Oligobregma pseudocollare Schüller & Hilbig, 2007, sp. nov. ...

• Main Authors: Schüller, Myriam, Hilbig, Brigitte
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2007
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Annelida; Polychaeta; Scalibregmatidae; Oligobregma; Oligobregma pseudocollare; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Antarctica; Elephant Island; Montagu Island; Scotia Sea; South Sandwich Islands; Weddell Sea
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5660937; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5660937

Oligobregma pseudocollare sp. nov. (Fig. 2 A–E) Holotype. Scotia Sea northeast off Elephant Island, Sta. 46­7, 30 January 2002, 60°38.35’S, 53°57.36’W, 2889–2892 m, EBS (ZMH, P­ 24733) Paratypes. Scotia Sea northeast off Elephant Island, Sta. 46­7, 30 January 2002, 60°38.35’S, 53°57.36’W, 2889–2892 m, EBS, 19 specimens (ZMH, P­ 24734); Scotia Sea, South Sandwich Islands, east off Montagu Island, Sta. 143­1, 25 March 2002, 58°44.69’S, 25°10.27’W, 753–774 m, EBS, 8 specimens (NHM 2006.1691–1698); Weddell Sea, Antarctic Peninsula, Sta. 131­3, 0 5 March 2002, 65°19.83’S, 51°31.62’W, 3049–3050 m, EBS, 1 specimen (ZMH, P­ 24735). Etymology. The name refers to the strong resemblance of the species to Oligobregma collare (Levenstein, 1975). Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished by the presence of two rows of acicular spines in the first and second notopodia. Description Holotype incomplete, posterior segments in poor condition, pygidium missing; 6.5 mm long and 1.3 mm Prostomium with 2 rounded lobes ... : Published as part of Schüller, Myriam & Hilbig, Brigitte, 2007, Three new species of the genus Oligobregma (Polychaeta, Scalibregmatidae) from the Scotia and Weddell Seas (Antarctica), pp. 35-45 in Zootaxa 1391 on pages 38-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.175240 ...