Some Polychaetes from the Karachi coast

Sabellaria tottoriensis n. sp. (Annelida: Polychaeta: Sabellariidae) from Shallow Water off Tottori, the Sea of Japan

“…4E) . These three species differ also with regard to the distal lateral teeth of the outer paleae, with 2 or 3 pairs of teeth in S. chandraae , 3 or 4 pairs in S. tottoriensis , and 5 pairs in S. ranjhi (Hasan, 1960;de Silva, 1961;Kirtley, 1994), although S. tottoriensis has a median plume indistinctly separated from lateral teeth (Fig. 3B, G).…”

“…cf. chandraae from Boso Peninsula, Japan (Nishi and Kato, 2002) and S. ranjhi (Hasan, 1960) from Pakistan, in having tip recurved toward the periphery of the crown. However, 1 or 2 nuchal spines are present on each side in S. tottoriensis n.…”

Short Communication First Record of the Polychaete Worm Ceratonereis (Composetia) burmensis (Phyllodocida: Nereididae) from Pakistan

“…Although Pakistan is rich in marine biodiversity (Siddiqui and Aslam, 2017) yet the Polychaete fauna of Pakistan is little studied. Family Nereididae, to which C. (C) burmensis belongs, is merely represented by 16 species (Siddiqui and Mustaquim, 1988;Mustaquim, 1997;Hassan, 1963;Aziz, 1938). In comparison 40 species of Nereididae have been reported from neighboring country Iran (Bonyadi-Naeini et al, 2017).…”