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Terebellides Sars 1835

Description

Key to all described species of Terebellides from the Northwestern Pacific

1. Branchial lobes free of each other........................................................................ 2

- Branchial lobes at least partially fused along their length..................................................... 3

2. Acicular uncini present on TC6 and TC7, lower lip greatly expanded, branchial lobes equal in size................................................................................................ Terebellides intoshi Caullery, 1915

- Acicular uncini on TC6 only, lower lip not expanded, branchial lobes differ in size...................................

............................................................... Terebellides lineata Imajima & Williams, 1985 3. Acicular uncini present on TC5 and TC6............................................. Terebellides ectopium n. sp.

- Acicular uncini on TC6 only.............................................................................4

4. Branchia anteriorly prolonged (5th lobe)................................................................... 5

- Branchia not anteriorly prolonged......................................................................... 6

5. Notopodia of TC1 and TC2 well developed, lateral lappets until TC6.................... Terebellides kobei Hessle, 1917

- Notopodia of TC1 and TC2 markedly less developed than subsequent ones, lateral lappets until TC7..................................................................................................... Terebellides yangi n. sp.

6. Notopodia of TC1 and TC2 well developed......................... Terebellides horikoshii Imajima & Williams, 1985

- Notopodia of TC1 and TC2 markedly less developed than subsequent ones........................................ 7

7. Lateral lappets until TC4 only. Acicular uncini sharply bent with mucronate tips..................................................................................................... Terebellides brevis Imajima & Williams, 1985

- Lateral lappets until TC5 only. Acicular uncini sharply bent without mucronate tips................................. 8

8. Length ratio of thorax and abdomen>1.0, thoracic neuropodia with few (less than 25) uncini per torus, ±40 abdominal seg- ments................................................................... Terebellides guangdongensis n. sp.

- Length ratio of thorax and abdomen almost 0.5, thoracic neuropodia with 40 or more uncini per torus, 45-50 abdominal seg- ments.................................................................... Terebellides japonica Moore, 1903

Notes

Published as part of Zhang, Jinghuai & Hutchings, Pat, 2018, Taxonomy and distribution of Terebellides (Polychaeta: Trichobranchidae) in the northern South China Sea, with description of three new species, pp. 387-411 in Zootaxa 4377 (3) on pages 409-410, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4377.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/1164508

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Trichobranchidae
Genus
Terebellides
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Terebellida
Phylum
Annelida
Scientific name authorship
Sars
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Terebellides Sars, 1835 sec. Zhang & Hutchings, 2018

References

  • Caullery, M. (1915) Sur les Terebellides Malmgren du Siboga et les Terebelliens voisins. Bulletin de la Societe Zoologique de France, 40, 111 - 116.
  • Imajima, M. & Williams, S. J. (1985) Trichobranchidae (Polychaeta) chiefly from the Sagami and Suruga Bays, collected by the R / V Tansei-Maru (cruises KT- 65 - 76). Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 11 (1), 7 - 18.
  • Hessle, C. (1917) Zur Kenntnis der terebellomorphen Polychaeten. Zoologiska Bidrag fran Uppsala, 5, 39 - 258.
  • Moore, J. P. (1903) Polychaeta from the coastal slope of Japan and from Kamchatka and Bering Sea. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 55, 401 - 490.