Three new deep-sea species of Marphysa (Annelida, Eunicida, Eunicidae) from Papua New Guinea (Bismarck and Solomon seas).

ABSTRACT: Three new species of Marphysa Quatrefages, 1866, Marphysabanana sp. nov., Marphysapapuaensis sp. nov., and Marphysazanolae sp. nov. are described from deep-sea sunken vegetation off Papua New Guinea, using both morphology and molecular data (for two species). With the presence of compound spinigers only and the branchiae present over many chaetigers, Marphysabanana sp. nov. belongs to the group B2. This species is characterised by the presence of eyes, the presence of branchiae starting from chaetiger 20, and by the presence of three types of pectinate chaetae and bidentate subacicular hooks starting from chaetigers 13-52. With the presence of compound falcigers only and the branchiae restricted to a short anterior region, M

SUBMITTER: Lavesque N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9848729 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature