Zenkevitchiola brevirostris Murina 1978 ...

• Main Author: Biseswar, Ramlall
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2006
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Annelida; Polychaeta; Echiuroidea; Bonelliidae; Zenkevitchiola; Zenkevitchiola brevirostris; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4893186; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.4893186

Zenkevitchiola brevirostris Murina, 1978 (Fig. 3 A-C) MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Porcupine Abyssal Plain, BEN- GAL 2, Discovery 226, stn 13078#11, 48°53.19’N, 16°35.98’W, 4844 m, 1.IV.1997, 2 ♀♀. DESCRIPTION Colour of proboscis is white,trunk is pink in preserved state.Proboscis is truncate,lateral margins curl inwards forming a shallow groove. Proboscis of larger female is 14 mm in length; trunk is 24 mm long and 8 mm across broadest part. In smaller female with trunk length of 10 mm, proboscis is only 4 mm long. Proximal end of proboscis forms a cup with slit on ventral side (Fig. 3A).Trunk is sac-like with bulbous posterior end (Fig. 3A). Papillae microscopic, more clearly discernible in contracted region of trunk, aligned roughly in transverse rows. Integument is very thin and transparent.Coils of gut visible through body wall (Fig. 3A). Ventral setae absent. Internally, single minute, gonoduct (Fig. 3B) is located on right side of nerve cord. Gonostome on long stalk, basal in position. Alimentary canal not ... : Published as part of Biseswar, Ramlall, 2006, Additions to the deep-sea echiuran (Echiura) fauna of the North-East Atlantic, pp. 853-864 in Zoosystema 28 (4) on page 860, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4689879 ...