A new species of Sphaerephesia (Polychaeta: Sphaerodoridae) from Mamala Bay, south shore of Oahu, Hawaii
Author
Magalhães, Wagner F.
Author
Bailey, Julie H.
Author
Brock, -
Author
Barrett, Brendan M.
text
Zootaxa
2011
2903
39
47
journal article
46768
10.5281/zenodo.204027
0d8f2acb-049b-4289-a30c-bc52fc6e166e
1175-5326
204027
Genus
Sphaerephesia
Fauchald, 1972
Type
species:
Sphaerephesia longisetis
Fauchald, 1972
Type
locality:
off southern California and western
Mexico
Diagnosis (emended).
Short–bodied sphaerodorids with four rows of sessile dorsal macrotubercles with short terminal papillae; microtubercles present throughout the dorsum or between the parapodia or absent. Anterior end with a pair of palps (sometimes regarded as inferior lateral antennae), median and a pair of intermediate antennae. Papillae cylindrical or conical on the dorsum and/or ventrum. Chaetae all composite.