Terebellidae (Polychaeta: Terebellida) from the Grand Caribbean region 2320
Author
Londoño-Mesa, Mario H.
text
Zootaxa
2009
2009-12-22
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2320.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.2320.1.1
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Amphitritides
Augener, 1922
Augener, 1922:47
.
Holthe, 1986a:104
.—
Hartmann-Schröder, 1996:507
.—
Nogueira & Hutchings, 2007:3
.
Type
species:
Terebella gracilis
Grube, 1860
, by original designation.
Diagnosis:
Branchiae on segments 2–3; eyespots present or absent; lateral lappets absent; ventral shields from segment 2; 17–30 pairs of notopodia, from segment 4; notochaetae with smooth limbation, serrated distally; neuropodia from segment 5; uncini avicular in single rows on segments 5–10, thereafter in double rows, arranged face to face until posterior thorax; then, again in single rows.
Remarks:
According to
Holthe (1986a)
, of the three valid species, only one has been described from the Grand
Caribbean
region:
A. bruneocomata
(
Ehlers, 1887
)
, from Key West, Florida, in shallow waters to
175m
.
The two other species are
A. gracilis
(
Grube, 1860
)
, from the Mediterranean Sea (
0–80m
); and
A. pectinobranchiata
Hartmann-Schröder, 1965
, from
Chile
(
84–240m
). Two subsequent species,
A. ithya
and
A. harpa
were described by
Hutchings and Glasby (1990)
from
Western Australia
(
3–5m
) and
Queensland
(subtidal), respectively. Finally,
Nogueira & Hutchings (2007)
described
A. carawa
from
New South Wales
,
Australia
(in shallow water).