Rezzag Mahcene, Hiba; Villalobos-Guerrero, Tuliio F; Kurt, Güley; Denis, Francoise; Daas, Tarek. (2023). A new species of Perinereis Kinberg, 1865 (Annelida: Nereididae) from the Western Mediterranean Sea revealed by morphological and molecular approaches. Mediterranean Marine Science. 24(2): 454-460.

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10.12681/mms.33969 [view]

Rezzag Mahcene, Hiba; Villalobos-Guerrero, Tuliio F; Kurt, Güley; Denis, Francoise; Daas, Tarek

2023

24(2): 454-460

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https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/hcmr-med-mar-sc/article/view/33969

World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb), ZooBank registered species name

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This study uses morphological and molecular evidence to describe a new intertidal species of Perinereis Kinberg, 1865 (Annelida: Nereididae) from northeast Algeria. Perinereis louizomarum n. sp. belongs to Subgroup 1A, which is distinguished by a single bar shaped paragnath on area VI of the proboscis and a dorsal ligule that is either slightly or not expanded in the posterior parapodia. The new species differs from P. cultrifera and similar congeners by having a bare area V and slightly enlarged posterior dorsal ligules. Furthermore, using newly generated and mined sequences from online databases, and mined sequences of Perinereis species from online, the analysis of cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (COI) mitochondrial gene sequences supported its status as new species. An identification key of the Perinereis species belonging to Subgroup 1A is also provided.

North Africa in general

Molecular systematics, Molecular biology
Systematics, Taxonomy

Annelida
Polychaeta

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