Marine Biology 95, 267–273.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Palmer, M.A., Allan, J.D. and Butman, C.A. (1996) Dispersal as a regional process affecting the local dynamics of marine and stream benthic invertebrates. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 11, 322–326.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Penry, D. and Jumars, P. (1990) Gut architecture, digestive constraints and feeding ecology of deposit-feeding and carnivorous polychaetes. Oecologia 82, 1–11.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Petersen, M.E. (1999) Reproduction and development of the Cirratulidae (Annelida: Polychaeta). Hydrobiologia 402, 107–128.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Rouse, G.W. (2001) Cirratulidae Ryckholdt, 1851. In Rouse, G.W. and Pleijel, F. (eds) Polychaetes. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 212–215.Google Scholar
Saccà, A., Guglielmo, L. and Bruni, V. (2008) Vertical and temporal microbial community patterns in a meromictic coastal lake influenced by the Straits of Messina upwelling system. Hydrobiologia 600, 89–104.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Wilson, D.P. (1936) The development of Audouinia tentaculata (Montagu). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 20, 567–579.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Wilson, W.H. (1991) Sexual reproductive modes in polychaetes: classification and diversity. Bulletin of Marine Science 48, 500–516.Google Scholar
Woodham, A. and Chambers, S.J. (1994) A new species of Chaetozone (Polychaeta, Cirratulidae) from Europe, with a re-description of Caulleriella zetlandica (MacIntosh). In Dauvin, J.C., Laubier, L. and Reish, D.J. (eds) Actes de la 4ème Conférence internationale des Polychètes, Angers, France, 27 July–1st August 1992. Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie 162, 307–316.Google Scholar