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Harmothoe Kinberg 1856

Description

Genus Harmothoe Kinberg, 1856

Type species: Harmothoe spinosa Kinberg, 1856.

Diagnosis (from Barnich & Fiege (2009)). Body dorsoventrally flattened, short, with up to about 50 segments; dorsum more or less covered by elytra or short tail region uncovered. Fifteen pairs of elytra on segments 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 26, 29, 32. Prostomium with distinct cephalic peaks and three antennae; lateral antennae inserted ventrally to median antenna. Position of anterior pair of eyes variable, posterior pair situated dorsally near hind margin. Parapodia with elongate acicular lobes with both acicula penetrating epidermis; neuropodia with a supra-acicular process. Notochaetae stout with distinct rows of spines and blunt tip. Neurochaetae more numerous and usually more slender; with distinct rows of spines distally and tips falcate or straight, either all bidentate with a subdistal secondary tooth or some bi- and some unidentate.

Notes

Published as part of Valencia-Soto, David, 2021, Scale-bearing beauty: Intertidal scale-worms (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) from Punta Blanca (Arequipa, Peru), pp. 151-194 in Zootaxa 5032 (2) on page 178, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5032.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5487023

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Polynoidae
Genus
Harmothoe
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Phyllodocida
Phylum
Annelida
Scientific name authorship
Kinberg
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Harmothoe Kinberg, 1856 sec. Valencia-Soto, 2021

References

  • Kinberg, J. G. H. (1856) Nya slagten och arter af Annelider, Ofversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhhandlingar Stockholm, 12 (9 - 10), 381 - 388. Available from: https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 15970133 (accessed 1 November 2020)
  • Barnich, R. & Fiege, D. (2009) Revision of the genus Harmothoe Kinberg, 1856 (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) in the Northeast Atlantic. Zootaxa, 2104 (1), 1 - 76. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2104.1.1