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Cepeda, Diego; Lattig, Patricia. (2016). A new species of Polycirridae (Annelida: Terebellida) and three new reports for Cantabrian and Mediterranean Seas. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 57(4): 371-387.
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Cepeda, Diego; Lattig, Patricia
2016
A new species of Polycirridae (Annelida: Terebellida) and three new reports for Cantabrian and Mediterranean Seas.
Cahiers de Biologie Marine
57(4): 371-387
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
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Several polychaetes species from the central Cantabrian (NE Atlantic Ocean) and western Mediterranean Seas were studied. The Fabriciidae species Parafabricia mazzellae and Pseudofabricia aberrans are recorded for the first time in the western Mediterranean Sea and Novafabricia infratorquata in the northeast Atlantic Ocean (Cantabrian Sea). A new species of Polycirridae, Polycirrus asturiensis sp. nov., is described for the Cantabrian Sea; it is characterized by having two types of buccal tentacles, a transverse prostomium covering segment 1, a trilobed upper lip, notopodial lobes equally long, notochaetigerous segments with broadly winged chaetae of different lengths and widths, up to segment 12, and type-1 neurochaetae beginning on segment 6. New habitat information for the fabricids Novafabricia infratorquata, Parafabricia mazzellae and Pseudofabricia aberrans is also provided.
Mediterranean
Systematics, Taxonomy
Novafabricia infratorquata (Fitzhugh, 1983) (taxonomy source)
Parafabricia mazzellae Giangrande, Gambi, Micheli & Kroeker, 2014 accepted as Fabrikirkia mazzellae (Giangrande, Gambi, Micheli & Kroeker, 2014) (taxonomy source)
Polycirrus asturiensis Cepeda & Lattig, 2016 (original description)
Pseudofabricia aberrans Cantone, 1972 (taxonomy source)
Parafabricia mazzellae Giangrande, Gambi, Micheli & Kroeker, 2014 accepted as Fabrikirkia mazzellae (Giangrande, Gambi, Micheli & Kroeker, 2014) (taxonomy source)
Polycirrus asturiensis Cepeda & Lattig, 2016 (original description)
Pseudofabricia aberrans Cantone, 1972 (taxonomy source)
Holotype MNCN 16.01/16125, geounit Bay of Biscay, identified as Polycirrus asturiensis Cepeda & Lattig, 2016
Ecology
authors: "Shallow waters, down to 6 m depth, associated with photophilic and calcareous macroalgae assemblages." [details]
Etymology
authors: "name refers to Asturias, the region where the species was found" [details]
Taxonomy
authors: "Polycirrus asturiensis sp. nov. is similar to the type species Polycirrus medusa Grube, 1850 from the ... [details]
Type locality
Off Las Llanas beach (Muros de Nalon, Asturias, Spain), Cantabrian Sea, Bay of Biscay, 43.5611° -6.1042° (fide ... [details]