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Terebellides

Description

Key to the Terebellides species from North East Atlantic and Mediterranean

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

- Geniculate acicular chaetae on thoracic CH 5 and CH 6........................................... T. bigeniculatus

2 Thoracic CH 1 to CH 4 ventrally whitish............................................................ T. gracilis

- Thoracic CH 1 to CH 4 of same ventral colouration as following................................................ 3

3 CH 1 notopodia and notochaetae longer than following................................... T. mediterranea spec. nov.

- CH 1 notopodia and notochaetae similar or shorter than following.............................................. 4

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

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

Notes

Published as part of Parapar, Julio, Mikac, Barbara & Fiege, Dieter, 2013, Diversity of the genus Terebellides (Polychaeta: Trichobranchidae) in the Adriatic Sea with the description of a new species, pp. 333-350 in Zootaxa 3691 (3) on page 345, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3691.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/248600

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Biodiversity

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