Myxicola steenstrupi Kroyer 1856 ...

Myxicola steenstrupi Krøyer, 1856 Material examined Syntypes FAROE ISLANDS • 1 spec.; Tórshavn; NHMD 109911. GREENLAND • 1 spec.; NHMD 109912. Additional material FAROE ISLANDS • 1 spec., 1 juv.; head of Kaldbakfjord; depth 1–2 m; P. Knight-Jones leg.; from abandoned Mytilus ropes; NMW.Z.2009.038.06...

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Main Author: Darbyshire, Teresa
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: Zenodo 2023
Subjects:
Juv
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10164561
https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10164561
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Summary:Myxicola steenstrupi Krøyer, 1856 Material examined Syntypes FAROE ISLANDS • 1 spec.; Tórshavn; NHMD 109911. GREENLAND • 1 spec.; NHMD 109912. Additional material FAROE ISLANDS • 1 spec., 1 juv.; head of Kaldbakfjord; depth 1–2 m; P. Knight-Jones leg.; from abandoned Mytilus ropes; NMW.Z.2009.038.0673. Description Faroese specimens Faroe Islands syntype complete, in 2 pieces, with 54 chaetigers, 7–8 thoracic (difficult to determine due to condition) and 46 abdominal; body length 26 mm, crown length 11 mm. Other specimens complete, with 46 and 50 chaetigers, of which 8 are thoracic; body lengths 12 and 31 mm, crown lengths 5 and 9 mm. Preserved colour cream (NMW.Z) or pale brown (syntype), no pigment observed. 1–2 minute interramal (thoracic) and lateral (abdominal) eyespots present on NMW.Z specimens only, as well as pygidial eyespots, pygidium tip missing on type. Radiolar crown with semicircular radiolar lobes bearing 20 pairs of radioles (type) or 12 and 17 pairs, respectively, on juvenile and larger ... : Published as part of Darbyshire, Teresa, 2023, Designation of a neotype for Myxicola infundibulum (Montagu, 1808) (Annelida: Sabellidae) and a new species from the UK, pp. 106-137 in European Journal of Taxonomy 900 (1) on pages 127-129, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.900.2305, http://zenodo.org/record/10072637 ...