Terebellides sirius 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 sirius; Sirius; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6149419; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6149419

Terebellides sirius sp.n. Figs 15, 16, 17 Holotype: ANDEEP II, St. 132-6, GKG (ZMH-26005) Paratypes: ANDEEP II, St. 132-6, GKG [drawing, MG photo] (ZMH-26004); ANDEEP II, St. 132-6, GKG (ZMH-26006); ANDEEP II, St. 131-8, GKG (AM W39663); ANDEEP II, St. 131-8, GKG [MG photo, SEM, stub MI541 & MI542] (AM W38716); ANDEEP II, St. 132-4, GKG (2 specimens, AM W39664, AM W39665); DZMB-HH 6309-1, ANDEEP III, St. 121-12, GKG (ZMH-26007) Description: (Based on both holotype and paratypes) Holotype 6 mm in length, 1 mm width, complete with 35 abdominal chaetigers. Paratypes range from 6 mm to 1.2 cm in length to 1 to 1.2 mm in width with 30 to 35 abdominal chaetigers. Head region: Tentacular membrane greatly expanded. Lower lip rectangular, distinctly folded upwards, also expanded (Fig. 15). Tentacles short simple ones plus long tentacles with expanded tips present on outer margins of tentacular membrane (Fig. 16 A, D). Branchiae: Branchial lobes fused about 20–40% with each other, lamellae broad, loose, rather few ... : 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 22-25, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3619.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/219061 ...