Revision of the taxonomy of Polycirrus Grube, 1850 (Annelida: Terebellida: Polycirridae)

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Authors: GLASBY, CHRISTOPHER J., HUTCHINGS, PAT
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mangolia Press 2014
• Subjects: polychaete; terebellid; systematics; key; new species; Annelida; Pacific; Medusa; McIntosh; Gravier; Antarc*; antarcticus
• Online Access: https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3877.1.1; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3877.1.1

The large polychaete genus Polycirrus (Terebellida: Polycirridae) is revised based on a morphological study of the type material of most of the approximately 74 nominal species; 59 species, including a new species, P. coibensis n.sp., from the Pacific coast of Panama, are accepted as valid. All char...