Kirkegaardia carolina Blake, 2016, new species ...

Kirkegaardia carolina new species Figures 9, 10 A–C Tharyx sp. 3: Blake et al. 1987: Appendix C-2; Hilbig 1994: 941. Material examined. Western North Atlantic, off Cape Lookout, North Carolina, U.S. South Atlantic ACSAR Program Cruise 1, R/ V Columbus Iselin Sta. 2, Rep. 1, 12 November 1983, 34°14.8...

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Main Author: Blake, James A.
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Published: Zenodo 2016
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5612212
https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5612212
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Summary:Kirkegaardia carolina new species Figures 9, 10 A–C Tharyx sp. 3: Blake et al. 1987: Appendix C-2; Hilbig 1994: 941. Material examined. Western North Atlantic, off Cape Lookout, North Carolina, U.S. South Atlantic ACSAR Program Cruise 1, R/ V Columbus Iselin Sta. 2, Rep. 1, 12 November 1983, 34°14.87′N, 75°43.79′W, 1013 m, coll. J.A. Blake, Chief Scientist, holotype (USNM 1407162); Sta. 1, Rep. 2, 11 November 1983, 34°16.36′N, 75°45.50′W, 640 m, coll. J.A. Blake, Chief Scientist, 3 paratypes (USNM 1407163). Description. An elongate, threadlike, fragile species; holotype from Sta. 2 complete, broken into two parts, 9.4 mm long, 0.2 mm wide across thorax and 0.23 mm wide across middle abdominal segments for about 75 setigers; complete paratype (very fragile) from Sta. 1 complete, 7.3 mm long, 0.3 mm wide with about 65 setigers (Fig. 10 A). Bodies of some paratypes partially covered by remnants of thin, transparent tattered tube (Fig. 10 A–C). Color in alcohol, light tan with no pigment. Pre-setigerous region ... : Published as part of Blake, James A., 2016, Kirkegaardia (Polychaeta, Cirratulidae), new name for Monticellina Laubier, preoccupied in the Rhabdocoela, together with new records and descriptions of eight previously known and sixteen new species from the Atlantic, Pacific, and Southern Oceans, pp. 1-93 in Zootaxa 4166 (1) on pages 23-26, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4166.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/272348 ...