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First record of the rare deep-sea polychaete Rhamphobrachium (Rhamphobrachium) agassizii (Annelida: Onuphidae) in European waters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2020

Andrés Arias Open the ORCID record for Andrés Arias [Opens in a new window]  and
Hannelore Paxton
Andrés Arias*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biología de Organismos y Sistemas (Zoología), Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, 33071, Spain
Hannelore Paxton
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW2109, Australia Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, 1 William Street, Sydney, NSW2010, Australia
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Author for correspondence: Andrés Arias, E-mail: ariasandres@uniovi.es
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Abstract

Rhamphobrachium (Rhamphobrachium) agassizii is reported from the Cantabrian Sea, Spain, from depths of 925–1207 m. This is its first record off the Iberian Peninsula and in European waters, representing its northernmost distribution in the North Atlantic Ocean to date. Previous reports of R. (R.) agassizii from the eastern and western North Atlantic demonstrate its apparent amphi-Atlantic distribution, which appears consistent with the distribution of the main Atlantic currents. It is a typical deep-water species with its deepest record at 2165 m from the Azores archipelago. The specimens were collected singly at two stations, attesting to the rarity of the species in contrast to its congener R. (Spinigerium) brevibrachiatum which was the most dominant polychaete species in a previous study.

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Atlantic OceanAvilés Canyon SystemsBay of BiscaybiodiversityEl CachuchoLe Danois Banktube-worm
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 100 , Issue 5 , August 2020 , pp. 719 - 724
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2020

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