A new species of Onuphis (Polychaeta: Onuphidae) from Southern Portugal, with comments on the validity of O. pancerii Claparède, 1868
Author
Gil, João
Author
Machado, Margarida
text
Zootaxa
2014
3860
4
343
360
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3860.4.3
973d454f-dc43-4b29-be75-1aab886a4319
1175-5326
229678
872A1117-F6C6-4471-A5B9-9034FD8D3A99
Key to species of
Onuphis
present in European and nearby waters:
(Adapted from:
Fauchald 1982b
,
Gil 2011
)
1 All branchiae simple and strap-like........................................................................ 2
- Branchiae bifid or pectinate............................................................................. 4
2 Branchiae from chaetiger 1; pseudocompound hooks all tridentate; ventral cirri cirriform on the first 5–7 chaetigers; cirriform postchaetal lobes distinct on the first 10–13 chaetigers........................................................ 3
- Branchiae from chaetiger 5; pseudocompound hooks bi– and tridentate; ventral cirri cirriform on the first 4 chaetigers; cirriform postchaetal lobes distinct on the first 16–33 chaetigers in adults...............................................................................................
Onuphis farensis
sp. nov.
(Gulf of Cádiz, SW Iberian Peninsula)
3 Maxillary formula: MI: 1+1, MII: 8-9+8, MIII: 9-10+0, MIV: 5-6+5, MV: 1+1..................
O
. opalina
(SE
Iceland
)
- Maxillary formula: MI: 1+1, MII: 6-8+8-9, MIII: 7-8+0, MIV: 7-9+9-11, MV: 1+1.......
O
. rullieriana
(SW British Isles)
4 Branchiae pectinate, with up to 5–7 branchial filaments (first 15–20 chaetigers with simple branchiae)................. 5
- Branchiae bifid (first 20–25 chaetigers with simple branchiae); ventral cirri cirriform on the first 3–4 chaetigers; digitiform postchaetal lobes disappearing at chaetiger 7–8.......................
O
. falesia
(Gulf of Follonica, Mediterranean Sea)
5 Tridentate pseudocompound hooks present on the first 3 chaetigers; branchiae pectinate, with up to 6–7 branchial filaments (first 18–20 chaetigers with simple branchiae); ventral cirri cirriform on the first 6 chaetigers; digitiform postchaetal lobes distinct in at least 60 chaetigers.............................
O
. eremita
(European Atlantic coast and Mediterranean Sea)
-
Bi
– and tridentate pseudocompound hooks present on the first 2 chaetigers; branchiae pectinate, with up to 5–6 branchial filaments (first 15 chaetigers with simple branchiae); ventral cirri cirriform present from the first chaetiger, but total number unknown; digitiform postchaetal lobes present from the first chaetiger, but total number unknown......................................................................................
O
. pancerii
(Naples region, Mediterranean Sea)