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Description of Mooreonuphis bidentata a new species of Onuphidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Mexican Caribbean with remarks on the distribution of the genus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 October 2012

Samantha Karina Rupit-Arteaga ,
Pablo Hernández-Alcántara  and
Vivianne Solís-Weiss
Samantha Karina Rupit-Arteaga
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Ecología y Biodiversidad de Invertebrados Marinos, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior S/N, Cd. Universitaria, D.F. 04510, México
Pablo Hernández-Alcántara
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Ecología y Biodiversidad de Invertebrados Marinos, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior S/N, Cd. Universitaria, D.F. 04510, México
Vivianne Solís-Weiss*
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Ecología y Biodiversidad de Invertebrados Marinos, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior S/N, Cd. Universitaria, D.F. 04510, México
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Correspondence should be addressed to: V. Solís-Weiss, Laboratorio de Ecología y Biodiversidad de Invertebrados Marinos, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior S/N, Cd. Universitaria, D.F. 04510, México email: solisw@cmarl.unam.mx
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Abstract

Mooreonuphis bidentata, a new species of onuphid polychaete, is newly described from the Mexican Caribbean. It was found in dead coral rocks at depths of 2.2 m and can be distinguished from its congeners by having simple filaments branchiae from chaetigers 19–24, as well as bi- and tridentate pseudocompound falcigers and large median simple tridentate hooded hooks in the first four chaetigers. Including M. bidentata sp. nov., the genus Mooreonuphis includes 19 species, which have been exclusively collected on the American coasts, mainly in tropical and temperate waters. From the Caribbean Sea, six species have been recorded. Of these, M. bidentata sp. nov, M. cirrata, M. dangrigae and M. intermedia are the only species having their locus typicus in this tropical region. A taxonomic key is presented for all the species of Mooreonuphis recorded from both sides of the American seas.

Keywords

PolychaetaOnuphidaeMooreonuphisCaribbean Sea
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 93 , Issue 4 , June 2013 , pp. 981 - 990
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2012 

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