A new species of ice cream cone worm in the Gulf of California (Annelida, Pectinariidae).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pectinaria Lamarck, 1818 is composed of 30 species, three of them were originally described from the west coast of the USA and Mexico: P.californiensis Hartman, 1941 (from Redondo Beach, California, USA), P.newportensis Hartman, 1941 (from Newport Bay, California, USA) and P.hartmanae Reish, 1968 (from Bahia de los Angeles, north-western Gulf of California, Mexico).

New information

A new pectinariid polychaete, Pectinariasantii sp. n., is reported from the central-eastern Gulf of California, Mexico. Pectinariasantii sp. n. is clearly distinguished from its congeners by a combination of the following morphological features: segment 4 with a ventral crest with six horn-shaped anterior projections; three chaetigers with notop

SUBMITTER: Tovar-Hernandez MAA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9836536 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature