Muir, A.I.; Bamber, R.N. 2008. New polychaete (Annelida) records and a new species from Hong Kong: the families Polynoidae, Sigalionidae, Chrysopetalidae, Pilargiidae, Nereididae, Opheliidae, Ampharetidae and Terebellidae. Journal of Natural History 42(9-12): 797-814

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During sampling of submarine cave and associated habitats in the eastern waters of Hong Kong in October 2002; polychaetes were found to be a significant and diverse component of the epifaunal and the soft-sediment benthic marine fauna. Of the families considered herein; eighteen taxa of polychaetes are identified; including at least five new records for Hong Kong ( Harmothoe minuta; Iphione ovata; Sthenelais fusca; Neanthes caudata and Arichlidon hanneloreae); and one new species of Sigambra (Pilargiidae). Notes on the identification of these taxa and closely related taxa reported from Hong Kong waters are provided; along with a key to the genera of Chrysopetalidae of the world.

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