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Five species of polychaete new to British waters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

J. P. Hartley
Affiliation:
Oil Pollution Research Unit, Field Studies Council, Orielton Field Centre, Pembroke, Dyfed Wales

Extract

In the course of benthic surveys carried out around the U.K. by the Oil Pollution Research Unit, a number of species of polychaete not previously recorded from British waters were found. A new species of Aricidea and six other species of the Paraonidae new for Britain have been described by Hartley (1981), and this note records a further five species taken either in the Firth of Forth (56° 19′ N, 3° 34.8′ W, 2–5–5 m depth, fine sand) or in the Forties oilfield (57° 44.0′ N, o° 54°0′ E, 100–130 m depth, fine to muddy sand) with 0.1 m2 Van Veen/Day grabs in September 1979 and June 1978 respectively. The sieve mesh used was 0.1 mm diameter.

Type
Short Note
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1981

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