Timareteposteria, a new cirratulid species from Korea (Annelida, Polychaeta, Cirratulidae).

ABSTRACT: A new cirratulid species, Timareteposteria sp. n., is described from the intertidal habitats of the eastern coast of South Korea. The new species is closely related to Timareteluxuriosa (Moore, 1904) from southern California based on morphological similarity of the branchial and tentacular finalents and the noto- and neuropodial spines. However, T.posteria sp. n. differs from the latter based on the following characteristics: 1) evenly divided peristomium into three annulations; 2) 2-4 neuropodial spines originating in the posterior chaetigers alternated by a few capillaries; and 3) complete shift in branchial finalents located about one-third between the notopodium and the dorsal midline. The new species has a methyl green staining pattern (MGSP) distinc

SUBMITTER: Choi HK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6302066 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature