Published December 31, 2009 | Version v1
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Ephesiopsis Hartman and Fauchald 1971

Description

Ephesiopsis Hartman and Fauchald 1971 emended

Type species: Ephesiopsis guayanae Hartman and Fauchald 1971

Diagnosis: Body long, slender, densely papillate; with two longitudinal rows of macro- and two rows of microtubercles, macro- and micropapillae with terminal papillae. Anterior end with a median antenna and two pairs of lateral antennae. Eyes present or absent. Proboscis long, cylindrical. Parapodia uniramous. First chaetiger with recurved hooks; following chaetigers uniramous, with simple chaetae and compound falcigers. Pygidium with or without four macrotubercles.

Notes

Published as part of Rizzo, Alexandra Elaine, 2009, A new species of Ephesiopsis (Polychaeta: Sphaerodoridae) from off southeastern Brazil, pp. 61-67 in Zootaxa 2307 on page 62, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.191800

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Sphaerodoridae
Genus
Ephesiopsis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Phyllodocida
Phylum
Annelida
Scientific name authorship
Hartman and Fauchald
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Ephesiopsis and, 1971 sec. Rizzo, 2009

References

  • Hartman, O. & Fauchald, K. (1971) Deep-water benthic polychaetous annelids off New England to Bermuda and other North Atlantic areas. Part II. Allan Hancock Foundation, Los Angeles, California.