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Sun, Yue; Sui, Jixing; Li, Xinzheng. (2018). A new species of Leodamas Kinberg, 1866 (Polychaeta: Orbiniidae) from the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea. Acta Oceanologica Sinica. 37(10): 130-135.
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10.1007/s13131-018-1313-2 [view]
Sun, Yue; Sui, Jixing; Li, Xinzheng
2018
A new species of <i>Leodamas</i> Kinberg, 1866 (Polychaeta: Orbiniidae) from the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea.
Acta Oceanologica Sinica
37(10): 130-135
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
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Based on polychaete specimens collected from coastal areas of China in 1959, a new species of the family Orbiniidae, Leodamas sinensis sp. nov. is described in the present paper. The new species can be distinguished from its cogeners by the combination of following characters: branchiae present from chaetiger 5; each thoracic neuropodial postchaetal lobe possessing broad tori, with a digital to triangular-shaped papilla at its midlength; 4 or 5 vertical rows of uncini and one posterior row of accompany capillaries in thoracic neuropodia; acicula present in both abdominal notopodia and neuropodia, slightly or distinctly projecting. A key to all known species of the genus is provided.
East China Sea
Yellow Sea
Yellow Sea
Systematics, Taxonomy
Leodamas Kinberg, 1866 (identification resource)
Leodamas sinensis Sun, Sui & Li, 2018 (original description)
Leodamas sinensis Sun, Sui & Li, 2018 (original description)
Paratype MBMCAS MBM023007, geounit Yellow Sea, identified as Leodamas sinensis Sun, Sui & Li, 2018
Paratype MBMCAS MBM023008, geounit Yellow Sea, identified as Leodamas sinensis Sun, Sui & Li, 2018
Holotype MBMCAS MBM023009, geounit Yellow Sea, identified as Leodamas sinensis Sun, Sui & Li, 2018
Paratype MBMCAS MBM023011, geounit East China Sea, identified as Leodamas sinensis Sun, Sui & Li, 2018
Paratype MBMCAS MCM023266, geounit Yellow Sea, identified as Leodamas sinensis Sun, Sui & Li, 2018
Paratype MBMCAS MBM023008, geounit Yellow Sea, identified as Leodamas sinensis Sun, Sui & Li, 2018
Holotype MBMCAS MBM023009, geounit Yellow Sea, identified as Leodamas sinensis Sun, Sui & Li, 2018
Paratype MBMCAS MBM023011, geounit East China Sea, identified as Leodamas sinensis Sun, Sui & Li, 2018
Paratype MBMCAS MCM023266, geounit Yellow Sea, identified as Leodamas sinensis Sun, Sui & Li, 2018
Diagnosis
Original diagnosis (Sun, Sui & Li, 2018: 131): Prostomium triangular. Thoracic region with 15–17 chaetigers. ... [details]
Distribution
Western Pacific Ocean: East China Sea; Yellow Sea. [details]
Etymology
"The species is named for its type locality in sea areas of China" (Sun, Sui & Li, 2018: 131). [details]
Habitat
Mud and sandy mud sediments, and shelf depths (47-75 m). [details]
Type locality
Yellow Sea, Western Pacific Ocean (33.75, 123.5), 65 m, mud. [details]