Pherecardites antarctica Bleeker & Harris & Ten & Hove & Salazar-Vallejo 2023, n. comb. ...

• Main Authors: Bleeker, Joke, Harris, Leslie, Ten Hove, Harry A., Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2023
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Annelida; Polychaeta; Amphinomida; Amphinomidae; Pherecardites; Pherecardites antarctica; Antarctic; Hove; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8183871; https://zenodo.org/record/8183871

Pherecardites antarctica (Hartman, 1976) n. comb. (Fig. 2) Branchamphinome antarctica Hartman, 1967: 42, pl. 12, fig. A (anterior end). — Kudenov 1993: 95, figs 1, 2 (redescr.). TYPE MATERIAL. — Antarctica . Not seen (examined and redescribed by Kudenov 1993). ADDITIONAL MATERIAL. — Antarctica • 1 specimen; RV Eltanin Sta. 1346; 54°49’ to 54°50’S, 129°48’ to 129°46’W; 549 m depth; 7.XI.1964; LACM. DISTRIBUTION. — Antarctic, in sediments at 333-1153 m water depth. OBSERVATIONS Non-type specimen (LACM, only one available) colorless, complete, oval (Fig. 2A), slightly bent ventrally, pharynx partially exposed (Fig. 2C). Body 8 mm long, 3.5 mm wide, 26 chaetigers. Prostomium (Fig. 2B) distorted due to eversion of pharynx, bent posteriorly; lateral antennae eroded, inserted ahead of anterior eyes; median antenna thin, tapered, longer than caruncle. Palps conical, directed laterally. Eyes dark brown, anterior and posterior eyes fused laterally; anterior eyes reniform, twice as large as posterior round eyes. ... : Published as part of Bleeker, Joke, Harris, Leslie, Ten Hove, Harry A. & Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I., 2023, Pherecardites Horst, 1912 and Branchamphinome Hartman, 1967 are synonyms (Annelida, Amphinomidae, Amphinominae), pp. 435-443 in Zoosystema 45 (13) on pages 440-441, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2023v45a13, http://zenodo.org/record/8177448 ...