Ophryotrocha craigsmithi Wiklund, Glover & Dahlgren, 2009, sp. nov. ...

• Main Authors: Wiklund, Helena, Glover, Adrian G., Dahlgren, Thomas G.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2009
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Annelida; Polychaeta; Eunicida; Dorvilleidae; Ophryotrocha; Ophryotrocha craigsmithi; minke whale; North Atlantic; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5698108; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5698108

Ophryotrocha craigsmithi sp. nov. (Figs 2 A–D) Material examined: Northern North Atlantic, coastal Skagerrak, 58° 53.1’ N; 11° 06.4’ E, female with eggs, 7 mm long, preserved in formaldehyde, from experimental aquaria containing bones sampled from a Minke whale carcass, which was implanted at 125 m depth, holotype (SMNH T- 7817); same location, one specimen, not complete, preserved in formaldehyde, paratype (NHM2009.26), same location three specimens preserved in ethanol for DNA extraction. Fishfarm in Svåsand, Hardangerfjord, 84 and 150 m depth, ten specimens preserved in ethanol for DNA extraction. Description: Colour pale red or transparent with red branchia-like structures on dorsal and ventral sides, the dorsal being very large and rounded in form, partly covering the dorsum (Fig. 2 A). Body shape elongated, tapering slightly at posterior end. Prostomium with digitiform paired antennae inserted dorsally. Palps papilliform with palpophores, inserted laterally on prostomium. No eyes. Jaws of P-type, ... : 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 page 48, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.190259 ...