Deep-sea polychaetes from north-west Africa, including a description of a new species of Neopolynoe (Polynoidae)

• Published in: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
• Main Author: Kirkegaard, J.B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2001
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Arctic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315401004003; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0025315401004003

Polychaete worms obtained by RRS ‘Discovery’ from 200 to 4850 m north-west of Africa in 1979 contained 24 species of which five: Macellicephala violacea , Bathyeliosona abyssicola , Laetmonice filicornis , Maldanella harai and Potamilla torelli were present in the abyssal zone (>2000 m). Macellicephala violacea is widely distributed in the Arctic and the present record is the southern-most record of this species. Fifteen species were recorded from the bathyal zone, many of which have a wide distribution in the oceans. A Neopolynoe species from the bathyal zone is new to science.