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Oligobregma Kudenov & Blake 1978

  • 1. slucasmendes 013 @ gmail. com
  • 2. paulopaiva @ gmail. com
  • 3. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Museu Nacional.

Description

Key to species of Oligobregma Kudenov & Blake, 1978

1. Acicular spines present on chaetigers 1–2................................................................ 2

- Acicular spines present on chaetigers 1–3 or 1–4.......................................................... 4

2(1). Acicular spines in both rami........................................................................... 3

- Acicular spines only in notopodia................. O. pseudocollare Schüller & Hilbig 2007 (Scotia and Weddel Seas)

3(2). Eyes present, fused into a single shield-shape patch; Prostomial horns digitate........................................................................................... O. oculata Kudenov & Blake, 1978 (New Caledonia)

- Eyes absent; Prostomial horns rounded.............................. O. aciculata (Hartman, 1965) (North Atlantic)

4(1). Acicular spines present on chaetiger 1–3................................................................. 5

- Acicular spines present on chaetiger 1–4................................................................ 11

5(4). Acicular spines only in notopodia...................................................................... 6

- Acicular spines in both rami........................................................................... 7

6(5). Two short rounded prostomial horns, directed forwardly; eyes absent.............................................................................................. O. collare (Levenstein, 1975) (Southern Ocean, Antarctica)

- Two long rounded prostomial horns, directed laterally; eyes present.................................................................................................... O. notiale Blake, 1981 (Southern Ocean, Antarctica)

7(5). Lyrate chaetae from chaetiger 4........................................................................ 8

- Lyrate chaetae from chaetiger 5–6...................................................................... 9

8(7). Neuropodia with a single row of acicular spines on chaetiger 1–3; lyrate chaetae with equal tynes....................................................................................... O. mucronata Blake, 2015 (Antarctica)

- Neuropodia with two rows of acicular spines on chaetiger 1–2; lyrate chaetae with subequal tynes................................................................................ O. tasmania (Kierkegaard, 1996) (Tasman Sea)

9(7). Acicular spines with terminal arista; parapodial cirri inflated or asymmetrical, with nipple-like tips..................................................................... O. aristata Blake, 2023 (Australia, lower continental slope)

- Acicular spines lacking terminal arista; parapodial cirri triangular, with rounded or pointed tips.................... 10

10(9). Parapodial cirri with narrow rounded tip; ventrally, prominent darkly pigmented pairs of nephridia absent.......................................................... O. profunda Blake, 2023 (Australia, Tasmania to New South Wales)

- Parapodial cirri with pointed tip; ventrally, prominent darkly pigmented pairs of nephridia present............................................................................... O. renuncula Blake, 2023 (Australia, Coral Sea)

11(4). Acicular spines only in notopodia..................................................................... 12

- Acicular spines present in both rami................................................................... 13

12(11). Prostomium with two rounded horns directed upwards; acicular spines transitional in chaetiger 4, weaker and similar to capillaries.................................. O. tani Wiklund et al. 2019 (Clarion-Clipperton Zone, Pacific Ocean)

- Prostomium with two elongated horns directed laterally; acicular spines strong in chaetiger 4, not transitional to capillaries............................................ O. quadrispinosa Schüller & Hilbig, 2007 (Scotia and Weddel Sea)

13(11). Acicular spines with pointed tips...................................................................... 14

- Acicular spines with curved rounded tips................... O. bakkeni sp. nov. (Espírito Santo Basin, South Atlantic)

14(13). Lyrate chaetae present from chaetiger 3 on neuropodia................................................................................................. O. nonatoi sp. nov. (Santos and Espírito Santo basins, South Atlantic)

- Lyrate chaetae present from chaetiger 4–11 on neuropodia.................................................. 15

15(14). Lyrate chaetae from chaetiger 4–6..................................................................... 16

- Lyrate chaetae from chaetiger 11............. O. whaleyi Wiklund et al., 2019 (Clarion-Clipperton Zone, Pacific Ocean)

16(15). Lyrate chaetae from chaetiger 4–5..................................................................... 17

- Lyrate chaetae from chaetiger 6..................... O. simplex Kudenov & Blake, 1978 (Westernport Bay, Australia)

17(16). Acicular spines present in neuropodia of chaetiger 4....................................................... 18

- Acicular spines absent in neuropodia of chaetiger 4.............. O. bathyala, 2023 (Australia lower continental slope)

18(17). Proboscis present as a soft, smooth sac-like structure; parapodial cirri conical; parapodial cirri glands with gold coloration, organized in patches within parapodial cirri..................................................................................................... O. brasierae Wiklund et al., 2019 (Clarion-Clipperton Zone, Pacific Ocean)

- Proboscis present as a strong crenulated structure; parapodial cirri triangular to lanceolate; parapodial cirri glands long and tubular, blackish, entangled in posterior chaetigers, always extending towards cirri’s tip....................................................................................... O. cruzae sp. nov. (Santos Basin, South Atlantic)

Notes

Published as part of Mendes, Samuel Lucas Da Silva Delgado, Paiva, Paulo Cesar De & Rizzo, Alexandra E., 2024, First record of Oligobregma Kudenov & Blake, 1975 (Annelida: Polychaeta: Scalibregmatidae Malmgren, 1867) from Brazil with the description of three new species, pp. 80-98 in Zootaxa 5424 (1) on pages 94-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5424.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/10808050

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Scalibregmatidae
Genus
Oligobregma
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Scientific name authorship
Kudenov & Blake
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Oligobregma Kudenov, 1978 sec. Mendes, Paiva & Rizzo, 2024

References

  • Kudenov, J. D. & Blake, J. A. (1978) A review of the genera and species of the Scalibregmidae (Polychaeta) with descriptions of one new genus and three new species from Australia. Journal of Natural History, 12, 427 - 444. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222937800770291
  • Schuller, M. & Hilbig, B. (2007) Three new species of the genus Oligobregma (Polychaeta, Scalibregmatidae) from the Scotia and Weddell Seas (Antarctica). Zootaxa, 1391, 35 - 45. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 1391.1.2
  • Hartman, O. (1965) Deep-water benthic polychaetous annelids off New England to Bermuda and other North Atlantic areas. Allan Hancock Foundation Publications, Occasional Paper, 28, 1 - 378.
  • Levenstein, R. Y. (1975) The polychaetous annelids of the deep-sea trenches of the Atlantic sector of the Antarctic Ocean. Transactions of the P. P. Shirov Institute of Oceanology Academy. Trudy Instituta Okeanologia, Akademia nauk SSSR, 103, 119 - 142.
  • Blake, J. A. (1981) The Scalibregmatidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from South American and Antarctic Seas, collected chiefly during the cruises of the R / V Anton Bruun, R / V Hero and USNS Eltanin. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 94, 1131 - 1162.
  • Blake, J. A. (2015) New species of Scalibregmatidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from the East Antarctic Peninsula including a description of the ecology and post-larval development of species of Scalibregma and Oligobregma. Zootaxa, 4033 (1), 57 - 93. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4033.1.3
  • Kierkegaard, J. B. (1996) Bathyal and abyssal polychaetes (Sedentary Species I). Galathea Report, 17, 57 - 77.
  • Blake, J. A. (2023) New species of Scalibregmatidae (Annelida) from slope and abyssal depths off eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, 75 (3), 271 - 298. https: // doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 2201 - 4349.75.2023.1827
  • Wiklund, H., Neal, l., Glover, A. G., Drennan, R., Rabone, M. & Dahlgren, T. G. (2019) Abyssal fauna of polymetallic nodule exploration areas, eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone, central Pacific Ocean: Annelida: Capitellidae, Opheliidae, Scalibregmatidae, and Travisiidae. Zookeys, 883, 1 - 82. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 883.36193