Noanelia orensanzi Schüller & Jirkov, 2013, n.sp.

• Main Authors: Schüller, Myriam, Jirkov, Igor A.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Annelida; Polychaeta; Terebellida; Ampharetidae; Noanelia; Noanelia orensanzi; King George Island; South Orkney Islands; Weddell; Weddell Sea
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6152278; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6152278

Noanelia orensanzi n.sp. Figs 16–17 Holotype: ANDEEP I–II—st 134 - 4, EBS, 65 ° 19.20 'S – 65 ° 19.05 'S, 48 ° 3.81 'W – 48 ° 2.92 'W, central Weddell Sea, 4069 m [ZMH- 26078]. Paratypes: ANDEEP I–II—st 134 - 4, EBS, 65 ° 19.20 'S – 65 ° 19.05 'S, 48 ° 3.81 'W – 48 ° 2.92 'W, central Weddell Sea, 4069 m (2 specimens, 1 complete), ANDEEP III—st 21 - 7, EBS, 47 ° 39.87 'S – 47 ° 38.52 'S, 04° 15.79 'E – 04° 14.94 'E, South Africa / South Atlantic, 4574 m (5 specimens, 1 x SEM, all complete), st 78 - 9, EBS, 71 °09.52'S – 71 °09.34'S, 14 °00.76'W – 13 ° 58.85 'W, eastern Weddell Sea, 2182 m (1 specimen, complete), st 80 - 9, EBS, 70 ° 38.45 'S – 70 ° 39.18 'S, 14 ° 42.86 'W – 14 ° 43.43 'W, eastern Weddell Sea, 3138 m (2 specimens, all complete), st 102 - 13, EBS, 65 ° 33.18 'S – 65 ° 34.32 'S, 36 ° 33.24 'W – 36 ° 31.05 'W, transect eastern to central Weddell Sea, 4817 m (1 specimen, complete), st 121 - 11, EBS, 63 ° 38.27 'S – 63 ° 37.31 'S, 50 ° 37.16 'W – 50 ° 38.04 'W, Central Weddell Sea, 4698 m (2 specimens, all complete), st 142 - 5, EBS, 62 ° 11.36 'S – 62 ° 11.36 'S, 49 ° 27.62 'W – 49 ° 29.57 'W, central Weddell Sea, 3403 m (1 specimen, incomplete), st 150 - 6, EBS, 61 ° 49.13 'S – 61 ° 48.52 'S, 47 ° 27.51 'W – 47 ° 28.16 'W, South Orkney Islands, 1970 m (4 specimens, all complete), st 153 - 7, EBS, 63 ° 19.82 'S – 63 ° 19.18 'S, 64 ° 36.44 'W – 64 ° 37.53 'W, King George Island, 2014 m (7 specimens, 1 x SEM, all complete) [ZMH- 26079–26089]. Diagnosis: The species can be distinguished from the type species of the genus, N. hartmanae (Desbruyères & Laubier, 1977), by its different proportion of branchial length, the position of nephridial papillae in TS- 6 to 8, and dorsally shifted notopodia in the last two TCs. Description: Holotype 5 mm long and 0.8 wide, with 13 AUs, complete (Fig. 16 A). Complete paratypes and additional specimens 1.5–7.5 mm long and 0.1–1 mm wide, with 8–12 AUs. Some ovigerous, eggs distributed throughout whole body cavity, but concentrated in pouch-like structures above ...