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A new Ophryotrocha species (Polychaeta: Dorvilleidae) from circalittoral seabeds of the Cantabrian Sea (north-east Atlantic Ocean)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 August 2013

Jorge Núñez ,
Rodrigo Riera  and
Yolanda Maggio
Jorge Núñez*
Affiliation:
Benthos Laboratory, Department of Animal Biology, University of La Laguna, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Rodrigo Riera
Affiliation:
Centro de Investigaciones Medioambientales del Atlántico (CIMA SL), Arzobispo Elías Yanes, 44, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Yolanda Maggio
Affiliation:
Benthos Laboratory, Department of Animal Biology, University of La Laguna, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: J. Núñez, Benthos Laboratory, Department of Animal Biology, University of La Laguna, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain email: janunez@ull.es.
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Abstract

One new dorvilleid species belonging to the genus Ophryotrocha Claparède & Mecznikow, 1869 is described. The studied material was collected in circalittoral seabeds (70–100 m depth) in the Cantabrian Sea (north-east Atlantic Ocean). The new species Ophryotrocha cantabrica is characterized by having well-developed antennae and palps, parapodia with long dorsal cirrus, sub-triangular acicular lobes and inferior chaetal lobe well-developed, as well as the presence of P-type maxillae and bifid mandibles slightly tagged. The most closely related Ophryotrocha species are O. longidentata Josefson, 1975 and O. lobifera Oug, 1978; however, both species have biarticulated palps. Other differences with O. cantabrica sp. nov. are: body size and shape, parapodia morphology and number of setae, as well as the shape of mandibles and maxillae.

Keywords

PolychaetaDorvilleidaeOphryotrochacircalittoralCantabrian SeaAtlantic Ocean
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 94 , Issue 1 , February 2014 , pp. 115 - 119
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2013 

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