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Issue: Vol. 2903 No. 1: 2 Jun. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-06-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2903.1.4
Page range: 39–47
Abstract views: 27
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Sphaerephesia (Polychaeta: Sphaerodoridae) from Mamala Bay, south shore of Oahu, Hawaii

Department of Zoology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2538 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2540 Dole Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
Department of Zoology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2538 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2540 Dole Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
Biology Program, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2450 Campus Road, Dean Hall Room 2, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA. Current address: EcoAnalysts, Inc. 1420 S. Blaine St., Suite 14, Moscow, Idaho 83843, USA
Annelida Sphaerodoridae new species sewage outfalls Oahu Hawaii

Abstract

A new species of Sphaerephesia is described from Mamala Bay, south shore of Oahu, Hawaii. Sphaerephesia mamalaensis sp. nov., differs from its congeners by the absence of microtubercles and number and arrangement of body and parapodial papillae. This species is commonly found in low abundance in shallow (20 m) and deep–waters (500 m) adjacent to ocean outfall diffusers or dredge dump sites and has been resilient to the waste water treatment plume of the outfalls for the last 25 years. A comparative table with morphological characteristics of all seven recognized species of Sphaerephesia is provided.

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