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<mods:title>Revision of the genus Lepidastheniella Monro, 1924 (Polychaeta: Polynoidae: Lepidastheniinae) with notes on the subfamily Lepidastheniinae and the description of a new species</mods:title>
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<taxonomicName authority="(Thomson, 1902)" baseAuthorityName="Thomson" baseAuthorityYear="1902" box="[552,1029,633,657]" class="Polychaeta" family="Polynoidae" genus="Lepidastheniella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="868" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="comma">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[552,820,633,657]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">Lepidastheniella comma</emphasis>
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(Thomson, 1902)
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</taxonomicName>
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</heading>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="6.[313,1269,665,854]" box="[716,865,665,689]" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">(figure 1A–J)</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="6.[313,1269,665,854]" box="[313,1000,698,721]" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">
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<taxonomicName authority="Thomson, 1902: 241" authorityName="Thomson" authorityPageNumber="241" authorityYear="1902" box="[313,691,699,721]" class="Polychaeta" family="Polynoidae" genus="Polynoe" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="868" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="comma">
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<emphasis box="[313,471,699,720]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">Polynoe comma</emphasis>
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Thomson, 1902: 241
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</taxonomicName>
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; Augener, 1924a: 12, figure 5.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="6.[313,1269,665,854]" box="[313,917,725,747]" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">
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<taxonomicName authority=": Ehlers, 1907: 6" authorityName=": Ehlers" authorityPageNumber="6" authorityYear="1907" box="[313,700,725,747]" class="Polychaeta" family="Polynoidae" genus="Lepidasthenia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="868" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="comma">
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<emphasis box="[313,531,725,747]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">Lepidasthenia comma</emphasis>
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: Ehlers, 1907: 6
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</taxonomicName>
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; Benham, 1909: 237.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="6.[313,1269,665,854]" box="[313,759,752,774]" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">
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<taxonomicName authority=": Augener, 1924 b: 287" authorityName="Augener" authorityPageNumber="287" authorityYear="1924" box="[313,755,752,774]" class="Polychaeta" family="Polynoidae" genus="Lepidametria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="868" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="comma">
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<emphasis box="[313,525,752,773]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">Lepidametria comma</emphasis>
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: Augener, 1924b: 287
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="6.[313,1269,665,854]" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">
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<taxonomicName authority=": Monro, 1924: 44" authorityName=": Monro" authorityPageNumber="44" authorityYear="1924" box="[313,740,778,800]" class="Polychaeta" family="Polynoidae" genus="Lepidastheniella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="868" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="comma">
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<emphasis box="[313,554,778,800]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">Lepidastheniella comma</emphasis>
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: Monro, 1924: 44
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</taxonomicName>
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(in ‘Remarks’ section); figures 7, 8; Benham, 1950: 5, figure 1.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="6.[313,1269,665,854]" box="[313,831,831,854]" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">
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<taxonomicName authority="Benham, 1950: 9" authorityName="Benham" authorityPageNumber="9" authorityYear="1950" box="[313,736,831,854]" class="Polychaeta" family="Polynoidae" genus="Lepidastheniella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="868" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="monroi">
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<emphasis box="[313,553,831,853]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">Lepidastheniella monroi</emphasis>
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Benham, 1950: 9
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</taxonomicName>
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, figure 2.
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<subSubSection lastPageId="8" lastPageNumber="870" pageId="6" pageNumber="868" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph blockId="6.[313,1269,883,1736]" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">
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<emphasis box="[353,510,883,907]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">Type material</emphasis>
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.
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<taxonomicName authorityName=": Monro" authorityYear="1924" box="[527,796,883,907]" class="Polychaeta" family="Polynoidae" genus="Lepidastheniella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="868" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="comma">
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<emphasis box="[527,796,883,907]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">Lepidastheniella comma</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="1899-11" collectionCode="OMD" collectorName="Coll. Benham & Jar & Moeraki" pageId="6" pageNumber="868" specimenCode="IV241" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="syntype">
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<typeStatus box="[812,913,883,907]" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">syntypes</typeStatus>
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:
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<specimenCount box="[926,1098,883,907]" pageId="6" pageNumber="868" type="generic">four specimens</specimenCount>
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(spms) (dry, 3 cs, 1 af, 2 mf),
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<specimenCode box="[593,662,915,939]" collectionCode="OMD" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">IV241</specimenCode>
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(
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<collectorName box="[683,848,914,938]" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">Coll. Benham</collectorName>
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,
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<collectorName box="[864,899,915,938]" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">Jar</collectorName>
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51) A99-166,
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<date box="[1076,1264,914,939]" pageId="6" pageNumber="868" value="1899-11">
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<collectingDate box="[1076,1264,914,939]" pageId="6" pageNumber="868" value="1899-11">November 1899</collectingDate>
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</date>
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,
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<collectorName box="[313,414,946,970]" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">Moeraki</collectorName>
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, commensal in terebellid tube.
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Benham" authorityYear="1950" box="[780,1049,946,970]" class="Polychaeta" family="Polynoidae" genus="Lepidastheniella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="868" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="monroi">
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<emphasis box="[780,1049,946,970]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">Lepidastheniella monroi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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</materialsCitation>
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,
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<materialsCitation collectionCode="BMNH" country="New Zealand" location="Masked Island" pageId="6" pageNumber="868" specimenCode="BMNH 1907.5" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="syntype">
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<typeStatus box="[1066,1156,947,971]" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">syntype</typeStatus>
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: one spm (cs),
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<specimenCode box="[373,553,977,1002]" collectionCode="BMNH" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">BMNH 1907.5</specimenCode>
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.1.48,
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:E535AB4BFF8BE34DB179FDF3FBA4FA06:68434C86FF8BE343B13CFC58FCBFFC65" box="[621,797,978,1002]" country="New Zealand" name="Masked Island" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">Masked Island</location>
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,
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<collectingCountry box="[815,975,978,1002]" name="New Zealand" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">New Zealand</collectingCountry>
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, in sand under boulders between tide marks
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</materialsCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="6.[313,1269,883,1736]" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">
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<emphasis box="[353,569,1042,1066]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">Additional material</emphasis>
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. One spm (bad shape),
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<collectionCode box="[844,913,1042,1066]" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">OMD</collectionCode>
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IV185 (Coll. Benham, Jar 48), in same jar as specimen of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Schmarda" authorityYear="1861" box="[609,879,1074,1098]" class="Polychaeta" family="Polynoidae" genus="Lepidonotus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="868" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="polychroma">
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<emphasis box="[609,879,1074,1098]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">Lepidonotus polychroma</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, leg. Powell, labelled
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<taxonomicName authority="(Augener)" baseAuthorityName="Augener" class="Polychaeta" family="Polynoidae" genus="Lepidametria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="868" phylum="Annelida" rank="genus">
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<emphasis box="[1120,1268,1074,1098]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">Lepidametria</emphasis>
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(Augener)
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</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis box="[437,524,1107,1130]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">
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<taxonomicName authorityName=": Monro" authorityYear="1924" box="[437,520,1107,1130]" class="Polychaeta" family="Polynoidae" genus="Lepidastheniella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="868" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="comma">comma</taxonomicName>
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.
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</emphasis>
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One spm (dry),
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<collectionCode box="[714,783,1106,1130]" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">OMD</collectionCode>
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IV243,
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<date box="[875,1050,1106,1130]" pageId="6" pageNumber="868" value="1930-03-12">12 March 1930</date>
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,
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fathoms, off Rangitoto Beach, det. Benham as
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<taxonomicName authorityName=": Ehlers" authorityYear="1907" box="[707,948,1138,1162]" class="Polychaeta" family="Polynoidae" genus="Lepidasthenia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="868" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="comma">
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<emphasis box="[707,948,1138,1162]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">Lepidasthenia comma</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. One spm (dry, indeterminable),
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<collectionCode box="[384,453,1170,1194]" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">OMD</collectionCode>
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IV128 (Coll. Benham, Jar 11),
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<date box="[813,936,1170,1194]" pageId="6" pageNumber="868" value="1931-04">April 1931</date>
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,
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<collectingRegion box="[948,1059,1170,1194]" country="New Zealand" name="Auckland" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">Auckland</collectingRegion>
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harbour (dredge), leg. Powell, labelled as
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<taxonomicName authority="(Augener)" baseAuthorityName="Augener" box="[582,855,1201,1226]" class="Polychaeta" family="Polynoidae" genus="Lepidametria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="868" phylum="Annelida" rank="genus">
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<emphasis box="[582,730,1201,1225]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">Lepidametria</emphasis>
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(Augener)
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</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName authorityName=": Ehlers" authorityYear="1907" box="[863,942,1202,1225]" class="Polychaeta" family="Polynoidae" genus="Lepidasthenia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="868" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="comma">
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<emphasis box="[863,942,1202,1225]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">comma</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="6.[313,1269,883,1736]" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">
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<emphasis box="[353,480,1234,1257]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">Description</emphasis>
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(mainly based on the available
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<typeStatus box="[854,940,1234,1258]" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">syntype</typeStatus>
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of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Benham" authorityYear="1950" box="[983,1095,1234,1257]" class="Polychaeta" family="Polynoidae" genus="Lepidastheniella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="868" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="monroi">
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<emphasis box="[983,1095,1234,1257]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">L. monroi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, supplemented by observations on the
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<typeStatus box="[597,694,1266,1290]" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">syntypes</typeStatus>
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of
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<taxonomicName authorityName=": Ehlers" authorityYear="1907" box="[742,858,1266,1289]" class="Polychaeta" family="Polynoidae" genus="Lepidasthenia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="868" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="comma">
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<emphasis box="[742,858,1266,1289]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">L. comma</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, e.g. pigmentation of dorsum and elytra and chaetal characters). Dorsum with pigmented transverse stripes. Anterior end (figure 1A): prostomium without cephalic peaks; median antenna with ceratophore in anterior notch, style smooth, abruptly tapering sub-distally, with pigmented bands basally and sub-distally; lateral antennae inserted terminally, with distinct ceratophores, styles smooth, abruptly tapering sub-distally, with pigmented band basally; anterior pair of eyes dorsolaterally on widest part of prostomium, posterior pair dorsally closely behind anterior pair; palps papillate, tapering; facial tubercle present at upper lip of mouth. Tentaculophores (segment 1) inserted laterally to prostomium, without chaetae, with a pair of dorsal and ventral tentacular cirri with styles smooth, abruptly tapering sub-distally, with pigmented bands basally and subdistally. Second segment with first pair of elytra, sub-biramous parapodia, and long, ventral buccal cirri; notochaetae slender, spinous; neurochaetae with distinct rows of spines distally and pointed unidentate tips.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="6.[313,1269,883,1736]" lastBlockId="8.[313,1269,180,1417]" lastPageId="8" lastPageNumber="870" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">
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Numerous pairs of elytra (40 pairs in
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<typeStatus box="[777,863,1712,1736]" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">syntype</typeStatus>
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of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Benham" authorityYear="1950" box="[900,1009,1712,1735]" class="Polychaeta" family="Polynoidae" genus="Lepidastheniella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="6" pageNumber="868" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="monroi">
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<emphasis box="[900,1009,1712,1735]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="868">L. monroi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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), inserted on segments 2, 4, 5, alternating to end of body, last three to four segments cirrigerous; elytra covering dorsum only in anterior part of body; elytral margin smooth; anteriormost elytra with small, conical microtubercles in anterior half, number of microtubercles diminishing gradually, middle and posterior elytra smooth; elytral surface with several pigmented patches, central part often with more strongly pigmented band or area (comma-shaped) (figure 1B–D). Styles of dorsal cirri smooth, in anterior segments abruptly tapering sub-distally and with pigmented band, in more posterior ones tapering gradually; anteriormost reaching beyond tips of neurochaetae (figure 1A), more posterior ones shorter; styles of ventral cirri smooth, tapering, shorter than neuropodia (figure 1E).
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</paragraph>
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F. 1.
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<emphasis box="[405,650,1508,1530]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="869">Lepidastheniella comma</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(syntype of
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<taxonomicName authority=", BMNH" authorityName="BMNH" box="[793,995,1509,1530]" class="Polychaeta" family="Polynoidae" genus="Lepidastheniella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="7" pageNumber="869" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="monroi">
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<emphasis box="[793,898,1509,1530]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="869">L. monroi</emphasis>
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, BMNH
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</taxonomicName>
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1907.5.1.48: figures A–C, E–H; syntype of
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<taxonomicName authority=", OMD IV" authorityName="OMD IV" box="[565,781,1535,1557]" class="Polychaeta" family="Polynoidae" genus="Lepidastheniella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="7" pageNumber="869" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="comma">
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<emphasis box="[565,667,1536,1557]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="869">L. comma</emphasis>
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, OMD IV
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</taxonomicName>
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241: figures D, I, J): (A) anterior end showing prostomium and segments 1–3; right parapodia of 2nd and 3rd segments cut off; (B) anterior right elytron; (C) detail of anterior margin of same; (D) middle left elytron; (E) middle right elytragerous parapodium, anterior view; (F) distal part of notochaeta of same; (G) distal part of upper neurochaeta of same; (H) distal part of lower neurochaeta of same; (I) distal part of upper neurochaeta; (J) distal part of lower neurochaeta (scales
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[583,607,1694,1716]" pageId="7" pageNumber="869">=</emphasis>
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1 mm for A, B; 500
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[812,825,1695,1716]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="869">m</emphasis>
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m for D, E; 100
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[995,1008,1695,1716]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="869">m</emphasis>
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m for C, F–J).
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<paragraph blockId="8.[313,1269,180,1417]" pageId="8" pageNumber="870">Parapodia sub-biramous, smooth; notopodia reduced; neuropodia truncate, notched dorsally and ventrally, with elongate distally rounded lobes; tips of noto- and neuro-acicula not penetrating epidermis; about same number of noto- and neurochaetae (up to 20) (figure 1E). Notochaetae shorter than neurochaetae, slender with long pointed tips and distinct rows of spines (figure 1F). Neurochaetae stout, falcate, with rows of spines distally, without crest, tips unidentate; in upper neurochaetae tips more or less straight, in lower ones slightly hooked (figure 1G–J).</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="8.[313,1269,180,1417]" box="[353,855,723,748]" pageId="8" pageNumber="870">Nephridial papillae beginning at segment 8.</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="8.[313,1269,180,1417]" pageId="8" pageNumber="870">
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<emphasis box="[353,452,755,779]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="870">Remarks</emphasis>
|
||
. According to Benham (1950),
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[818,1086,755,779]" class="Polychaeta" family="Polynoidae" genus="Lepidastheniella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="8" pageNumber="870" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="comma">
|
||
<emphasis box="[818,1086,755,779]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="870">Lepidastheniella comma</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
shows only few (up to four) short delicate notochaetae and neurochaetae with hooked tips and few rows of spines, while
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[569,683,819,843]" class="Polychaeta" family="Polynoidae" genus="Lepidastheniella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="8" pageNumber="870" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="monroi">
|
||
<emphasis box="[569,683,819,843]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="870">L. monroi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is characterized by many long, thick notochaetae and neurochaetae not hooked distally and with more numerous rows of spines. Our investigations of all available type specimens and additional material of both species showed no significant differences. Although the
|
||
<typeStatus box="[859,956,915,939]" pageId="8" pageNumber="870">syntypes</typeStatus>
|
||
of
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[995,1107,915,938]" class="Polychaeta" family="Polynoidae" genus="Lepidastheniella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="8" pageNumber="870" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="comma">
|
||
<emphasis box="[995,1107,915,938]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="870">L. comma</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and the other investigated specimens must have dried out at some time and notochaetae are difficult to discern, we counted distinctly more than four notochaetae per parapodium. In our opinion differences given by Benham (1950) for the shape of noto- and neurochaetae are insignificant, since these are characters which vary within one parapodium depending on the position of the chaeta (see figure 1G–J). Moreover, the description given in Thomson (1902) for
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[874,992,1107,1130]" class="Polychaeta" family="Polynoidae" genus="Lepidastheniella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="8" pageNumber="870" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="comma">
|
||
<emphasis box="[874,992,1107,1130]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="870">L. comma</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
corresponds well with the characters observed in the investigated
|
||
<typeStatus box="[825,911,1138,1162]" pageId="8" pageNumber="870">syntype</typeStatus>
|
||
of
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[959,1073,1138,1161]" class="Polychaeta" family="Polynoidae" genus="Lepidastheniella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="8" pageNumber="870" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="monroi">
|
||
<emphasis box="[959,1073,1138,1161]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="870">L. monroi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, which confirms our opinion that
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="Benham, 1950" authorityName="Benham" authorityYear="1950" box="[531,833,1169,1194]" class="Polychaeta" family="Polynoidae" genus="Lepidastheniella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="8" pageNumber="870" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="monroi">
|
||
<emphasis box="[531,649,1170,1193]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="870">L. monroi</emphasis>
|
||
Benham, 1950
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is a junior synonym of
|
||
<taxonomicName authority="(Thomson, 1902)" baseAuthorityName="Thomson" baseAuthorityYear="1902" class="Polychaeta" family="Polynoidae" genus="Lepidastheniella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="8" pageNumber="870" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="comma">
|
||
<emphasis box="[1149,1268,1170,1193]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="870">L. comma</emphasis>
|
||
(Thomson, 1902)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="8.[313,1269,180,1417]" pageId="8" pageNumber="870">
|
||
<emphasis box="[353,514,1234,1257]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="870">Measurements</emphasis>
|
||
. Specimen figured:
|
||
<typeStatus box="[752,838,1234,1258]" pageId="8" pageNumber="870">syntype</typeStatus>
|
||
of
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Benham" authorityYear="1950" box="[887,1157,1233,1257]" class="Polychaeta" family="Polynoidae" genus="Lepidastheniella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Phyllodocida" pageId="8" pageNumber="870" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="monroi">
|
||
<emphasis box="[887,1157,1233,1257]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="870">Lepidastheniella monroi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<collectionCode box="[1177,1268,1233,1257]" pageId="8" pageNumber="870">BMNH</collectionCode>
|
||
1907.5.1.48): L
|
||
<quantity box="[495,570,1265,1289]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.7" pageId="8" pageNumber="870" unit="mm" value="67.0">67 mm</quantity>
|
||
and W
|
||
<quantity box="[665,727,1265,1289]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.0" pageId="8" pageNumber="870" unit="mm" value="6.0">6 mm</quantity>
|
||
for 79 segments.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="8.[313,1269,180,1417]" pageId="8" pageNumber="870">
|
||
<emphasis box="[353,486,1297,1321]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="870">Distribution</emphasis>
|
||
.
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[508,668,1297,1321]" name="New Zealand" pageId="8" pageNumber="870">New Zealand</collectingCountry>
|
||
(Moeraki,
|
||
<collectingRegion box="[814,925,1297,1321]" country="New Zealand" name="Auckland" pageId="8" pageNumber="870">Auckland</collectingRegion>
|
||
Harbour, Rangitoto Beach, Tagua Bay, Carnley Harbour, Musgrave Harbour, Masked Island) (see also Benham, 1950).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="8.[313,1269,180,1417]" box="[353,1030,1393,1417]" pageId="8" pageNumber="870">
|
||
<emphasis box="[353,439,1393,1417]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="870">Habitat</emphasis>
|
||
. Free-living in sand or commensal with terebellids.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |