A new Polygordius (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea, Antarctica

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Rota, E, CARCHINI, GIAN MARIA
• Other Authors: Carchini, Gm
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1999
• Subjects: benthic infauna; morphology; new specie; Ross Sea; Polygordius antarcticu; Polygordius triestinus; Settore BIO/05 - ZOOLOGIA; Antarctic; Terra Nova Bay; Stump; Antarc*; Antarctica; antarcticus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2108/55252; https://doi.org/10.1007/s003000050354

Polygordius antarcticus sp. nov. is described from benthic material collected at depths ranging between 31 and 61 m in Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea, during the 1987-1988 and 1988-1989 expeditions of the Italian National Research Program in Antarctica. This is the first named species of the genus from An...