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Blake, James A.; Maciolek, Nancy J. (2023). New species and records of Heterospio (Annelida, Longosomatidae) from continental shelf, slope and abyssal depths of the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and adjacent seas. Zootaxa. 5260(1): 1-74.
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10.11646/zootaxa.5260.1.1 [view]
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7171477F-DB75-4CF6-9507-3329F5D7A9F7 [view]
Blake, James A.; Maciolek, Nancy J.
2023
New species and records of Heterospio (Annelida, Longosomatidae) from continental shelf, slope and abyssal depths of the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and adjacent seas
Zootaxa
5260(1): 1-74
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyD).
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Nineteen species of the rare polychaete genus Heterospio are reported, 15 of which are new to science. The status of H. longissima Ehlers, 1874, the type-species, is reviewed. The specimens examined are from several locations in the North Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, off Br azil, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean off California, New Zealand, Australia, and the South China Sea. Deep-water samples from the western North Atlantic Ocean collected by the late Drs. H.L. Sanders and R.R. Hessler that were reported by Hartman as H. longissima were re-examined and referred to two new species, H. hartmanae n. sp. (abyssal depths, New England to Bermuda transect) and H. guiana n. sp. (bathyal depths off Suriname). Other materials from the Sanders/Hessler North Atlantic collections were also examined and referred to two additional species, H. canariensis n. sp. (deep water off Canary Islands) and H. southwardorum n. sp. (Bay of Biscay) as well as H. cf. reducta from off SW Ireland in bathyal depths. New collections from the North Atlantic region include additional materials of H. hartmanae n. sp. (deep water off the Mid-Atlantic and SE USA), H. aruba n. sp. (Caribbean Sea), H. bathyala n. sp. (deep water off SE USA), and H. dibranchiata n. sp. (deep water, Gulf of Mexico). Heterospio paulolanai n. sp. is from shelf depths off southeastern Brazil. Heterospio knoxi n. sp. is from the North Island of New Zealand, H. ehlersi n. sp. is from the Gulf of Thailand, in the South China Sea, H. bidentata n. sp. is described from deep water in the Coral Sea off eastern Australia, and H. alata n. sp. and H. brunei n. sp. are described from deep water off the Island of Borneo in the South China Sea. Heterospio africana n. sp. and H. antonbruunae n. sp. are described from off east Africa in the Mozambique Channel. New records and descriptions of H. catalinensis, H. indica, and H. peruana are presented. The 15 new species reported here nearly triple the number of previously known species of Heterospio, with 23 species now recognized. All known species are tabulated and compared.
[from Genus remarks] The following species of Heterospio, grouped by geographic area, are identified and treated in this study: 1. Heterospio hartmanae new species 2. Heterospio aruba new species 3. Heterospio bathyala new species 4. Heterospio canariensis new species 5. Heterospio dibranchiata new species 6. Heterospio guiana new species 7. Heterospio cf. reducta Laubier, Picard & Ramos, 1974 8. Heterospio southwardorum new species 9. Heterospio paulolanai new species 10. Heterospio alata new species 11. Heterospio bidentata new species 12. Heterospio brunei new species 13. Heterospio catalinensis (Hartman, 1944) 14. Heterospio ehlersi new species 15. Heterospio knoxi new species 16. Heterospio peruana Borowski, 1994 17. Heterospio africana new species 18. Heterospio antonbruunae new species 19. Heterospio indica Parapar, Vijapure, Moreira & Sukumaran, 2016
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 Etymology

authors: Heterospio africana is "named for its occurrence off the SE coast of Africa" [details]

 Etymology

Authors: Heterospio alata is named from "Latin alatus for wing, in reference to the apical tooth on the neuropodial ... [details]

 Etymology

authors: Heterospio antonbrunnae "is named for the R/V Anton Bruun, the primary research vessel for the ... [details]

 Etymology

Heterospio aruba is named for the Caribbean Island of Aruba. As the word is un-Latinized it must be a noun in ... [details]

 Etymology

Authors: "Heterospio bathyala is named from the Greek, bathys, for deep, denoting the bathyal depths from which ... [details]

 Etymology

Authors: Heterospio bidentata is named "from bidens, Latin for two-toothed, in reference to the bidentate ... [details]

 Etymology

Heterospio brunei is named for the country off which the specimens were collected [details]

 Etymology

Heterospio canariensis is named for the type locality archipelago of the Canary Islands [details]

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Authors: Heterospio dibranchiata is named "from the Greek, di-, for two or double and branchos for gill in ... [details]

 Etymology

Heterospio ehlersi is named for Ernst Heinrich Ehlers (1835–1925), who first described a Heterospio [details]

 Etymology

Heterospio guiana is named for the type locality region, Guiana region of South America. Noun in apposition [details]

 Etymology

Heterospio hartmanae is named for Olga Hartman, lifetime leader in Polychaeta taxonomy [details]

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Heterospio knoxi is named for the late George Knox, polychaete taxonomist of Christchurch New Zealand [details]

 Etymology

Heterospio paulolanai is named for the late Paulo da Cunha Lana of Brazil [details]

 Etymology

Heterospio southwardorum is named for the late Alan and Eve Southward, who collected the specimens [details]

 Type locality

off Mozambique, International Indian Ocean Expedition, R/V Anton Bruun, 24.900ºS, 34.923ºE, 55 m [details]

 Type locality

off Brunei, Island of Borneo, 5.728°N, 114.246°E, 1150 m [details]

 Type locality

Mozambique Channel between SW Africa and Madagascar, R/V Anton Bruun, Sta. 363G, 23.633°S, 43.40°E, 1350 m [details]

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off Island of Aruba, Caribbean Sea, 12.506°N, 70.045°W, 30 m [details]

 Type locality

off Cape Fear, North Carolina, 33.081°N, 76.418°W, 800 m [details]

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off Coral Sea Marine Park, Queensland, Eastern Australia, start 23.750S, 154.572E, 2093 m to end 28.774S, 154.546E, ... [details]

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off Brunei, Island of Borneo, 5.421°N, 113.492°E, 1772 m [details]

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off Canary Islands, SE of Gran Canaria Island, 27.248N, 15.605W, 2988 m [details]

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Matterhorn Platform Survey, off Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico, 28.724N, 88.826W, 955 m [details]

 Type locality

only holotype is known. Gulf of Thailand, 8.958ºN, 101.332ºE, 60–70 m [details]

 Type locality

Off Suriname (Dutch Guiana), 07.867°N, 54.525W to 07.917N, 54.583W, 520–550 m [details]

 Type locality

Off New England, Gay Head Bermuda Transect, NW Atlantic, 38.083N, 69.6W, deep-sea at 3752 m [details]

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offshore Hawke Bay, New Zealand 39.3890°S, 177.0805°E, 13–61 m [details]

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offshore São Paulo, Brazil, Súeste IV, Sta. 6672, 24.735S, 45.917W, 69 m [details]

 Type locality

off Bilbao, Bay of Biscay, Spain, coll. A. & E. Southward, 43.717N, 03.797W, 641 m [details]