Orbiniella mayhemi Meca & Kongsrud & Kongshavn & Alvestad & Meißner & Budaeva 2024, sp. nov. ...

• Main Authors: Meca, Miguel A., Kongsrud, Jon Anders, Kongshavn, Katrine, Alvestad, Tom, Meißner, Karin, Budaeva, Nataliya
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2024
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Annelida; Polychaeta; Orbiniida; Orbiniidae; Orbiniella; Orbiniella mayhemi; Iceland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12190926; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.12190926

Orbiniella mayhemi Meca & Budaeva, sp. nov. Figs 6, 7 Clade. Deep 3. Type material examined. Holotype SMF 32627 (DNA voucher Orbi 19). Paratypes SMF 32588 (1 paratype); SMF 32628 (1 paratype on SEM stub); SMF 32630 (1 paratype); SMF 32640 (1 paratype on SEM stub, DNA voucher Orbi 18); ZMBN 157433 (1 paratype, DNA voucher Orbi 3). Other material examined. ZMBN 157432 (3 spms). Diagnosis. An Orbiniella with segmental annulation pattern as follows: one narrow annulus between parapodia from parapodium 1 until 5 or 6 and two narrow annuli between parapodia from parapodium 5 or 6 until end of available fragment of the most complete specimen. Acicular spines short and stout, up to three in both noto- and neuropodia. Pygidium not observed. Type locality. Irminger Basin, SW Iceland, NE Atlantic, 62.9888, - 28.0950, 1588 m (Fig. 6). Description (based on type specimens). Holotype incomplete with 14 chaetigers, 3.0 mm long and 0.36 mm wide at level of chaetiger 6. Body elongated and narrow, uniformly wide. ... : Published as part of Meca, Miguel A., Kongsrud, Jon Anders, Kongshavn, Katrine, Alvestad, Tom, Meißner, Karin & Budaeva, Nataliya, 2024, Diversity of Orbiniella (Orbiniidae, Annelida) in the North Atlantic and the Arctic, pp. 51-88 in ZooKeys 1205 on pages 51-88, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1205.120300 ...