Paranerilla Jouin & Swedmark 1965 ...

• Main Authors: Mendes, Samuel Lucas da Silva Delgado, Rodrigues, Jaqueline Carvalho, Rizzo, Alexandra E.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2024
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Annelida; Polychaeta; Nerillidae; Paranerilla; Arctic Ocean; Greenland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12692670; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.12692670

Genus Paranerilla Jouin & Swedmark, 1965 Type species Paranerilla limicola Jouin & Swedmark, 1965, by original designation. Diagnosis emendation (after Worsaae & Kristensen, 2003) Seven chaetigers between prostomium and pygidium. Prostomium without appendages, only two lateral horns present. Compound chaetae and an acicular spine may be present. Dorsal and ventral ciliation well developed. Segment 1 with cirri fully developed. Cirri in following parapodia rudimentary. Two elongate pygidial cirri. Remarks Paranerilla Jouin & Swedmark, 1965 is one of the three Nerillidae genera which are found in deep waters (Worsaae & Kristensen 2003). Paranerilla is monophyletic (Worsaae 2005b) and currently has two accepted species: Paranerilla limicola Jouin & Swedmark, 1965 from Skagerrak, North Sea, and Paranerilla cilioscutata Worsaae & Kristensen, 2003 from Greenland, Arctic Ocean. They can be found in muddy sediments associated with diverse meiofaunal taxa from a range of 30 to 1216 meters ... : Published as part of Mendes, Samuel Lucas da Silva Delgado, Rodrigues, Jaqueline Carvalho & Rizzo, Alexandra E., 2024, A new species of Paranerilla Jouin & Swedmark, 1965 (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Brazil, pp. 144-153 in European Journal of Taxonomy 943 on page 147, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.943.2591, http://zenodo.org/record/12636357 ...