Cirratulus balaenophilus Taboada, Doner, Blake & Avila, 2012, sp. nov. ...

• Main Authors: Taboada, Sergi, Doner, Stacy, Blake, James A., Avila, Conxita
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2012
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Annelida; Polychaeta; Terebellida; Cirratulidae; Cirratulus; Cirratulus balaenophilus; Antarc*; Antarctica; Balaenoptera acutorostrata; Deception Island; minke whale; South Shetland Islands
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5670028; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5670028

Cirratulus balaenophilus sp. nov. Figures 2–4 Material examined. Port Foster, Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica; 62º59.33' S; 60º33.45' W, 21 m, associated with a minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) caudal vertebra. Collected by S. Taboada, J. Cristobo, and C. Avila, January 25, 2010. Holotype (CRBA-9616) and four paratypes (CRBA-9617; CRBA-9618; CRBA-9619; CRBA-9620) complete and well preserved. Additional material: seven specimens preserved in 10% formalin and transferred to 70% ETOH, three used for SEM; 10 specimens preserved in 95% ETOH. Description. A moderate-sized species; holotype complete, 14 mm long, 0.6 mm wide across both thorax and abdomen, for about 100 chaetigers (Fig. 2 A). Largest paratype complete, 7.2 mm long and 0.5 mm wide across both thorax and abdomen, for about 69 chaetigers (Fig. 2 B). Remaining paratypes all complete juveniles, 2.6–3.6 mm long, 0.2–0.3 mm wide across both thorax and abdomen, with 40–45 chaetigers. Thoracic region not expanded, composed of ... : Published as part of Taboada, Sergi, Doner, Stacy, Blake, James A. & Avila, Conxita, 2012, A new species of Cirratulus (Annelida: Polychaeta) described from a shallow-water whale bone in Antarctica, pp. 59-68 in Zootaxa 3340 on pages 61-66, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.211639 ...