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Issue: Vol. 1168 No. 1: 6 Apr. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-04-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1168.1.5
Page range: 51–58
Abstract views: 41
PDF downloaded: 19

Description of Chone usticensis sp. nov. (Polychaeta, Sabellidae) from the Mediterranean Sea

DiSTeBA Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies. University of Lecce. Via Provinciale Lecce-Monteroni. Complesso Ecotekne, 73100 Lecce, Italy
DiSTeBA Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies. University of Lecce. Via Provinciale Lecce-Monteroni. Complesso Ecotekne, 73100 Lecce, Italy
ICRAM Istituto Centrale per la Ricerca scientifica e tecnologica Applicata al Mare, Via Emerico Amari, 124, 90139 Palermo, Italy
Annelida Polychaeta Chone usticensis new species Sabellidae Mediterranean Sea

Abstract

A new species of Chone (Sabellidae) from the coast of Ustica Island (Mediterranean Sea, north of Sicily) is described. The species, named Chone usticensis sp. nov., is similar to another Mediterranean species, C. filicaudata, in having a long pygidial filiform appendage, but is distinct from this species especially in the peristomium, collar, and in thoracic paleate chaetae shape. A discussion on the presence of the radiolar appendages within the genus Chone is also given.

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