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Darbyshire, Teresa; Cameron, Jacob. (2024). A review of Eunicoidea (Annelida) from Falkland Islands waters including a new species of Hyalinoecia. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 104: e11, 1-31.
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10.1017/s0025315423000966 [view]
Darbyshire, Teresa; Cameron, Jacob
2024
A review of Eunicoidea (Annelida) from Falkland Islands waters including a new species of <i>Hyalinoecia</i>
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
104: e11, 1-31
Publication
Annelidabase. There is no ZooBank registration so the nomenclature will not be available until the print issue is published
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Historic species records of the families Onuphidae and Eunicidae, from the Falkland Islands region, are reviewed and updated, new records added from intertidal and nearshore localities on and around the Falkland Islands, and a new species of Hyalinoecia described. Eight genera are reported from around the region including eight taxa of Onuphidae and two of Eunicidae, although most are only known from deep offshore waters. Kinbergonuphis dorsalis is re-described from type material, Kinbergonuphis sp. from the Falkland Islands is described and discrepancies between the two descriptions are examined. Hyalinoecia falklandica sp. nov. is described and the history of the genus and its misidentification in the region is discussed. The new species is distinguished from all other species in the genus through a combination of simple, unidentate falcigers on chaetigers 1 and 2, ventral cirri present to chaetigers 3 or 4, and branchiae present from chaetigers 26 or 27 to the end of the body. The historic record of Marphysa aenea from the Falkland Islands is also shown to be a misidentification and the actual, as-yet-undetermined species present is described. Problems surrounding a correct identification of Marphysa species, other species that do not quite fit current descriptions, and additional Eunicoidea taxa that might be expected to occur in the region are also discussed.
Falkland Island; w = Burdwood Bank
Systematics, Taxonomy
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Hyalinoecia falklandica Darbyshire & Cameron, 2024 (original description)
Kinbergonuphis dorsalis (Ehlers, 1897) (redescription)
Kinbergonuphis oligobranchiata (Orensanz, 1974) (taxonomy source)
Leptoecia benthaliana (McIntosh, 1885) (taxonomy source)
Nothria anoculata Orensanz, 1974 (taxonomy source)
Onuphis pseudoiridescens Averincev, 1972 (taxonomy source)
Kinbergonuphis dorsalis (Ehlers, 1897) (redescription)
Kinbergonuphis oligobranchiata (Orensanz, 1974) (taxonomy source)
Leptoecia benthaliana (McIntosh, 1885) (taxonomy source)
Nothria anoculata Orensanz, 1974 (taxonomy source)
Onuphis pseudoiridescens Averincev, 1972 (taxonomy source)
Holotype USNM 1682921, geounit Falkland Is., identified as Hyalinoecia falklandica Darbyshire & Cameron, 2024
Etymology
Hyalinoecia falklandica is named for the area of collection, Falkland Island seas [details]
Synonymy
Earlier incorrect identifications are as: Hyalinoecia tubicola. – Hartman, 1967: 89 (in part: stns 557, ... [details]
Type locality
East Falkland Islands; -51.942, -56.642; 855–866 m. [details]