Webbnesia maculata Núñez & Barnich & Monterroso 2022, gen. et sp. nov. ...

• Main Authors: Núñez, Jorge, Barnich, Ruth, Monterroso, Óscar
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2022
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Annelida; Polychaeta; Phyllodocida; Polynoidae; Webbnesia; Webbnesia maculata; Núñez; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7278095; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.7278095

Webbnesia maculata gen. et sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 3128B356-28DC-4072-BC95-7DC8454AC1D3 Figs 2–6, Tables 2–3 Diagnosis PROSTOMIUM. Without cephalic peaks. Lateral antennae inserted ventrally. Two pairs of eyes, anterior pair dorsolateral, posterior pair dorsal. ELYTRA. With smooth margins, surface with scattered, conical microtubercles and pigmented patches. ANTENNAE AND CIRRI. Tapering, papillate. PARAPODIA. With reduced notopodium and prominent neuropodium; neuropodium with minute (i.e., reduced) supra-acicular process, aciculum penetrating subdistally. CHAETAE. Notochaetae stout with faint rows of spines and entire tip. Neurochaetae stout with distinct rows of spines and falcate, entire tip. Etymology The species epithet refers to the characteristic pigmented patches on the elytra, described by the Latin word ‘ maculatus ’ in its female form. Material examined Holotype CANARY ISLANDS • ovigerous ♀ (complete, with 33 segments); NE Atlantic, east coast of Gran Canaria, off Tufía; 27°57.91′ N, ... : Published as part of Núñez, Jorge, Barnich, Ruth & Monterroso, Óscar, 2022, A new genus and species of Polynoidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Canary Islands, and update on taxa present in the Northeast Atlantic, pp. 55-74 in European Journal of Taxonomy 846 (1) on pages 63-69, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.846.1965, http://zenodo.org/record/7277225 ...