northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea

An overview of polynoid scale worms known to occur on cold-water coral reefs of the northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea is given, including a key for identification of species. Harmothoe oculinarum (Storm, 1879), H. vesiculosa Ditlevsen, 1917, and Leucia violacea (Storm, 1879) comb. nov. ar...

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Main Authors: Dieter Fiege, Ruth Barnich
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
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Key words
taxonomy
biogeography
Acanthicolepis
Harmothoe
Leucia
Neolagisca
McIntosh
Northeast Atlantic
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.636.3348
http://www.mapress.com/zoosymposia/content/2009/v2/f/v002p149-164.pdf
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Summary:An overview of polynoid scale worms known to occur on cold-water coral reefs of the northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea is given, including a key for identification of species. Harmothoe oculinarum (Storm, 1879), H. vesiculosa Ditlevsen, 1917, and Leucia violacea (Storm, 1879) comb. nov. are redescribed. A lectotype is designated for H. vesiculosa and the generic status of Leucia violacea (Storm, 1879) comb. nov. and Neolagisca jeffreysi (McIntosh, 1876) comb. nov. are changed. The biogeography of the species is discussed.

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