A new deep-sea species of Flabelligena from off the South Orkney Islands, the Southern Ocean

A new acrocirrid species, Flabelligena hakuhoae sp. nov., is described from off the South Orkney Islands, the Southern Ocean. Individuals of the new species were collected by rock dredging, 2036–2479 m in depth.The new species can be distinguished from its congeners by the number of branchiae, posit...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Biodiversity Data Journal
Main Authors: Jimi, Naoto, Ogawa, Akito, Hiruta, Shimpei, Ikehara, Minoru, Imura, Satoshi
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2020
Subjects:
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Terebellida
Acrocirridae
Flabelligena
Antarctica
Southern Ocean
Hakuho maru
South Orkney Islands
Antarc*
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/3895453
https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e53312
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Summary:A new acrocirrid species, Flabelligena hakuhoae sp. nov., is described from off the South Orkney Islands, the Southern Ocean. Individuals of the new species were collected by rock dredging, 2036–2479 m in depth.The new species can be distinguished from its congeners by the number of branchiae, position and length of paired ventral large papillae and length of body papillae.

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