Neopolynoe Loshamn 1981 ...

Neopolynoe Loshamn, 1981 Type species. Polynoe paradoxa Storm, 1888 Diagnosis. Body long, with up to about 100 segments. Elytra 15 pairs, covering dorsum, overlapping, on segments 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 26, 29, and 32, leaving long tail uncovered. Prostomium bilobed, with distinc...

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Main Authors: Barnich, Ruth, Gambi, Maria Cristina, Fiege, Dieter
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Published: Zenodo 2012
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5680918
https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5680918
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Summary:Neopolynoe Loshamn, 1981 Type species. Polynoe paradoxa Storm, 1888 Diagnosis. Body long, with up to about 100 segments. Elytra 15 pairs, covering dorsum, overlapping, on segments 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 26, 29, and 32, leaving long tail uncovered. Prostomium bilobed, with distinct cephalic peaks and three antennae; lateral antennae inserted ventrally to median antenna. Notopodia with prominent, digitiform acicular lobe; neuropodia with prominent, subtriangular acicular lobe with tip extended to supra-acicular process; tips of noto- and neuroacicula penetrating epidermis. Notochaetae stouter than or as stout as neurochaetae, with blunt tip; neurochaetae more numerous, with uni- or bidentate tip. Remarks. Loshamn (1981) established the genus Neopolynoe for Polynoe paradoxa Storm, 1888, a species often associated with corals in the Northeast Atlantic. Bock et al. (2010) redescribed a second species within the genus, Neopolynoe acanellae (Verrill, 1881). This species is rather widely ... : Published as part of Barnich, Ruth, Gambi, Maria Cristina & Fiege, Dieter, 2012, Revision of the genus Polyeunoa McIntosh, 1885 (Polychaeta, Polynoidae), pp. 25-38 in Zootaxa 3523 on page 34, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.214562 ...