Ammotrypanella cirrosa Schüller, 2008, sp. nov. ...

• Main Author: Schüller, Myriam
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2008
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Annelida; Polychaeta; Opheliidae; Ammotrypanella; Ammotrypanella cirrosa; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Southern Ocean; Weddell Sea
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5615900; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5615900

Ammotrypanella cirrosa sp. nov. (Fig. 3A–B) Holotype. ANDEEP I–II, Weddell Sea, Antarctic Peninsula, Sta. 131-3, 0 5 March 2002, 65°19.83’S, 51°31.62’W, 3049–3050 m, EBS, ZMH P- 24751. Paratypes. ANDEEP I–II; Weddell Sea, Antarctic Peninsula, Sta. 131-3, 0 5 March 2002, 65°19.83’S, 51°31.62’W, 3049–3050 m, EBS, 63 specimens, ZMH P- 24752. Additional material. 42-2 (4), 134-4 (2), 141-10 (1), 16-10 (6), 59-5 (2), 78-9 (2), 102-13 (4), 110-8 (1), 121-11 (40), 153-7 (4), 154-9 (1). Etymology. The name refers to the presence of numerous small cirri and a large ventral cirrus on the posterior margin of the anal tube. Diagnosis. The species can be recognized by the presence of a thick ventral cirrus and numerous small cirri on the posterior margin of the anal tube. Description. Holotype complete, body long and thin, 16 mm long and 1.5 mm wide for 40 chaetigers. A median species of 7–25 mm length and 0.5–2 mm width; number of chaetigers 37–42. Ventral groove present along whole length of body. Posterior body region ... : Published as part of Schüller, Myriam, 2008, New polychaete species collected during the expeditions ANDEEP I, II, and III to the deep Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean in the austral summers 2002 and 2005 — Ampharetidae, Opheliidae, and Scalibregmatidae, pp. 51-68 in Zootaxa 1705 on pages 57-58, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.180892 ...