Amphitrite fauveli sp. n. (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from the Bay of Biscay and the Guf of Cadiz (NE Atlantic)

• Published in: Invertebrate Zoology
• Main Authors: Jirkov, I. A., Ravara, Ascensão, Cunha, Marina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: KMK Scientific Press 2018
• Subjects: Annelida; Taxonomy; Slope; Submarine canyons; Mud volcanoes; Lamarck; Lophelia pertusa
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10773/27999; https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.15.1.06

A new species of Amphitrite is described from two different regions in the NE Atlantic: the Bay of Biscay and the Gulf of Cadiz. Amphitrite fauveli sp.n. differs from other Amphitrite species with cirriform branchiae mainly by having a smaller number of nephridial papillae (four pairs) and by lackin...