A new species of Heterospio (Annelida, Longosomatidae) from the Indian Ocean

  • Julio Parapar Departamento de Bioloxía Animal, Bioloxía Vexetal e Ecoloxía, Facultade de Ciencias, Universidade da Coruña, Rúa da Fraga 10, E-15008 A Coruña
  • Tejal Vijapure CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Regional Centre, Mumbai
  • Juan Moreira Departamento de Biología (Zoología), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, E-28049 Madrid
  • Soniya Sukumaran CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Regional Centre, Mumbai
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2016.220
Keywords: Polychaeta, Heterospio indica new species, taxonomy, SEM, DNA barcodes

Abstract

Knowledge about the taxonomy and distribution of the monogeneric polychaete family Longosomatidae Hartman, 1944 is limited in all parts of the world. A new species of the genus Heterospio Ehlers, 1874 (Annelida, Longosomatidae) is described from the Indian Ocean. Heterospio indica sp. nov. is mainly characterised by the conspicuous flattening of the distal half of capillary chaetae located in anterior elongated segments. Several body characters of high taxonomic relevance in the genus are examined under the SEM and discussed. The 18S SSU rDNA and COI genes were sequenced and represent the first sequencing of a species of Heterospio, and the sequences have been deposited in GenBank.

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Published
2016-08-09
How to Cite
Parapar, J., Vijapure, T., Moreira, J., & Sukumaran, S. (2016). A new species of Heterospio (Annelida, Longosomatidae) from the Indian Ocean. European Journal of Taxonomy, (220). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2016.220
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No. 220 (2016): A new species of Heterospio (Annelida, Longosomatidae) from the Indian Ocean
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