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Olivier, Frédéric; San Martín, Guillermo; Archambault, Philippe. (2013). A new species of Streptospinigera Kudenov, 1983 (Polychaeta, Syllidae, Anoplosyllinae) from the Arctic and north-western Atlantic with a key to all species of the genus. Polar Biology. 36(10): 1499-1507.
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10.1007/s00300-013-1369-6 [view]
Olivier, Frédéric; San Martín, Guillermo; Archambault, Philippe
2013
A new species of <i>Streptospinigera</i> Kudenov, 1983 (Polychaeta, Syllidae, Anoplosyllinae) from the Arctic and north-western Atlantic with a key to all species of the genus
Polar Biology
36(10): 1499-1507
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
Since 2007, the ArcticNet and CHOne programmes have allowed researchers, through oceanographic surveys on the ‘NGCC Amundsen’, to collect yearly benthic samples in the Canadian High Arctic. From the Beaufort Sea to the Bay of Baffin, more than 262 samples have been collected and analysed to provide essential data to explain patterns of biodiversity in the Canadian Arctic archipelago. Whereas common species are well known, other more rare species belonging to a few minute species groups, with debatable taxonomy, were set aside for further analyses. Focusing on Syllidae (Annelida, Polychaeta), we found and describe here Streptospinigera niuqtuut sp. nov. from muddy habitats of bathyal Arctic and continental slope beds of northern Atlantic coasts of United States between depths of 169 and 707 m. S. niuqtuut differs from congeneric species by unique dorsal simple chaetae of 1–5 chaetigers dorsally curved and distally rounded, with some sub-distal serration. This species may have frequently been reported from the region as Syllides longocirrata Ørsted 1845 but in fact are species of the genus Streptospinigera Kudenov 1983. We also transfer Streptosyllis templadoi San Martin 1984 to this genus and provide herein a key for the identification of all species of the genus.
Arctic-Boreal marine
Systematics, Taxonomy
Streptospinigera Kudenov, 1983 (identification resource)
Streptospinigera niuqtuut Olivier, San Martin & Archambault, 2013 (original description)
Streptospinigera templadoi (San Martín, 1984) (new combination reference)
Streptosyllis templadoi San Martín, 1984 accepted as Streptospinigera templadoi (San Martín, 1984) (source of synonymy)
Streptospinigera niuqtuut Olivier, San Martin & Archambault, 2013 (original description)
Streptospinigera templadoi (San Martín, 1984) (new combination reference)
Streptosyllis templadoi San Martín, 1984 accepted as Streptospinigera templadoi (San Martín, 1984) (source of synonymy)
Holotype MNHN POLY TYPE 1553, geounit North West Atlantic, identified as Streptospinigera niuqtuut Olivier, San Martin & Archambault, 2013
Depth range
169-707 m. [details]
Distribution
Canadian High Arctic Archipelago (Barrow Strait and Lancaster Sound), and Northern Atlantic coasts of United States ... [details]
Etymology
Named after an Inuit traditional tool, a bow drill called niuqtuut because of the similarity of its shape with the ... [details]
Habitat
Muddy sediments. [details]
Reproduction
Olivier et al. (2013) found one specimen epigamous, with long natatory chaetae from chaetiger 12, some specimens ... [details]
Synonymy
Author justification: "Streptosyllis templadoi San Martin 1984, from the western Mediterranean and the Canary ... [details]
Type locality
Barrow Strait or Lancaster Sound, Canadian High Arctic Archipelago, location one of stations 301, 304, 323 (Authors ... [details]