Kirkegaardia neotesselata Blake, 2016, new species ...

Kirkegaardia neotesselata new species Figures 14, 15 A–C Tharyx annulosus: Maciolek et al. 1987: Appendix D-2 (In part, Sta. 11). Not Hartman (1965). Material examined. Western North Atlantic, Offshore New England, Georges Bank, continental slope south Cape Cod, US North Atlantic ACSAR Program, Crus...

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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.5612218
https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5612218
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Summary:Kirkegaardia neotesselata new species Figures 14, 15 A–C Tharyx annulosus: Maciolek et al. 1987: Appendix D-2 (In part, Sta. 11). Not Hartman (1965). Material examined. Western North Atlantic, Offshore New England, Georges Bank, continental slope south Cape Cod, US North Atlantic ACSAR Program, Cruse 2, R/V Oceanus, Sta. 11, Rep. 2, 0 4 May 1985, coll. G. Hampson, WHOI, Chief Scientist, 40°01.28′N, 70°55.09′W, 250 m, holotype and 7 paratypes (USNM 1407135– 6). Description. Holotype, complete, 10 mm long, 0.26 mm wide across thoracic segments for about 75 setigers; however an exact segment count not possible due to worms being enclosed in tube materials (Fig. 15 A–C). Body elongate, cylindrical throughout, with body segments wider than long in thoracic and anterior abdominal segments, becoming longer posteriorly, with some appearing oval or moniliform in shape; segments becoming narrow and crowded in far posterior segments forming an expanded posterior end terminating in a simple pygidium with terminal anus ... : 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 32-34, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4166.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/272348 ...