Archeterokrohnia docrickettsae (Chaetognatha: Phragmophora: Heterokrohniidae), a new species of deep-sea arrow worm from the Gulf of California
Author
Thuesen, Erik V.
Author
Haddock, Steven H. D.
text
Zootaxa
2013
3717
3
320
328
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3717.3.2
165ed40d-f5f4-4a37-9c80-9ebf7e049454
1175-5326
222006
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Key to the four species of
Archeterokrohnia
1 Tail section ~50% total length, lateral fins beginning halfway between trunk-tail septum and ventral ganglion, ventral ganglion centered 2/3 distance from head to trunk-tail septum, corona ciliata shaped like an outside caliper, fins rayless...........................................................................................
A. rubra
Casanova, 1986
a
- Tail section ~55% of total length, lateral fins with rays and beginning at or near trunk-tail septum..................... 2
2 Head trapezoidal, anterior teeth replaced with plates bearing denticles, pair of palps with teeth-like processes located below vestibular organ................................................................
A. palpifera
Casanova, 1986
b
- Head triangular, both anterior and posterior teeth, well-developed vestibular organs................................. 3
3 Total length
12.9 mm
, 6–8 anterior teeth, 1 posterior tooth, no vestibular plates or palps, head with apical gland-cell complex, triangular process on head absent..........................................
A. longicaudata
(Hagen & Kapp, 1986)
- Total length
28.5 mm
, 10–11 anterior teeth, 4 posterior teeth clustered below a vestibular plate bearing denticles, ventral ganglion slightly posterior to midpoint between head and trunk-tail septum, anterior of head with a triangular process.............................................................................................
A. docrickettsae
n. sp.