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Peixoto, Antonio J.M.; Paiva, Paulo C. (2017). A new species of Spiogalea (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from Brazil, with an amended diagnosis of the genus. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 97(05): 955-960.
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10.1017/s0025315417000509 [view]
Peixoto, Antonio J.M.; Paiva, Paulo C.
2017
A new species of <i>Spiogalea</i> (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from Brazil, with an amended diagnosis of the genus
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
97(05): 955-960
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb). Print published 10 August 2017
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A new Spiogalea species is described from South-east Brazil. The specimens were collected in muddy bottoms during a large survey (15–3000 m) in southern Brazil. This genus comprised, up to now, only one species described from Capbreton Canyon (Bay of Biscay). The new species differs from the type-species, mostly in the morphology of the prostomial chitinous plate, a character restricted to the genus Spiogalea. With this new species, the generic diagnosis of the genus was amended.
Brazil
Systematics, Taxonomy
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2017-08-12 10:11:13Z
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2017-11-21 10:26:32Z
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Holotype MNRJ 1220, geounit Espirito Santo, identified as Spiogalea capixaba Peixoto & Paiva, 2017
Paratype MNRJ 1221, geounit Espirito Santo, identified as Spiogalea capixaba Peixoto & Paiva, 2017
 Diagnosis

Amended diagnosis by Peixoto & Paiva (2017: 956-957): "Prostomium anteriorly rounded or with short anterolateral ... [details]

 Distribution

SW Atlantic Ocean: off Brazil (Doce Canyon, Espírito Santo Basin). [details]

 Etymology

"'Capixaba' is the common denomination given to natives of the Espírito Santo State, in south-eastern Brazil, ... [details]

 Habitat

Muddy bottoms (mainy silt), at slope depths.  [details]

 Type locality

Doce Canyon, Espírito Santo Basin, State of Espírito Santo, Brazil, SW Atlantic Ocean (-19.6303°, -39.0667°). [details]