Onuphis

• Main Authors: Gil, João, Machado, Margarida
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2014
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Annelida; Polychaeta; Eunicida; Onuphidae; Onuphis; Iceland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5689582; https://zenodo.org/record/5689582

Key to species of Onuphis present in European and nearby waters: (Adapted from: Fauchald 1982 b, Gil 2011) 1 All branchiae simple and strap-like........................................................................ 2 - Branchiae bifid or pectinate............................................................................. 4 2 Branchiae from chaetiger 1; pseudocompound hooks all tridentate; ventral cirri cirriform on the first 5–7 chaetigers; cirriform postchaetal lobes distinct on the first 10–13 chaetigers........................................................ 3 - Branchiae from chaetiger 5; pseudocompound hooks bi– and tridentate; ventral cirri cirriform on the first 4 chaetigers; cirriform postchaetal lobes distinct on the first 16–33 chaetigers in adults............................................................................................... Onuphis farensis sp. nov. (Gulf of Cádiz, SW Iberian Peninsula) 3 Maxillary formula: MI: 1 + 1, MII: 8-9 + 8, MIII: 9-10 +0, MIV: 5-6 + 5, MV: 1 + 1.................. O. opalina (SE Iceland) - Maxillary formula: MI: 1 + 1, MII: 6-8 + 8-9, MIII: 7-8 +0, MIV: 7-9 + 9-11, MV: 1 + 1....... O. rullieriana (SW British Isles) 4 Branchiae pectinate, with up to 5–7 branchial filaments (first 15–20 chaetigers with simple branchiae)................. 5 - Branchiae bifid (first 20–25 chaetigers with simple branchiae); ventral cirri cirriform on the first 3–4 chaetigers; digitiform postchaetal lobes disappearing at chaetiger 7–8....................... O. falesia (Gulf of Follonica, Mediterranean Sea) 5 Tridentate pseudocompound hooks present on the first 3 chaetigers; branchiae pectinate, with up to 6–7 branchial filaments (first 18–20 chaetigers with simple branchiae); ventral cirri cirriform on the first 6 chaetigers; digitiform postchaetal lobes distinct in at least 60 chaetigers............................. O. eremita (European Atlantic coast and Mediterranean Sea) - Bi – and tridentate pseudocompound hooks present on the first 2 chaetigers; branchiae pectinate, with up to 5–6 branchial filaments (first 15 chaetigers with simple branchiae); ventral cirri cirriform present from the first chaetiger, but total number unknown; digitiform postchaetal lobes present from the first chaetiger, but total number unknown...................................................................................... O. pancerii (Naples region, Mediterranean Sea) : Published as part of Gil, João & Machado, Margarida, 2014, A new species of Onuphis (Polychaeta: Onuphidae) from Southern Portugal, with comments on the validity of O. pancerii Claparède, 1868, pp. 343-360 in Zootaxa 3860 (4) on page 358, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3860.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/229678 : {"references": ["Fauchald, K. (1982 b) Revision of Onuphis, Nothria, and Paradiopatra (Polychaeta: Onuphidae) based upon type material. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 356, 1 - 109. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00810282.356", "Gil, J. (2011) The European Fauna of Annelida Polychaeta. PhD Thesis, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciencias, Universidade de Lisboa, xlii + 1554 pp."]}