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Issue: Vol. 3490 No. 1: 19 Sep. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-09-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3490.1.6
Page range: 75–88
Abstract views: 108
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Ampharetidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Japan. Part I: The genus Ampharete Malmgren, 1866, along with a discussion of several taxonomic characters of the family and the introduction of a new identification tool

Department of Zoology, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0005, Japan
Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University—Corpus Christi, 6300 Ocean Drive, Unit 5869, Corpus Christi, Texas 78412-5869, USA
Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt, Sektion Marine Evertebraten II, Senckenberganlage 25, D-60325, Frankfurt/M., Germany
Annelida New species new record taxonomy distribution

Abstract

Five species of Ampharete are reported from Japan. Two species, Ampharete ampullata sp. nov., and Ampharetecinnamomea sp. nov., are newly described, and Ampharete falcata, is newly recorded from the North Pacific. Severalmorphological characters are reviewed and their value for taxonomy and systematics is discussed. A schematic diagram of the anterior end of ampharetid polychaetes, which may serve as the species’ “ID card”, is introduced.

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