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First record of Pisione guanche (Polychaeta: Pisionidae) at the Azores archipelago

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 September 2010

Juan Moreira*
Affiliation:
Estación de Bioloxía Mariña da Graña, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Casa do Hórreo, Rúa da Ribeira 1, E-15590, A Graña, Ferrol, Spain
Puri Veiga
Affiliation:
CIIMAR/CIMAR-LA—Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Universidade do Porto, Laboratório de Biodiversidade Costeira, Rua dos Bragas, 289, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal
Marcos Rubal
Affiliation:
CIIMAR/CIMAR-LA—Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Universidade do Porto, Laboratório de Biodiversidade Costeira, Rua dos Bragas, 289, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal
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Correspondence should be addressed to: J. Moreira, Estación de Bioloxía Mariña da Graña, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Casa do Hórreo, Rúa da Ribeira 1, E-15590, A Graña, Ferrol, Spain email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Benthic investigations at the Azores archipelago revealed the presence of two species of the polychaete genus Pisione, namely P. remota and P. guanche. The identification of the latter was confirmed after comparison with the type series and is herein reported for the first time from the Azores. Specimens of P. guanche are described and additional morphological observations are presented.

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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2010

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