PIOTROWSKI: NEW SCALEWORM FROM A CORAL REEF IN THE PHILIPPINES 
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diversity Expedition , sta. HEP-42, 13.68736°N 120.83283°E, 07 May 2011, eoll: AlieiaHermosil- 
lo. Holotype deposited at the California Academy of Sciences, Department of Invertebrate Zoolo¬ 
gy and Geology. 
Material compared.— Paratype of/, fastis Hoagland, 1920 (=/. muricata): USNM 18969; 
Holotype 1. ovata: SMNH Type-388; /. muricata Rodriguez, Indian Ocean [near type locality of 
Mauritius]: NMW.Z.2001.060.0001; 3 specimens /. muricata from Batangas Province, Luzon: 
CASIZ 187238, CASIZ 187240, CASIZ 187246; Holotype /. reticulata Amourex, Rullier, and 
Fishelson, 1978: MNHN POLYTYPE 1430; Holotype 1. spinosa Kinberg, 1858: SMNH Type-392. 
Description. — Holotype (CASIZ 187234): Body short, broad, oval, flattened ventrally, 
arched dorsally, strongly tapered at anterior and posterior ends. Length 17 mm; width including 
parapodia 11 mm; 29 segments. Dorsal and ventral surfaces of body creamy white lacking dark 
pigment, lateral ventrum with wrinkled texture. 
Thirteen pairs large, stiff, tightly imbricating elytra (Figs, la, b) cover body completely; 
elytrophores segments 2, 4, 5, 7, then alternate segments to 21, 23, and 27. Elytra pigmented with 
Figure 1. Iphione malifera sp. nov., holotype (CASIZ 186700), a. Dorsal view in life; b. Same, preserved with three 
anterior-most left elytra removed, e. Dorsal anterior preserved, d. Illustrated dorsal anterior with appendages extended, 
e. Ventral anterior. Sealebars.- a,b: 5 mm; e,d,e: 1 mm. 
