Kirkegaardia brigitteae Blake, 2016, new species

• Main Author: Blake, James A.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Annelida; Polychaeta; Terebellida; Ctenodrilidae; Kirkegaardia; Kirkegaardia brigitteae; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Weddell Sea; King George Island; South Shetland Islands; Bellingshausen Sea; Weddell; South Orkney Islands; Anvers; Anvers Island; Powell Basin; Vestkapp; West Cape; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5612248; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5612248

Kirkegaardia brigitteae new species Figures 32–33 Monticellina sp. 2: Hilbig 2001: 540; Hilbig et al. 2006: 714–719; Montiel et al. 2015: Appendix 1. Material examined. Weddell Sea, Halley Bay, R/ V Polarstern, EASIZ II Cruise (ANT-XV/3), Sta. 48-136, 74°33.0′S, 27°13.1′W, 2012 m, 0 9 Feb 1998, multibox corer, coll. B. Ebbe, holotype (ZMH P-27812).— Weddell Sea, Drescher inlet, South of Vestkapp (West Cape), R/ V Polarstern, EASIZ II Cruise (ANT-XV/3), Sta. 48- 0 91, 73°28.4′S, 22°48.8′W, 1510 m, 0 4 Feb 1998, multibox corer, coll. B. Ebbe, 7 paratypes (ZMH P-27807); Sta. 48-093, 73°28.3′S, 22°54.5′W, 1988 m, 0 4 Feb 1998, multibox corer, coll. B. Ebbe, 15+ paratypes, were dry and rehydrated (ZMH P-27808); Sta. 48-131, 73°23.7′S, 22°09.1′W, 1985 m, 0 8 Feb 1998, multibox corer, coll. B. Ebbe, 9 paratypes (ZMH P-27809); Sta. 48-132, 73°20.7′S, 22°18.4′W, 2387 m, 0 8 Feb 1998, multibox corer, coll. B. Ebbe, 7 paratypes (ZMH P-27810). — Powell Basin, SW of South Orkney Islands, R/ V Polarstern, ANDEEP III Cruise (ANT-XXII/3), Sta. 150-3, 61°48.63′S, 47° 27.67′W, 1956 m, 20 Mar 2005, 0.25m 2, box corer, 1 specimen (ZMH P-27813); Sta. 150-8, 61°48.56′S, 47°27.48′W, 1942 m, 20 Mar 2005, multi corer, 1 specimen (ZMH P-27814); 1 specimen SEM (JAB).— Antarctic Peninsula, South Shetland Islands, off King George Island, R/ V Polarstern, EASIZ II Cruise (ANT-XV/3), Sta. 48-330, 61°20.6′S, 58°15.1′W, 2009 m, 18 Mar 1998, multibox corer, coll. B. Ebbe, 1 specimen (JAB).— Bellingshausen Sea, NW Anvers Island, R/ V Polarstern, ANDEEP III Cruise (ANT-XXII/3), Sta. 154-3, 62°31.52′S, 64°39.64′W, 3801 m, 30 Mar 2005, multi corer, 1 specimen (ZMH P-27815). Description. A moderately sized, threadlike species; none complete, but several posterior fragments appear to belong to the species. Holotype largest specimen, 16 mm long, 0.5 mm wide across thoracic segments and 0.8 mm wide across abdominal segments for 65 setigerous segments. Posterior fragments greatly expanded, up to 3 mm long, 0.8 mm wide with up to 22 segments; these ...