A new species of Chaetopterus (Annelida: Chaetopteridae) from eastern Canada, with a redescription of Chaetopterus norvegicus M. Sars, 1835

Chaetopterus is a globally distributed genus of marine Annelida with a long history of taxonomic confusion. Here, we describe Chaetopterus bruneli sp. nov. from a depth of 350 m in the St. Lawrence Estuary, eastern Canada. The new species represents the northernmost record for Chaetopterus in the we...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:European Journal of Taxonomy
Main Authors: Jenna M. Moore, Jean-Marc Gagnon, Mary E. Petersen
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Consortium of European Natural History Museums 2020
Subjects:
Chaetopterus bruneli sp. nov
St. Lawrence Estuary
North Atlantic
systematics
taxonomy
Zoology
QL1-991
Botany
QK1-989
Canada
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.720.1111
https://doaj.org/article/9533bbeccc014082aba9715f4acf3c9a
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Summary:Chaetopterus is a globally distributed genus of marine Annelida with a long history of taxonomic confusion. Here, we describe Chaetopterus bruneli sp. nov. from a depth of 350 m in the St. Lawrence Estuary, eastern Canada. The new species represents the northernmost record for Chaetopterus in the western Atlantic to date. The similar European species Chaetopterus norvegicus M. Sars, 1835 is resurrected from long-standing synonymy and redescribed from type material, and a lectotype is designated.

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