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Issue: Vol. 4268 No. 3: 17 May 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-05-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4268.3.6
Page range: 411–426
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One new species and two redescriptions of Marphysa (Eunicidae, Annelida) species of the Aenea-group from Australia

Campus Duque de Caxias, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil Laboratório de Polychaeta, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho, 373 CCS, Bloco A, Sala A0-108, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21941-599, Brazil
Campus Duque de Caxias, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil Laboratório de Polychaeta, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho, 373 CCS, Bloco A, Sala A0-108, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21941-599, Brazil
Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, 1 William Street, Sydney, NSW, 2010, Australia
Compound falcigers Marphysa bifurcata Marphysa pseudosessiloa n.sp. Marphysa sessilobranchiata molecular identification taxonomic key

Abstract

Species of Marphysa belonging to the Aenea-group have compound falcigers as the subacicular chaetae along the entire body. Around 30 species belong to this group, among these, two have originally been described based on Australian specimens, M. bifurcata and M. sessilobranchiata. Here, we redescribe both species based on type and non-type material and describe a species new to science, M. pseudosessiloa n. sp., including intraspecific variation. Informative features for the identification of these species are relative length of prostomial appendages in relation to prostomium, shape of notopodial cirri, left MxIV plate, left and right MxIV attachment lamellae and placement of branchial stem. A taxonomic key to species of Marphysa currently reported from Australia is also provided.

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