Diopatra budaevae Paxton & Arias 2017, sp. nov. ...

• Main Authors: Paxton, Hannelore, Arias, Andres
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Annelida; Polychaeta; Eunicida; Onuphidae; Diopatra; Diopatra budaevae; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5492072; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5492072

Diopatra budaevae sp. nov. Figures 2 A,B, 3; Table 1 Material examined. Type material. Holotype: (MNCN 16.01 /17809), La Laja beach, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, 28°03’N – 15°25’W, intertidal, coll. A. Arias, 12 Aug 2012. Type locality. Eastern North Atlantic, Canary Islands, Gran Canaria, La Laja beach, 28°03’N – 15°25’W, intertidal. Diagnosis. Prostomium anteriorly rounded with two subovate frontal lips; antennae to chaetiger 9–11; with six to seven ceratophoral rings, lateral projections absent; nuchal grooves crescentic; peristomial cirri absent. Anterior four pairs of parapodia with bidentate pseudocompound hooks with falcate hoods; single postchaetal lobes. Ventral parapodial lobes absent, ventral cirri on four chaetigers. Subacicular hooks from chaetiger 10; pectinate chaetae with 9–15 teeth; spiralled branchiae, first on chaetiger 4, last on chaetiger 16. Description. Incomplete holotype 7 mm long for 38 chaetigers, 0.7 mm wide. Ethanol stored specimen overall whitish with dorsal colour pattern ... : Published as part of Paxton, Hannelore & Arias, Andres, 2017, Unveiling a surprising diversity of the genus Diopatra Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833 (Annelida: Onuphidae) in the Macaronesian region (eastern North Atlantic) with the description of four new species, pp. 505-535 in Zootaxa 4300 (4) on pages 508-510, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4300.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/839214 ...