Diopatra Budaeva & Fauchald 2011

• Main Authors: Paxton, Hannelore, Arias, Andres
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Annelida; Polychaeta; Eunicida; Onuphidae; Diopatra; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5492091; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DD0635D623FFE6FF0FFF0EFA3CFC83

Key to adult species of Diopatra from the Macaronesian region 1. Peristomial cirri present.2 - Peristomial cirri absent.8 2. Anterior parapodia with two postchaetal lobes (Fig. 15 A, B). 3 - Anterior parapodia with one postchaetal lobe (Fig. 3 C).4 3. Lower postchaetal lobes knob-like and subulate (Fig. 15 A, B); 12–13 ceratophoral rings; 4–11 teeth on pectinate chaetae. D. mellea sp. nov. - All lower postchaetal lobes knob-like (Fig. 11 A); 7–9 ceratophoral rings; 18–22 teeth on pectinate chaetae. D. mariae sp. nov. 4. Prostomium anteriorly extended and pointed (Fig. 2 G); parapodia 5–20 with ventral lobe (Fig. 17 C).5 - Prostomium anteriorly rounded (Fig. 7 E); ventral lobe absent.7 5. Antennae with dark brown spiral bands (Fig. 16 A, B). D. micrura - Antennae without bands.6 6. Anterior chaetigers with dark brown mid-dorsal bar (Fig. 17 A, B); pectinate chaetae with 5–10 teeth. D. neapolitana - Anterior chaetigers with brown lines/bands to overall brown (Fig. 2 E, G); pectinate chaetae with 14–19 teeth. D. gallardoi 7. Dorsum with complex colour pattern of brown pigmentation and white dots (Fig. 12 A); pectinate chaetae with 11–20 teeth. D. marocensis - Dorsum pale brown or with lateral brown spots (Fig. 7 A, B); pectinate chaetae with 17–30 teeth. D. madeirensis 8. Ceratophores of antennae with slender projections (Fig. 4 A, C); antennae to chaetiger 3–5. D. hektoeni sp. nov. - Ceratophores of antennae without projections (Fig. 3 A); antennae to chaetiger 9–11. D. budaevae sp. nov. Published as part of Paxton, Hannelore & Arias, Andres, 2017, Unveiling a surprising diversity of the genus Diopatra Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833 (Annelida: Onuphidae) in the Macaronesian region (eastern North Atlantic) with the description of four new species, pp. 505-535 in Zootaxa 4300 (4) on page 533, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4300.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/839214