A revision of Nereimyra (Psamathini, Hesionidae, Aciculata, Annelida)
Author
Pleijel, Fredrik
Author
Rouse, Greg W.
Author
Nygren, Arne
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Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2012
2011-11-18
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00756.x
journal article
10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00756.x
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NEREIMYRA ALVINAE
BLAKE, 1985
,
NOMEN DUBIUM
Type material:
Holotype
USNM 81804
,
40
+
paratypes
USNM 81805
.
Type
locality:
Galapagos Rift
, geothermal vents,
Garden of Eden
,
00°47.7′N
,
86°07.7′W
,
2482 m
, Alvin dive 883,
24.i.1979
.
Material examined:
Holotype
USNM 81804
,
40
+
paratypes
USNM 81805
from type locality; 3 spms,
USNM 81806
, Galapagos Rift, geothermal vents, ‘Mussel bed’,
00°47.9′N
,
86°09.2′W
,
2493 m
, Alvin dive 880,
21.i.1979
; 2 spms,
USNM 81807
, Galapagos
Rift, geothermal vents, ‘Rose Garden’,
00°48,3′N
,
86°13.5′W
,
2447 m
, Alvin Dive 983,
30.xi.1979
.
Distribution:
Galapagos Spreading
Center
, Guaymas Basin (
Pleijel, 2006
)
Remarks:
The examined specimens are in too poor condition to assess the affinities of
N. alvinae
, and
Blake’s (1985)
original description does not indicate membership of
Nereimyra
. Until further specimens are available for complementary morphological and molecular studies we regard it as a
nomen dubium
.