Ophryotrocha eutrophila 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 eutrophila; minke whale; North Atlantic; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5698109; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5698109

Ophryotrocha eutrophila sp. nov. (Figs 3 A–F) Material examined: Northern North Atlantic, coastal Skagerrak, 58° 53.1’ N; 11° 06.4’ E, female with eggs, 8 mm long, 32 chaetigers, preserved in formaldehyde from experimental tank with bone material sampled from a minke whale carcass, which was implanted at 125 m dept, holotype (SMNH T- 7818); same location, four specimens, two males and two females, preserved in formaldehyde, paratype (NHM2009.27); same location, seven specimens preserved in formaldehyde, two specimens preserved in osmium for SEM, and several specimens preserved in ethanol for DNA extraction. Description: Colour transparent, females with eggs distinctly larger than males (Figs 3 A, B). Body shape elongated, of generally uniform width, tapering slightly at posterior end. Prostomium with digitiform paired antennae inserted dorsally. Palps papilliform, inserted laterally on prostomium. No eyes. Mandibles rodlike, with anterior dentition. K-type maxillae with smooth forceps and 7 pairs of free ... : 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 49-50, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.190259 ...