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Bick, Andreas. (2005). A new polychaete genus and species of the Kongsfjorden, Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Journal of Natural History. 39(32): 2987-2996.
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10.1080/00222930500239843 [view]
Bick, Andreas
2005
A new polychaete genus and species of the Kongsfjorden, Spitsbergen, Svalbard
Journal of Natural History
39(32): 2987-2996
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyD)
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Glyphochaeta laudieni, a new genus and species of the "Spionidae", is described from the Arctic. The specimens were collected from the Kongsfjorden, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, in a marine grotto. Glyphochaeta laudieni was associated with colonies of unidentified Bryozoa. This new genus and species is characterized by a prostomium with frontal horns, the absence of branchiae and sabre chaetae, and the presence of grooved spines which replace hooded hooks in some chaetigers of the middle body region. These spines are associated with glandular organs situated in neuropodia. The significance of characters for determining the systematic position of Glyphochaeta within "Spionidae" is discussed. Glyphochaeta laudieni is probably related to Pygospio elegans.
Arctic Basin in general
Spitsbergen
Spitsbergen
Systematics, Taxonomy
Glyphochaeta Bick, 2005 (original description)
Glyphochaeta laudieni Bick, 2005 (original description)
Glyphochaeta laudieni Bick, 2005 (original description)
Svalbard for Glyphochaeta laudieni Bick, 2005
Holotype ZSRO ZSRO-P1649, geounit Kongsfjord, identified as Glyphochaeta laudieni Bick, 2005
Paratype ZSRO ZSRO-P1650, geounit Kongsfjord, identified as Glyphochaeta laudieni Bick, 2005
Paratype ZSRO ZSRO-P1651, geounit Kongsfjord, identified as Glyphochaeta laudieni Bick, 2005
Paratype ZSRO ZSRO-P1652, geounit Kongsfjord, identified as Glyphochaeta laudieni Bick, 2005
Paratype ZSRO ZSRO-P1650, geounit Kongsfjord, identified as Glyphochaeta laudieni Bick, 2005
Paratype ZSRO ZSRO-P1651, geounit Kongsfjord, identified as Glyphochaeta laudieni Bick, 2005
Paratype ZSRO ZSRO-P1652, geounit Kongsfjord, identified as Glyphochaeta laudieni Bick, 2005
Diagnosis
Original diagnosis by Bick (2005: 2989): "Body not clearly divided in different regions. Anterior margin of ... [details]
Distribution
Greenland Sea: Blomstrandhalvøya, Kongsfjorden (Spitsbergen, Svalbard). Known only from the type locality. [details]
Etymology
Genus name refers to the shape of the grooved spines that replace the hooded hooks in some neuropodia of the middle ... [details]
Etymology
Species dedicated to Dr. Jürgen Laudien of the Alfred-Wegener-Institut Bremerhaven, who collected some of the ... [details]
Habitat
Among Bryozoa colonies scraped from a marine cave wall, at a depth between 3 and 4 m. [details]
Type locality
Marine grotto near Hansneset, Blomstrandhalvøya, Kongsfjorden, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Greenland Sea (78°59.08'N, ... [details]