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Knox, George A. (1960). The polychaete family Longosomidae in New Zealand. Nature. 187(4743): 1131.
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Knox, George A.
1960
The polychaete family Longosomidae in New Zealand.
Nature
187(4743): 1131
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World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
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In 1944 Hartman described a new polychaete species Longosoma catalinensis from off Long Point, Catalina Island, southern California, founding a new family, the Longosomidae, to contain it. The original description was based on a single specimen, but afterwards in 1957 she reported 34 specimens from three stations off southern California in depths of 7-45 fathoms. According to Hartman the species may have its affinities with the Paraonidae; but the possession of long, paired, grooved palpi, resembling those of spioniform annelids, allies it to the disomid and magelonid families.
In 1944 Hartman described a new polychaete species Longosoma catalinensis from off Long Point, Catalina Island, southern California, founding a new family, the Longosomidae, to contain it. The original description was based on a single specimen, but afterwards in 1957 she reported 34 specimens from three stations off southern California in depths of 7-45 fathoms. According to Hartman the species may have its affinities with the Paraonidae; but the possession of long, paired, grooved palpi, resembling those of spioniform annelids, allies it to the disomid and magelonid families.
New Zealand
Systematics, Taxonomy