Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Magalhães, Wagner F.; Rizzo, Alexandra E.; Bailey-Brock, Julie H. (2019). Opheliidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the western Pacific islands, including five new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4555(2): 209-235., available online at https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4555.2.3 page(s): 215-218, figs. 1D, 5A-C, 6A-E [details] Available for editors [request]
Holotype BPBM R3883, geounit Waianae [details]
Paratype BPBM R3884, geounit Waianae [details]
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Depth range Shallow subtidal to 82 m. [details]
Diagnosis Original diagnosis by Magalhães et al (2019: 215): "Parapodia biramous, with parapodial prechaetal lobe and ventral lobe, lacking dorsal cirrus. Anal tube short, slightly narrower distally, with up to six transversal striations; up to seven pairs of round, short marginal papillae with gradation of length; internal, unpaired ventral anal cirrus, long and crenulated; one pair of glandular, digitate and wide basal papillae." [details]
Distribution Pacific Ocean: Hawaiian Islands (Oahu). [details]
Etymology "The epithet circum comes from the Latin for round, and papillata for papillae, referring to the round shape of the anal lateral and basal papillae" (Magalhães et al., 2019: 218). [details]
Habitat Sand and coral rubble, from shallow subtidal to shelf depths. [details]
Type locality Waianae ocean outfall, west shore of Oahu Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean (21.4128°, -158.1961°). [details]
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