A new genus and species of Polynoidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Canary Islands, and update on taxa present in the Northeast Atlantic

  • Jorge Núñez Laboratorio de Bentos, Departamento de Biología Animal, Edafología y Geología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de La Laguna, 38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1307-4247
  • Ruth Barnich Senckenberg, Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt, Marine Evertebraten II, Senckenberganlage 25, D-60325 Frankfurt, Germany
  • Óscar Monterroso Centro de Investigaciones Medioambientales del Atlántico, S.L. (CIMA), Avenida Los Majuelos 115, 38107, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.846.1965
Keywords: taxonomy, subfamilies, identification key, biodiversity

Abstract

A new polynoid, Webbnesia maculata gen. et sp. nov., was discovered during benthic surveys conducted around the Canary Islands. Its generic characters (absence of cephalic peaks, ventrally inserted lateral antennae, reduced notopodium and chaetae all stout) place it close to Antinoe Kinberg, 1856, Hermadion Kinberg, 1856 and Malmgrenia McIntosh, 1874, but the combination is unique and justifies the erection of a new genus. The new genus and species are described, figured and discussed in detail. An updated list of taxa and an identification key to all genera of Polynoinae Kinberg, 1856 sensu lato currently reported from the extended Northeast Atlantic are given.

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2022-11-01
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Núñez, J., Barnich, R., & Monterroso, Óscar. (2022). A new genus and species of Polynoidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Canary Islands, and update on taxa present in the Northeast Atlantic. European Journal of Taxonomy, 846(1), 55–74. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.846.1965
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