Macellicephala brenesorum 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 brenesorum; Southern Ocean; Amundsen Sea; Island Bay; Pine Island Bay
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5994484; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5994484

Macellicephala brenesorum sp. nov. (Figure 2E and Figure 11, 12; Table 2.) Macellicephala sp. B in Neal et al. (2017) [record]. Material examined. Holotype, NHMUK.2018.830, Pine Island Bay, Amundsen Sea, Southern Ocean, cruise JR 179, station BIO5 -EBS-1A, collected on 09/03/2008, epibenthic sledge epi-net, 74°7' 6''S, 105°50'16 W, 1478 m depth. Description (based on holotype). Medium sized species; holotype complete specimen in a reasonably good condition, 12 mm long, 1.7 mm wide excluding parapodia and 5 mm wide including parapodia, 18 segments (segment 1 = tentacular segment); body dorsoventrally flattened, tapering anteriorly and posteriorly; live specimen not observed; dorsum and everted proboscis purple in alcohol (Fig. 11A), rest of integument pale yellow (Fig. 11B). Prostomium bilobed with moderately wide and deep median notch; prostomial lobes slightly pronounced, anteriorly tapering (Figs. 2E and 11C). Frontal filaments distinct, slender, slightly enlarged basally, distally tapering (Figs. 2E and ... : 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 20-22, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4455.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1456911 ...