Terebellides mira Schüller & Hutchings, 2013, sp.n. ...

• Main Authors: Schüller, Myriam, Hutchings, Pat
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2013
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Annelida; Polychaeta; Terebellida; Trichobranchidae; Terebellides; Terebellides mira; Mira; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6149415; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6149415

Terebellides mira sp.n. Figs 9, 10, 11 Holotype: ANDEEP II, St. 133-5, GKG [drawing, MG photo] (ZMH-26009) Paratype: ANDEEP II, St. 133-5, GKG [MG photo, SEM, stub MI539 & MI540] (AM W38719) Description: (Based on both holotype and paratype) Holotype 15 mm in length, 1 mm in width, complete with 28 abdominal chaetigers (Fig. 9). Head region: Tentacular membrane largely expanded, horseshoe shaped. Lower lip rectangular, expanded, but not distinctly folded upwards. Tentacles only short and simple on the outer margins of the tentacular membrane, minute papillae apparent on tentacular membrane with MG staining. Branchiae: Branchial lobes free from each other, lamellae broad, loose, only few present, with filamentous tips. Posterior branchial lobes missing. Fifth branchial lobe absent. Annulation of branchial stem present, stem very long, longer than actual branchial lobe (Figs 9, 10 A, B, D, 11). Anterior chaetigers: Notopodia from segments 3–20, 18 pairs, all notopodia of similar size (Fig. 10 A). ... : Published as part of Schüller, Myriam & Hutchings, Pat, 2013, New species of Terebellides (Polychaeta: Trichobranchidae) from the deep Southern Ocean, with a key to all described species, pp. 1-45 in Zootaxa 3619 on pages 16-19, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3619.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/219061 ...