Diopatra mariae 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 mariae; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5492081; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5492081

Diopatra mariae sp. nov. Figures 7 E–G, 10, 11; Table 1, 2 Material examined. Type material. Holotype: (MNCN 16.01 /17818), Papagayo beach, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, 28°50’32” N – 13°47’18” W, intertidal, coll. A. Arias, 10 Aug 2011; paratype (MNCN 16.01 /17819), same data as holotype. Type locality: Eastern North Atlantic, Canary Islands, Lanzarote, Papagayo beach, 28°50’32” N – 13°47’18” W, intertidal. Diagnosis. Prostomium anteriorly rounded with two subulate frontal lips; antennae to chaetiger 13–15 with seven to nine ceratophoral rings, lateral projections absent; nuchal grooves crescentic; peristomial cirri present. Anterior four pairs of parapodia with bidentate pseudocompound hooks with pointed hoods; with upper subulate and lower knob-like postchaetal lobes. Ventral parapodial lobes absent, ventral cirri on five chaetigers. Subacicular hooks from chaetiger 17; pectinate chaetae with 18–22 teeth; spiralled branchiae, first on chaetiger 4, single filaments from chaetiger 50. Description. Both types ... : 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 521-523, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4300.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/839214 ...