Acoetidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from the Iberian Peninsula, Madeira and Canary islands, with description of a new species

Six species of acoetid polychaetes are reported from the Iberian Peninsula and Macaronesia: Euarche tubifex Ehlers, 1887, Euarche cristata Núñez, n. sp., Eupanthalis kinbergi McIntosh, 1876, Eupolyodontes gulo (Grube, 1855), Polyodontes maxillosus (Ranzani, 1817), and Panthalis oerstedi (Kinberg, 18...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Palmero, Ana M., Martínez, Alejandro, Brito, María del Carmen, Núñez, Jorge
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Universidade dos Açores 2008
Subjects:
Acoetidae
Euarche cristata
Atlântico Nordeste
Northeast Atlantic
Macaronesia
McIntosh
Nordeste
Núñez
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/252
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Summary:Six species of acoetid polychaetes are reported from the Iberian Peninsula and Macaronesia: Euarche tubifex Ehlers, 1887, Euarche cristata Núñez, n. sp., Eupanthalis kinbergi McIntosh, 1876, Eupolyodontes gulo (Grube, 1855), Polyodontes maxillosus (Ranzani, 1817), and Panthalis oerstedi (Kinberg, 1856). Material was collected during several sublittoral benthic surveys. Descriptions, figures, and a key for the six species are included. The new species Euarche cristata is characterized by its prostomium with cristate or serrated posterior margin.

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