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On a new species of Nuchalosyllis (Polychaeta: Syllidae), a rare syllid genus only known from Brazilian waters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2012

Marcelo Veronesi Fukuda  and
João Miguel de Matos Nogueira
Marcelo Veronesi Fukuda*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, trav. 14, no. 101 CEP 05508-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
João Miguel de Matos Nogueira
Affiliation:
Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, trav. 14, no. 101 CEP 05508-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: M.V. Fukuda, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, trav. 14, no. 101 CEP 05508-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil email: fukuda@ib.usp.br
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Abstract

Nuchalosyllis Rullier & Amoureux, 1979 is an extremely rare syllid genus, only known from the holotype of its type species, N. lamellicornis Rullier & Amoureux, 1979. The genus is characterized by the dorso-ventrally flattened body and the unique comb-like nuchal epaulettes. We herein describe the second specimen of this genus ever found, which is also a new species, Nuchalosyllis maiteae sp. nov.; it differs from N. lamellicornis in having different morphology of nuchal epaulettes, spinose papillae on cirrophores of dorsal cirri throughout and sub-bidentate posterior body falcigers.

Keywords

PolychaetaSyllidaeNuchalosyllisnew speciesBrazilHabitats Project
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 93 , Issue 4 , June 2013 , pp. 963 - 966
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2012 

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