New species of Ampharetidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Arctic Loki Castle vent field

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
• Main Authors: Kongsrud, Jon Anders, Eilertsen, Mari Heggernes, Alvestad, Tom, Kongshavn, Katrine, Rapp, Hans Tore
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2017
• Subjects: Vent fauna; Norwegian Sea; Arctic Mid Ocean Ridge; Black smokers; Molecular phylogeny; Paramytha; new genus; Pavelius; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Jan Mayen; Knipovich Ridge; Pacific
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1956/16250; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.08.015

Ampharetid polychaetes adapted to live in chemosynthetic environments are well known from the deep Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, but to date no such species have been reported from the Arctic Ocean. Here, we describe two new species, Paramytha schanderi gen. et sp. nov. and Pavelius smileyi sp. nov.,...