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Fournier, Judith A.; Conlan, Kathleen E. (1994). A new species of Ophryotrocha (Polychaeta, Dorvilleidae) associated with ice scours in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Mémoires du Muséum national D'histoire naturelle. 162: 185-190.

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66943

Authors

Fournier, Judith A.; Conlan, Kathleen E.

Year

1994

Title

A new species of Ophryotrocha (Polychaeta, Dorvilleidae) associated with ice scours in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Journal

Mémoires du Muséum national D'histoire naturelle

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162: 185-190

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Publication

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Abstract

Ophryotrocha spatula sp. n. is described from ice scours off Cornwall is Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. This species resembles 0. scarlatoi Averincev, 1989 in having the last 5-12 setigers laterally prolonged into a broad, lobulate flange but differs from this species in the structure of the jaw apparatus and setae and in possessing ventral parapodial cirri and a median anal cirrus.

Geographical term

Arctic-Boreal marine

Taxonomic terms

Annelida
Polychaeta

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Ophryotrocha spatula Fournier & Conlan, 1994 (original description)

Holotype CMN CMNA1993-0046, geounit Baffin Bay, identified as Ophryotrocha spatula Fournier & Conlan, 1994

Etymology

for Ophryotrocha spatula Fournier & Conlan, 1994

spatula (Latin for spoon) refers to the diagnostic spatula-like appearance of posterior segments [details]

Habitat

for Ophryotrocha spatula Fournier & Conlan, 1994

Ophryotrocha spatula shows a strong affinity for the disturbed sediments of ice scour berms or troughs as opposed ... [details]

Type locality

for Ophryotrocha spatula Fournier & Conlan, 1994

lce Scour 2: Assistance Bay, Cornwallis Island, Barrow Strait, Resolute area of Eastern Canadian Arctic ... [details]