Polychaeta taxon details
original description
Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I. (2023). Revision of <em>Chloeia</em> Savigny <em>in</em> Lamarck, 1818 (Annelida, Amphinomidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5238(1): 1-134., available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5238.1.1 page(s): 36, figure 15; note: Holotype MNHN IA-TYPE 2048, Timor Sea, offshore E Indonesia, -9.3667 S,131.2333 E (09°22´ S, 131°14´ E), 245–240 m [details] Available for editors [request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype MNHN IA-TYPE 2048, geounit Timor Sea [details]
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Diagnosis [based on Salazar-Vallejo (2023] "Chloeia with bippinate branchiae from chaetiger 4, progressively smaller posteriorly, branchial bases orange, with 11–12 tapered, lateral branches; anterior prostomial area pale; dorsum without middorsal spots; notochaetae furcates and harpoon-chaetae; neurochaetae furcates" Unlike other Chloeia no dorsal pigmentation pattern remains in the preserved types to easily identify this species. Live colouration is unknown. [details]
Etymology Chloeia boucheti is named after Dr. Philippe Bouchet who was a member of the Karubar Expedition which collected the type material. Noun genitive in apposition [details]
Type locality Holotype MNHN IA-TYPE 2048, Timor Sea, offshore E Indonesia, -9.3667 S,131.2333 E (09°22´ S, 131°14´ E), 245–240 m [details]
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