Two new species of Marphysa Quatrefages, 1865 (Polychaeta: Eunicida: Eunicidae) from northern coast of China and redescription for Marphysa orientalis Treadwell, 1936
Author
Liu, Yubin
Author
Hutchings, Pat
Author
Kupriyanova, Elena
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-02-01
4377
2
191
215
journal article
30866
10.11646/zootaxa.4377.2.3
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1175-5326
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Key to species of
Marphysa
currently accepted as occurring in China (following
Liu
et al.
2017
and
Glasby
et al.
2016
)
1 Margins of prostomium rounded margins, without sulcus.............................
Marphysa sinensis
Monro, 1934
- Margins of prostomium rounded, with median sulcus......................................................... 2
2(1) Two types of compound chaetae present, falcigers and spinigers................................................. 3
- Only compound spinigers present......................................................................... 4
3(2) Pectinate chaetae start from chaetiger 3..........................................
Marphysa maxidenticulata
n. sp.
- Pectinate chaetae start from chaetiger 193.....................................
Marphysa orientalis
Treadwell, 1936
4(2) Compound spinigers present along entire body..............................
Marphysa digitibranchia
Hoagland, 1921
- Compound spinigers restricted to posterior chaetigers......................................................... 5
5(4) Three types of pectinate chaetae present.................................................................... 6
- Two or four types of pectinate chaetae present............................................................... 7
6(5) Pectinate chaetae from first few chaetigers, branchiae with up to 5 filaments present from chaetigers 29–36..................................................................................................
Marphysa bulla
n. sp.
- Pectinate chaetae present from chaetiger 20, branchaie with 2–3 filaments present from chaetigers 16–26..........................................................................
Marphysa tribranchiata
Liu, Hutchings & Sun, 2017
7 (4) Two types of pectinate chaetae present from anterior chaetigers, 6–8 branchial filaments per chaetiger...............................................................................
Marphysa
tripectinata
Liu, Hutchings & Sun, 2017
- Four types of pectinate chaetae present from chaetiger 70, 3–5 branchial filaments per chaetiger..................................................................................
Marphysa multipectinata
Liu, Hutchings & Sun, 2017