Ophryotrocha scutellus Wiklund, Glover & Dahlgren, 2009, sp. nov. ...
Ophryotrocha scutellus sp. nov. (Figs 1 A–D) Material examined: Northern North Atlantic, coastal Skagerrak, 58° 53.1’ N; 11° 06.4’ E, female with eggs, 6 mm long, 29 chaetigers, preserved in formaldehyde from experimental tank with bone material sampled from a minke whale carcass, which was implante...
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| Summary: | Ophryotrocha scutellus sp. nov. (Figs 1 A–D) Material examined: Northern North Atlantic, coastal Skagerrak, 58° 53.1’ N; 11° 06.4’ E, female with eggs, 6 mm long, 29 chaetigers, preserved in formaldehyde from experimental tank with bone material sampled from a minke whale carcass, which was implanted at 125 m depth, holotype (SMNH T- 7816); same location, 2 specimens, preserved in formaldehyde, paratypes (NHM2009.25); same location, one specimen preserved in osmium for SEM, and several specimens preserved in ethanol for DNA extraction. Fishfarm in Mele, Hardangerfjord, 60°21.27’N; 6°20.89’E, 104 m depth, several specimens preserved in formalin. Description: Body shape elongated, uniform width for majority of body length, tapering slightly at posterior end. Colour transparent, with white eggs visible in females. (Fig. 1 A). Prostomium round and dorso-ventrally flattened, disc-like. Eyes lacking. Long cirriform paired antennae inserted dorsally, reaching to first chaetiger, equally long palps cirriform ... : Published as part of Wiklund, Helena, Glover, Adrian G. & Dahlgren, Thomas G., 2009, Three new species of Ophryotrocha (Annelida: Dorvilleidae) from a whale-fall in the North-East Atlantic, pp. 43-56 in Zootaxa 2228 on pages 46-48, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.190259 ... |
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