Thelepus Leuckart 1849
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Genus Thelepus Leuckart, 1849
Type-species. Thelepus bergmanni Leuckart, 1849, by original designation.
Remarks. Thelepus is a well-known genus of Thelepodidae, with 48 known species (Hutchings et al. in press; Hsueh & Li 2016) including the two new species herein described. Recent definitions of this genus were provided by Hutchings et al. (2015, in press). The genus differs from Pseudostreblosoma Hutchings & Murray, 1984 and Streblosoma Sars, 1872 by having notopodia from segment 3, instead of segment 2, and from Euthelepus McIntosh, 1885 and Pseudothelepus Hutchings, 1997 1 in not having lobes on anterior segments, except for the ventral lobe on segment 1, below the mouth.
Thelepus setosus is the only species of this genus previously recorded from the Brazilian coast, although some authors preferred to identify the specimens as T. cf. setosus, as commented above. In order to reveal the differences between the holotype of T. setosus and the Brazilian specimens, a redescription of the former species is provided herein, and the Brazilian specimens are described as two new species.
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Leuckart
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Annelida
- Order
- Terebellida
- Family
- Terebellidae
- Genus
- Thelepus
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Thelepus Leuckart, 1849 sec. Carrerette, Nogueira & Hutchings, 2017
References
- Leuckart, R. (1849) Zur Kenntnis der Fauna von Island. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, Berlin, 15 (1), 149 - 208.
- Hsueh, P. - W. & Li, K. - R. (2016) New species of Thelepodidae (Terebelliformia, Polychaeta) from Taiwan. Zootaxa, 4170 (3), 510 - 524.
- Hutchings, P. A., Nogueira, J. M. M. & Carrerette, O. (2015) Telothelepodidae, Thelepodidae and Trichobranchidae (Annelida, Terebelliformia) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Zootaxa, 4019 (1), 240 - 274.
- Hutchings, P. A. & Murray, A. (1984) Taxonomy of polychaetes from the Hawkesbury River and the southern estuaries of New South Wales, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, 36 (3), 1 - 118.
- Sars, G. O. (1872) Diagnoser af nye Annelider fra Christianiaforden, efter Professor M. Sar's efterladte Manuskripter. Forhandlinger fra Fidenskabs-Selskabet i Christiania, 1871, 406 - 417.
- McIntosh, W. C. (1885) Report on the Annelida Polychaeta collected by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873 - 1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Foyage of H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1872 - 76, Series Zoology, 12, 1 - 554.
- Hutchings, P. A. (1997) The Terebellidae (F. Polychaeta) from the Wallabi Group, Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia. In: Wells, F. E. (Ed.), Proceedings of the 7 th International Marine Biological Workshop. The marine flora and fauna of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia. Western Australian Museum, Perth, pp. 459 - 501.