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A new species of Australonuphis (Polychaeta: Onuphidae) from the eastern Pacific

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 June 2008

J.A. de León-González ,
M.H. Cornejo-Rodriguez  and
S. Degraer
J.A. de León-González*
Affiliation:
Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Apartado Postal 5 ‘F’, San Nicolás de los Graza, N.L. 66451Mexico
M.H. Cornejo-Rodriguez
Affiliation:
Centro Nacional de Acuicultura e Investigaciones Marinas, San Pedro-Manglaralto, Ecuador
S. Degraer
Affiliation:
Marine Biology Section, Biology Department, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 - S8, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: de León-González Facultad de Ciencias BiológicasUniversidad Autónoma de Nuevo LeónAp. Postal 5 ‘F’, San Nicolás de los Graza N.L. 66451Mexico email: [email protected]
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Abstract

A new species of Australonuphis Paxton, 1979 from the Ecuadorian coast, eastern Pacific, is described. The new species is characterized by seven modified parapodia, cirriform ventral cirri on the anterior 16 to 19 chaetigers, subacicular hooks beginning from chaetigers 43 to 57, and cirriform interramal processes on chaetigers 7–10 to 16–18 transformed back in a rounded lobe. This species belongs to the species group with unidentate pseudocompound hooks. Other species of this group are A. beltrani de León-González & Góngora-Garza, 1993, A. hartmanae (Friedrich, 1956), A. parateres Paxton, 1979 and A. teres (Ehlers, 1868).

Keywords

PolychaetaOnuphidaeeastern Pacificnew species
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 88 , Issue 4 , August 2008 , pp. 739 - 742
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2008

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