Three new species of the genus Oligobregma (Polychaeta, Scalibregmatidae) from the Scotia and Weddell Seas (Antarctica)

Three new species of the scalibregmatid genus Oligobregma Kudenov & Blake, 1978 are described from Antarctic waters. The species are best distinguished by the number and arrangement of acicular spines in anterior notopodia. While Oligobregma pseudocollare sp. nov., bears two rows of spines in th...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Zootaxa
Main Authors: SCHÜLLER, MYRIAM, HILBIG, BRIGITTE
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Mangolia Press 2007
Subjects:
Polychaeta
Antarctica
deep sea
Oligobregma
O. pseudocollare sp. nov
O. blakei sp. nov
O. quadrispinosa sp. nov
Antarctic
Weddell
Antarc*
Online Access:https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.1391.1.2
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Summary:Three new species of the scalibregmatid genus Oligobregma Kudenov & Blake, 1978 are described from Antarctic waters. The species are best distinguished by the number and arrangement of acicular spines in anterior notopodia. While Oligobregma pseudocollare sp. nov., bears two rows of spines in the first two notopodia, spines are arranged in single rows in Oligobregma blakei sp. nov. In Oligobregma quadrispinosa sp. nov., the first four chaetigers are armed with acicular spines. The species were collected from depths between 753 and 4069 m in the Scotia and Weddell Seas. A comparison with further species of Oligobregma known from Southern Oceans is given.

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