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Issue: Vol. 2525 No. 1: 2 Jul. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-07-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2525.1.1
Page range: 1–18
Abstract views: 123
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On the distinction of Harmothoe globifera (G.O. Sars, 1873) and some other easily confused polynoids in the NE Atlantic, with the description of a new species of Acanthicolepis Norman in McIntosh, 1900 (Polychaeta, Polynoidae)

Senckenberg, Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt, Sektion Marine Evertebraten II, Senckenberganlage 25, D-60325 Frankfurt, Germany
Annelida Taxonomy new species identification key deep water cold-water corals

Abstract

In the Northeast Atlantic several polynoid species have been confused in the past due to similarities in their elytral characters: Harmothoe globifera (G.O.Sars, 1873), Eunoe nodosa (M. Sars, 1861), Eunoe oerstedi Malmgren, 1866, Leucia nivea (M. Sars, 1863), and Acanthicolepis zibrowii n. sp., a new species from deep cold-water corals. The five species are redescribed and figured based on type and additional material. An identification key allowing also the identification of juveniles and anterior fragments and a synoptic table listing the major distinguishing characters of the species covered are provided.

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