One new species of Micronephthys Friedrich, 1939 and one new species of Nephtys Cuvier, 1817 (Polychaeta: Phyllodocida: Nephtyidae) from eastern Australia with notes on Aglaophamus australiensis (Fauchald, 1965) and a key to all Australian species
Author
Dixon-Bridges, Kylie
Author
Gladstone, William
Author
Hutchings, Pat
text
Zootaxa
2014
3872
5
513
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journal article
42409
10.11646/zootaxa.3872.5.5
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Nephtys
Cuvier, 1817
(sensu
Hartman, 1959
)
Nephtys
.—
Hartman, 1950
: 89
; 1959: 282.—
Ravara
et al
., 2010b
: 30
.
Diagnosis
. The genus
Nephtys
currently includes species with conical, rounded or bilobed acicular lobes and well developed parapodial lobes. Branchiae recurved. Lyrate chaetae present or absent. Aciculae of median and posterior parapodia with curved tips. Pair of antennae and palps present. Pharynx usually with rows of less than 10 subterminal papillae (usually up to 5–7); long, median dorsal papilla may be present; proximal region smooth or covered with small verrucae. Jaws conical, hook-like. Nuchal organ rounded.
Type
species
.
Nephtys hombergii
Savigny
in
Lamarck, 1818
.
Comments
. A recent phylogenetic study utilising both morphological and molecular techniques has confirmed the monophyly of the genus (
Ravara
et al
. 2010a
). We have modified the generic diagnosis provided by
Ravara
et al
. (2010b)
, to include the presence or absence of lyrate chaetae.