Species of Fabriciola Friedrich, 1939 (Polychaeta: Sabellidae: Fabriciinae), from the California Coast

Abstract

Fabriciola berkeleyi Banse is the only species of Fabriciola reported from the California coast. It was described by Hartman as Fabricia berkeleyi in her Atlas of Sedentariate Polychaetous Annelids from California.. Hartman's specimens are redescribed and compared to the type specimens from British Columbia. California specimens differ from type specimens in that the former have abdominal neuropodial pin-head setae and the extent of body pigmentation is more restricted. Because the type series is in poor condition,· the California specimens are referred to F. cf. berkeleyi until better comparative material from the type locality can be examined. A new species from southern California, Fabriciola brevibranchiata, is described. Current cladistic relationships among Fabriciola species are discussed.