A new species of Paraonis and an annotated checklist of polychaetes from mangroves of the Brazilian Amazon Coast (Annelida, Paraonidae)
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Ribeiro, Rannyele Passos
Author
Alves, Paulo Ricardo
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Almeida, Zafira da Silva de
Author
Ruta, Christine
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ZooKeys
2018
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.740.14640
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.740.14640
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Namalycastis
senegalensis (Saint-Joseph, 1901)
Fig. 7
Type locality.
Marsassoun, Senegal (
13°59'N
,
16°43'W
; estimated geolocation).
Material examined.
Caranguejos Island,
02°49'33.6"S
,
44°28'51.1"W
: one specimen, incomplete, 22 October 2010 (NPM-Pol 105).
Figure 7.
Namalycastis senegalensis
, fixed specimen, NPM-Pol 105. A Anterior end, dorsal view B Parapodia of 10th chaetiger, anterior view C Sub-acicular neurochaetae spiniger of 10th chaetiger D Sub-acicular neurochaeta falciger of 10th chaetiger. Scale bars: 2.3 mm (A), 0.2 mm (B), 0.02 mm (C, D).
Distribution.
Atlantic Ocean: Senegal, Nigeria, Congo, Suriname, Brazil (states of
Para
and
Maranhao
, see Suppl. material 1).
Remarks.
First record for
Maranhao
. Complete specimens were not found in this study; however, the features of the anterior body are very similar to the re-description of
Glasby (1999)
. The presence of thick cuticle covering the eyes, supra neuro acicular sesquigomph spinigers in the parapodia of chaetiger 10, with a 1.4
x
length of collar or more boss, and distally smooth falciger blades supports the identification of the species. Previous Brazilian records include the Amazon coast, the estuarine beaches of
Marajo
Island in the mouth of the Amazon River (
Glasby 1999
), and the delta of the Amazon River (one specimen, ZHM PE405) (
Glasby 1999
). This species is known to live in brackish water and freshwater environments such as mangroves, creeks, and marshes (
Glasby 1999
).