Diopatra mellea 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 mellea; Las Palmas; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5492084; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5492084

Diopatra mellea sp. nov. Figures 13–15; Table 1, 2 Material examined. Type material. Holotype: MNCN 16.01 /17821, La Laja beach, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, 28°03’N – 15°25’W, intertidal, coll. A. Arias, 12 Aug 2012; paratype: AM W.49216 same data as holotype. Type locality. Eastern North Atlantic, Canary Islands, Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, La Laja beach, 28°03’N – 15°25’W, intertidal. Diagnosis. Prostomium anteriorly rounded with two subulate frontal lips; antennae to chaetiger 6–11 with 12– 13 ceratophoral rings, lateral projections absent; nuchal grooves crescentic to semicircular; peristomial cirri present. Anterior five to six pairs of parapodia with bidentate pseudocompound hooks with falcate hoods; double postchaetal lobes. Ventral parapodial lobes absent, ventral cirri on five chaetigers. Subacicular hooks from chaetiger 19–20; pectinate chaetae with 4–11 teeth; spiralled branchiae, first on chaetiger 5, last single filament on chaetiger 70. Description. Both types incomplete, holotype 31 mm long ... : 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 524-528, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4300.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/839214 ...