{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["1118"],"submitter":["Zanol J"],"pubmed_abstract":["A new giant species is described from New South Wales, Australia. <i>Eunicedharastii</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> differs from described Australian species and is most similar to <i>E.aphroditois</i> (Pallas, 1788), <i>E.flavopicta</i> Izuka, 1912, and <i>E.kinbergi</i> Ehlers, 1868. The unique combination of features that characterizes the new species is irregular articulated prostomial appendages; antennae reaching back beyond chaetiger 4; branchiae starting at chaetiger 10, initially button-shaped and distinctly longer than notopodial cirri where best developed; dorsal fleshy knobs on anterior chaetal lobes; notopodial cirri pendulous, abrupt tapering from inflated bases; bidentate compound falcigerous chaetae with both teeth directed laterally, distal tooth much shorter than proximal tooth in median and posterior chaetigers; and dark bidentate subacicular hooks starting at chaetiger 58, tapering to a small head with both teeth directed distally, and proximal tooth much larger than minute and spur-like distal tooth. This new species lives in sandy sediments in coastal waters 1-8 m deep. It is highly mobile and not easy to collect, which may explain why it was not described before."],"journal":["ZooKeys"],"pagination":["97-109"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9848632"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["A new species of giant <i>Eunice</i> (Eunicidae, Polychaeta, Annelida) from the east coast of Australia."],"pmcid":["PMC9848632"],"pubmed_authors":["Hutchings P","Zanol J"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"A new species of giant <i>Eunice</i> (Eunicidae, Polychaeta, Annelida) from the east coast of Australia.","description":"A new giant species is described from New South Wales, Australia. <i>Eunicedharastii</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> differs from described Australian species and is most similar to <i>E.aphroditois</i> (Pallas, 1788), <i>E.flavopicta</i> Izuka, 1912, and <i>E.kinbergi</i> Ehlers, 1868. The unique combination of features that characterizes the new species is irregular articulated prostomial appendages; antennae reaching back beyond chaetiger 4; branchiae starting at chaetiger 10, initially button-shaped and distinctly longer than notopodial cirri where best developed; dorsal fleshy knobs on anterior chaetal lobes; notopodial cirri pendulous, abrupt tapering from inflated bases; bidentate compound falcigerous chaetae with both teeth directed laterally, distal tooth much shorter than proximal tooth in median and posterior chaetigers; and dark bidentate subacicular hooks starting at chaetiger 58, tapering to a small head with both teeth directed distally, and proximal tooth much larger than minute and spur-like distal tooth. This new species lives in sandy sediments in coastal waters 1-8 m deep. It is highly mobile and not easy to collect, which may explain why it was not described before.","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022","modification":"2025-04-04T18:44:11.914Z","creation":"2025-04-04T18:44:11.914Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9848632","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36761804"],"doi":["10.3897/zookeys.1118.86448"]}}