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Issue: Vol. 4027 No. 2: 2 Oct. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-10-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4027.2.8
Page range: 287–295
Abstract views: 33
PDF downloaded: 1

Three new species of Diplocirrus Haase, 1915 (Polychaeta: Flabelligeridae) from Campos Basin in SE Brazil

Fluminense Federal University (UFF), Marine Biology Department, Pos-Graduation Program in Marine Biology and Coastal Ecosystems, Rua Outeiro de São João Batista, s/n, CEP: 24020-141, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), IBRAG, Zoology Department, Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524, PHLC, sala 516, Maracanã, 20550-900, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), IBRAG, Zoology Department, Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524, PHLC, sala 516, Maracanã, 20550-900, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Fluminense Federal University (UFF), Marine Biology Department, Pos-Graduation Program in Marine Biology and Coastal Ecosystems, Rua Outeiro de São João Batista, s/n, CEP: 24020-141, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Polychaeta Annelida polychaetes morphology taxonomy Habitats Project

Abstract

Currently, 16 species of Flabelligeridae have been recorded in Brazil, four in the genus Diplocirrus: D. glaucus Malmgren, 1867 from Ubatuba, D. capensis Day, 1961 from Santos (São Paulo State) and Diplocirrus sp. from off north of Rio de Janeiro. Diplocirrus glaucus australis Nonato, 1981 is considered a nomen nudum. In the present study, three new species are described: Diplocirrus rugosus sp. nov., Diplocirrus salazarvallejoi sp. nov. and Diplocirrus acafi sp. nov., all collected from soft bottoms off southeast Brazil. A key to all Diplocirrus species is provided.