Moreira, Juan; Cacabelos, Eva; Troncoso, Jesús S. (2004). A new species of Sphaerodoropsis (Polychaeta: Sphaerodoridae) from north-east Atlantic, with comments on other species of the genus. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 84(5) : 995-1000.

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10.1017/S002531540401029Xh [view]

Moreira, Juan; Cacabelos, Eva; Troncoso, Jesús S.

2004

84(5) : 995-1000

Publication

https://doi.org/10.1017/S002531540401029Xh

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A new species of sphaerodorid (Polychaeta: Sphaerodoridae), Sphaerodoropsis garciaalvarezi sp. nov., is described from specimens collected on sandy bottoms off the Galician coast (Spain, north-east Atlantic). This species is characterized by having two pairs of digitiform lateral antennae, 13 dorsal macrotubercles per segment in mid-body setigers arranged in two transverse rows, five dorsal microtubercles per segment arranged in five longitudinal rows, six ventral papillae per segment arranged in six longitudinal rows, digitiform presetal lobes and ventral cirri, and composite setae with spinulation on blade and distal end of shaft. Complementary observations to original descriptions are also provided for closely related species Sphaerodoropsis bisphaeroserialis and Sphaerodoropsis arctowskyensis upon examination of type series.

Eastern Atlantic warm temperate to boreal
Lusitanian region: Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands to west Iberian Peninsula together

Systematics, Taxonomy

Annelida
Polychaeta

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