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Terebellides

Description

Key to the North East Atlantic species of Terebellides

1. Geniculate acicular chaetae on thoracic chaetiger 6........................................................... 2

- Geniculate acicular chaetae on thoracic chaetigers 5 and 6.................................. T. bigeniculatus sp. nov.

2. Chaetigers 1 to 4 ventrally whitish................................................................. T. gracilis

- Chaetigers 1 to 4 of same coloration as the following......................................................... 3

3. Branchial lobes fused; a large species (body up to 50 mm long)......................................... T. stroemii

- Branchial lobes free; a small species (body less than 20 mm long)........................................ T. atlantis

Notes

Published as part of Parapar, Julio, Moreira, Juan & Helgason, Gudmundur V., 2011, Taxonomy and distribution of Terebellides (Polychaeta, Trichobranchidae) in Icelandic waters, with the description of a new species, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 2983 on page 17, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.202357

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Biodiversity

Family
Trichobranchidae
Genus
Terebellides
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Terebellida
Phylum
Annelida
Taxon rank
genus