Ophelina ammotrypanella Schüller, 2008, sp. nov. ...

• Main Author: Schüller, Myriam
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2008
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Annelida; Polychaeta; Opheliidae; Ophelina; Ophelina ammotrypanella; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; South Orkney Islands; Southern Ocean; Weddell Sea
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5615908; https://zenodo.org/record/5615908

Ophelina ammotrypanella sp. nov. (Fig. 4 E–F) 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- 24757. Paratypes. ANDEEP III, Weddell Sea, South Orkney Islands, Sta. 154 -9, 30 March 2005, 61° 49.13 'S, 47 ° 27.51 'W, 1970 m, EBS, 8 specimens, ZMH P- 24758. Additional material. 131 - 3 (1), 16 - 10 (4), 78 - 9 (10), 81 - 8 (4), 110 - 8 (4), 121 - 11 (7). Etymology. The name refers to the close resemblance of this species to Ammotrypanella arctica which only differs from O. ammotrypanella sp. nov. in the lack of branchiae in anterior and median segments. Diagnosis. The species can be recognized by the enlarged branchiae being limited to the third body quarter and an anal tube without a ventral cirrus. Description. Holotype complete, 30.5 mm long and 2 mm wide for 45 chaetigers. A large species of about 14–31 mm length and 1–2 mm width for 32–45 chaetigers. Color in alcohol a light tan. Prostomium conical with a ... : 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 page 60, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.180892 ...