dcsimg
» Animals » » Segmented Worms »

Abyssocapitella Buzhinskaja & Smirnov 2000

Diagnosis

provided by World Register of Marine Species
Thorax with achaetous peristomium and 4 setigerous segments. First setiger complete with notopodia and neuropodia. Setigers 1-4 with capillary notosetae and neuropodial hooded hooks. Abdominal setigers with hooded hooks only, except for notopodia of setiger 5, which sometimes bears both capillaries and hooks. Branchiae and nephridial papillae absent. Pygidium simple lobe, without cirri.

Reference

Buzhinskaja, G.N.; Smirnov, R.V. (2000). Abyssocapitella commensalis gen. et sp. n. associated with the deep-sea pogonophore Spirobrachia leospira Gureeva, 1975 (Polychaeta: Capitellidae). Ophelia. 52(3): 171-176.

license
cc-by-4.0
copyright
WoRMS Editorial Board
bibliographic citation
Buzhinskaja, G.N.; Smirnov, R.V. (2000). <i>Abyssocapitella commensalis</i> gen. et sp. n. associated with the deep-sea pogonophore Spirobrachia leospira Gureeva, 1975 (Polychaeta: Capitellidae). <em>Ophelia.</em> 52(3): 171-176. Buzhinskaja, G.N.; Smirnov, R.V. (2000). <i>Abyssocapitella commensalis</i> gen. et sp. n. associated with the deep-sea pogonophore Spirobrachia leospira Gureeva, 1975 (Polychaeta: Capitellidae). <em>Ophelia.</em> 52(3): 171-176. Buzhinskaja, G.N.; Smirnov, R.V. (2000). <i>Abyssocapitella commensalis</i> gen. et sp. n. associated with the deep-sea pogonophore Spirobrachia leospira Gureeva, 1975 (Polychaeta: Capitellidae). <em>Ophelia.</em> 52(3): 171-176.
contributor
João Gil [email]