Delgado-Blas, V. H.; Diaz, O. F. D.; Linero-Arana, I. 2010. New record and new species of Scolelepis (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from the Venezuelan Caribbean. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 90(4): 783-787

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Two species of Scolelepis were found off the Venezuelan coast, one of these is a new record for this region, and the other is a species new to science. Scolelepis (Scolelepis) lighti Delgado-Blas, 2006, and Scolelepis (S) andradei sp nov, respectively Scolelepis (Scolelepis) lighti was previously known only from the Gulf of Mexico and Florida, but the Venezuelan specimens closely match the original description Scolelepis (S) andradei is distinguished by the fusion of the anterior and posterior branchiae to the notopodial lamellae, budentate notopodial hooded hooks starting from setigers 23-29, and the absence of notopodial hooks

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