Bengalus longiductus Biseswar 2006, n. sp. ...

• Main Author: Biseswar, Ramlall
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2006
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Echiura; Polychaeta; Echiuroidea; Bonelliidae; Bengalus; Bengalus longiductus; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4893235; https://zenodo.org/record/4893235

Bengalus longiductus n. sp. (Fig. 2 E-G) TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype: Porcupine Abyssal Plain, BENGAL 2, Discovery 226, stn 13078#11, 48°53.19’N, 16°35.98’W, 4844 m, 1.IV.1997, sexually mature ♀. Paratype: BENGAL 2, Discovery 226, stn 13078#06, 48°44.55’N, 16°32.77’W, 4838 m, 30.III.1997, 1 ♀. ETYMOLOGY. — The species is named on account of the presence of a long gonoduct. DESCRIPTION Colour of proboscis of preserved specimen is cream, trunk is light pink. Only basal stump of proboscis is attached to trunk, distal part is missing. Junction of proboscis and trunk is stout. Lateral margins of proboscis curl inwards proximally but do not fuse to form funnel around mouth (Fig. 2E). Mouth is an oval aperture located on round muscular projection. Trunk is cylindrical. In holotype trunk measures 41 mm in length and 8 mm across broadest part. Corresponding measurements of paratype are 60 and 7 mm. Integument is thick and opaque. Papillae are microscopic, more closely aggregated at extremities of ... : 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 pages 858-860, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4689879 ...