TY  - JOUR
AB  - Ninety-one specimens of <i>Aponuphis</i> from 27 stations off the western African coast from Morocco to Angola as well as from two localities in the North Sea and from a single locality off Mallorca in the Mediterranean Sea were examined using light and scanning electron microscopy. A fragment of 16 rDNA was obtained for 29 specimens of <i>Aponuphis</i>. A Neighbor Joining analysis revealed the presence of two species complexes (<i>A. bilineata</i> species complex and <i>A. brementi</i> species complex), <i>A. ornata</i> and a potentially new species <i>Aponuphis</i> sp. Besides three typical color morphs characteristic to <i>A. bilineata</i>, <i>A. brementi</i>, and <i>A. ornata</i>, the large number of specimens displayed indistinct color patterns of transversal pigmented bands or dots on anterior chaetigers. Specimens with such coloration were found in <i>A. bilineata</i>, <i>A. brementi</i> and the new species <i>Aponuphis</i> sp. Only <i>A. ornata</i> showed constant “horse-shoe” color pattern.
A1  - Borisova, P.B.
A1  - Schepetov, D.M.
A1  - Budaeva, N.E.
DO  - 10.15298/invertzool.15.1.02
JO  - Invertebrate Zoology
N1  - World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
IS  - 1
SP  - 19
EP  - 41
C1  - 15(1): 19-41
TI  - <i>Aponuphis</i> Kucheruk, 1978 (Annelida: Onuphidae) from western African waters
UR  - http://kmkjournals.com/journals/Inv_Zool/IZ_Index_Volumes/IZ_15/IZ_15_1_019_041_Borisova_et_al
VL  - 15
PY  - 2018
Y2  - 2026-05-11
ER  -