Axiokebuita Pocklington & Fournier 1987

• Main Authors: Persson, Jenny, Pleijel, Fredrik
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Annelida; Polychaeta; Scalibregmatidae; Axiokebuita; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Fournier; Norway; Ross Sea; Rødberg; Scotia Sea; South Orkney Islands; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5623794; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5623794

Axiokebuita Pocklington & Fournier, 1987 (Figs. 1, 2) Axiokebuita Pocklington & Fournier, 1987: 108. Type species. Kebuita minuta Hartman, 1967, by original designation (Pocklington & Fournier: 108). Material examined. ANTARCTIC: holotype for Axiokebuita minuta (USNM 55553, incl. 1 slide with parapodium), South Orkney Islands, 61 ° 26 ’– 61 ° 24 ’S, 41 ° 55 ’W, 593–598 m, coll. USNS Eltanin, 13 Apr 1964; 1 spm (USNM 56626), Scotia Sea, 62 ° 25 ’S, 56 ° 30 ’– 56 ° 32 ’W, 300 m, coll. USNS Eltanin, 13 March 1964; 2 spms (USNM 56625, incl. 2 slides with parapodia; Hartman’s original description recorded a single spm from this locality, but the vial actually includes 2 spms), Antarctic Peninsula, 64 ° 54 ’S, 68 ° 21 ’– 68 ° 18 ’W, 412 m, coll. USNS Eltanin, 21 Oct 1962; 1 paratype for Axiokebuita millsi (USNM 60574), Ross Sea, 73 ° 59 ’S, 170 ° 41 ’E – 73 ° 58 ’E, 170 ° 58 ’S, 608 m, coll. USNS Eltanin, 13 January 1968. NORWAY, TRONDHEIMSFJORD: 2 spms (used for DNA sequencing), Rødberg, 63 ° 28.32 ’N, 10 °00.02’E, 230–280 m, Lophelia reef, triangular dredge, 19 Jan 2002; 12 spms (2 preserved in formaldehyde, SMNH 75817; 8 used for SEM; 2 used for DNA sequencing), Rødberg, 63 ° 28.36 ’N, 10 ° 00.04E, 180–250 m, Lophelia reef, triangular dredge, coll. FP, 21 Feb 2003; 10 specimens (6 preserved in formaldehyde, SMNH 75819; 2 used for SEM; 1 preserved in 95 % ethanol, SMNH 75820; 2 used for DNA sequencing), same locality data, 26 Feb 2003. Description of specimens from Trondheim. Body elongate, slightly tapered at both ends (Fig. 1). Specimens 5–6 mm in length for 22–25 segments. Live specimens opaque, unpigmented, white to pinkish in color. Prostomium pentagonal, with straight frontal margin, bearing two distinct laterally directed and well delineated palps (see remarks below); eyes lacking (Fig. 2 A). Nuchal organs not visible on figures but may occur as ciliated bands bordering posterior part of prostomium. Fully everted proboscis not seen; visible basal part with longitudinal folds (Fig. 2 A). ...