TY  - JOUR
AB  - Opheliid polychaetes collected by the United States Antarctic Research Program and additional material from South America were made available for study through the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA. The Opheliidae from Antarctic seas were treated by Hartman (1966, 1967, 1978), who summarized earlier work and also described several new species. Of the five genera she recorded, two (<i>Travisia</i> and <i>Kesun</i>) have since been synonymized and one, <i>Ammotrypane</i>, has been referred to <i>Ophelina</i>; Hartman’s records therefore encompass four genera, three of which are represented in the present collections. No representatives of <i>Euzonus (Thoracophelia)</i> were found. The following species were recorded from Antarctica in the present study: <i>Ophelia algida</i> n. sp., <i>Ophelina breviata</i> (Ehlers, 1913), <i>Ophelina</i> cf. <i>cylindricaudata</i> (sensu Hartmann-Schröder and Rosenfeldt, 1989), <i>Ophelina nematoides</i> (Ehlers, 1913), <i>Ophelina scaphigera</i> (Ehlers, 1900), <i>Ophelina</i> cf. <i>setigera</i> (Hartman, 1978), <i>Ophelina syringopyge</i> (Ehlers, 1901), <i>Travisia antarctica</i> Hartman, 1967 (emended 1978), <i>Travisia kerguelensis</i> McIntosh, 1885, <i>Travisia kerguelensis gravieri</i> Monro, 1930, <i>Travisia palmeri</i> n. sp. and <i>Travisia tincta</i> n. sp. The new species of <i>Ophelia</i> is distinguished by having branchiae starting on chaetiger 2 (rather than on or after chaetiger 8 as in most species of this genus). <i>Travisia palmeri</i> has 22 chaetigers and is distinguished by long branchiae. <i>Travisia kerguelensis gravieri</i> is raised to full species status and renamed <i>T. monroi</i>. <i>Travisia tincta</i> n. sp., distinguished by a distinctive Methyl Green staining pattern and long branchiae, is described from off Peru.

A1  - Maciolek, Nancy J.
A1  - Blake, James A.
DO  - 10.3989/scimar.2006.70s3101
JO  - Scientia Marina
N1  - World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
SP  - 101
EP  - 113.
C1  - 70S3: 101-113.
TI  - Opheliidae (Polychaeta) collected by the R/V <i>Hero</i> and the USNS <i>Eltanin</i> cruises from the Southern Ocean and South America.
UR  - http://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/114
PY  - 2006
Y2  - 2026-04-22
ER  -