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Issue: Vol. 5728 No. 1: 9 Dec. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-12-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5728.1.4
Page range: 107-143
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The genus Armandia Filippi, 1861 (Annelida, Opheliidae) on the coast of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia

Departamento de Bioloxía; Universidade da Coruña; Spain.
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research; 22107 Salmiya; Kuwait.
Departamento de Biología (Zoología) & Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Cambio Global (CIBC-UAM); Facultad de Ciencias; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Spain.
Annelida Taxonomy Polychaeta morphology distribution SEM identification key

Abstract

Samples collected in intertidal and shallow subtidal localities along the coast of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia yielded five species of the genus Armandia Filippi, 1861 (Annelida, Opheliidae) that are newly reported in the Arabian Gulf: Armandia bipapillata Hartmann-Schröder, 1974, Armandia aff. dolio Parapar & Moreira, 2015, Armandia melanura Gravier, 1905, Armandia sinaitica Amoureux, 1983 and Armandia aff. weissenbornii Kükenthal, 1887. All species are fully described, illustrated, and compared with similar species and those previously reported in the area. A key for species of Armandia in the Indo-Pacific, Southern Asia, Indo-Malay Archipelago and Australia, is also provided.

 

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How to Cite

Parapar, J., Al-Kandari, M. & Moreira, J. (2025) The genus Armandia Filippi, 1861 (Annelida, Opheliidae) on the coast of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Zootaxa, 5728 (1), 107–143. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5728.1.4