Macellicephala macintoshi Neal & Brasier & Wiklund 2018, sp. nov. ...

• Main Authors: Neal, Lenka, Brasier, Madeleine J., Wiklund, Helena
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2018
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Annelida; Polychaeta; Phyllodocida; Polynoidae; Macellicephala; Macellicephala macintoshi; McIntosh; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5994474; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5994474

Macellicephala macintoshi sp. nov. (Figure 2B, Figures 5, 6; Table 2.) Polynoe (Macellicephala) mirabilis in Mclntosh (1905): 59. Macellicephala mirabilis in Pettibone (1976): 10, p. 12: Fig. 3a–e. Material examined: Holotype and paratype, both specimens of McIntosh (1905), originally BMNH 1924: 7: 21: 12, South Africa (Cape of Good Hope), 540–900 m depth. Holotype retains original designation BMNH 1924: 7: 21: 12, paratype newly designated as NHMUK. 2018.25345. Description (based on holotype). Holotype 25 mm long, 6.5 mm wide including parapodia and 2 mm wide excluding parapodia; with 18 segments (segment 1 = tentacular segment); body dorsoventrally flattened, tapering anteriorly and posteriorly. Colour in alcohol deep purple dorsally (Fig. 5A) and yellow ventrally, prostomium without pigmentation, only ceratophore of median antenna with blotches of purple pigment. Prostomium bilobed with deep anterior notch; prostomial lobes moderately extended with tapering to somewhat angular anterior margin (Fig. 2B, ... : Published as part of Neal, Lenka, Brasier, Madeleine J. & Wiklund, Helena, 2018, Six new species of Macellicephala (Annelida: Polynoidae) from the Southern Ocean and south Atlantic with re-description of type species, pp. 1-34 in Zootaxa 4455 (1) on pages 11-15, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4455.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1456911 ...