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Erdoğan-Dereli, Deniz; ÇInar, Melih Ertan. (2021). Levinsenia species (Annelida: Polychaeta: Paraonidae) from the Sea of Marmara with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa. 4908(2): 151-180.
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10.11646/zootaxa.4908.2.1 [view]
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:940983E2-6C68-4CE5-8023-8B7C981D12BC [view]
Erdoğan-Dereli, Deniz; ÇInar, Melih Ertan
2021
<em>Levinsenia</em> species (Annelida: Polychaeta: Paraonidae) from the Sea of Marmara with descriptions of two new species
Zootaxa
4908(2): 151-180
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
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The present study deals with the diversity of the genus Levinsenia in the Sea of Marmara. The specimens of Levinsenia were collected on soft and hard substrata at depths ranging from 10 to 500 m at 98 stations in 2013. Among the material, two new species, namely Levinsenia longobranchiata n. sp. and L. vulgaris n. sp., and five already known species (L. demiri, L. kosswigi, L. materi, L. marmarensis, L. tribranchiata) were found. Levinsenia longobranchiata n. sp. is mainly characterized by having very long branchiae (longer than the body width) and five prebranchial chaetigers without notopodial postchaetal lobes. Levinsenia vulgaris n. sp. is mainly characterized by having short branchiae (shorter than the body width) and five prebranchial chaetigers with notopodial postchaetal lobes. The SEM images enabled us to define some previously neglected/indistinct characters in the taxonomy of Levinsenia such as the degree of the fusion of the branchiae with the notopodia; the morphology of dorso-lateral irregular pores, cheek organ, ciliated patches and lateral organs on the lateral sides of the prostomium; and the shape and distribution of the lateral sense organs along the body. All species found in the region were presented and described, by also taking these novel characters into account.
Mediterranean Sea in general
Systematics, Taxonomy
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Levinsenia demiri Çinar, Dagli & Acik, 2011 (taxonomy source)
Levinsenia kosswigi Çinar, Dagli & Acik, 2011 (taxonomy source)
Levinsenia longobranchiata Erdoğan-Dereli & Çinar, 2021 (original description)
Levinsenia marmarensis Çinar, Dagli & Acik, 2011 (taxonomy source)
Levinsenia materi Çinar & Dagli, 2013 (taxonomy source)
Levinsenia tribranchiata Çinar, Dagli & Acik, 2011 (taxonomy source)
Levinsenia vulgaris Erdoğan-Dereli & Çinar, 2021 (original description)
Levinsenia kosswigi Çinar, Dagli & Acik, 2011 (taxonomy source)
Levinsenia longobranchiata Erdoğan-Dereli & Çinar, 2021 (original description)
Levinsenia marmarensis Çinar, Dagli & Acik, 2011 (taxonomy source)
Levinsenia materi Çinar & Dagli, 2013 (taxonomy source)
Levinsenia tribranchiata Çinar, Dagli & Acik, 2011 (taxonomy source)
Levinsenia vulgaris Erdoğan-Dereli & Çinar, 2021 (original description)
Holotype ESFM ESFM-POL/2013-1030, geounit Aegean Sea, identified as Levinsenia longobranchiata Erdoğan-Dereli & Çinar, 2021
Holotype ESFM-POL/2013-1380, geounit Aegean Sea, identified as Levinsenia vulgaris Erdoğan-Dereli & Çinar, 2021
Holotype ESFM-POL/2013-1380, geounit Aegean Sea, identified as Levinsenia vulgaris Erdoğan-Dereli & Çinar, 2021
Etymology
Levinsenia longobranchiata is named for the long branchiae. According to the authors only L. multibranchiata, which ... [details]
Etymology
authors: "The specific epithet means “common, usual”." [details]
Type locality
Sea of Marmara, Turkey, 40.3917, 29.0564 (40°23’30’’N, 29°03’23’’E), 50 m, black mud [details]
Type locality
Sea of Marmara, Turkey, 40.7117, 29.4222 (40°42’42’’N, 29°25’20’’E), 50 m, mud with shell [details]