New records of Pectinariidae (Polychaeta) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia and the description of two new species
Author
Wong, Eunice
Author
Hutchings, Pat
text
Zootaxa
2015
4019
1
733
744
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.25
cc992da2-e091-46e5-86ae-5e28d0693feb
1175-5326
242689
C17868C6-847E-4578-B258-32158F87F43C
Genus
Amphictene
Lamarck, 1818
Amphictene
Lamarck, 1818
: 89
.—
Fauchald 1977
: 120
.
Pectinaria
(
Amphictene
)
.—
Holthe, 1986
: 22
.
Type-species.
Amphitrite auricoma
Müller, 1776
; subsequent designation by
Hartman (1959)
.
Diagnosis.
(modified after
Hutchings & Peart 2002
). Rim of cephalic veil with numerous long cirri. Cephalic veil completely free from operculum forming dorsal semi-circle around numerous buccal tentacles. Raised opercular margin cirrate. Chaetigers 1–3 (segments 5–7) with notopodia and notochaetae only, chaetigers 4–16 biramous with notopodia, neuropodia, notochaetae and neurochaetae, chaetiger 17 with notopodia and notochaetae only (ratio of number of pairs of notopodia to neuropodia 17/13). Notochaetae with hirsute surfaces or with serrated margins. Neurochaetal uncini with major teeth arranged in 2–6 rows. Posterior 5 segments fused to form flattened plate or scaphe distinctly separate from the abdomen.
Remarks.
Thirteen species of
Amphictene
have been described to date. An additional species is described in this paper.