2 NEW SPECIES OF OPISTHOTROCHOPODUS (POLYCHAETA, POLYNOIDAE, BRANCHINOTOGLUMINAE) FROM THE LAU AND THE NORTH FIJI BAC-ARC BASINS, SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC-OCEAN

Authors
MIURA T DESBRUYERES D
Citation
T. Miura et D. Desbruyeres, 2 NEW SPECIES OF OPISTHOTROCHOPODUS (POLYCHAETA, POLYNOIDAE, BRANCHINOTOGLUMINAE) FROM THE LAU AND THE NORTH FIJI BAC-ARC BASINS, SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC-OCEAN, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 108(4), 1995, pp. 583-595
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington → ACNP
ISSN journal
0006324X
Volume
108
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
583 - 595
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-324X(1995)108:4<583:2NSOO(>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Opisthotrochopodus segonzaci, a new species of branchiate polynoid pol ychaete from the Lau and the North-Fiji Bac-arc Basins, southwestern P acific Ocean, differs from the other species of the genus in having sh ort dorsal cirri with rounded tips on the anterior segments and achaet ous modified parapodia on segment 21. Opisthotrochopodus trifurcus, a new species from the North-Fiji Basin, is unique in the genus in havin g trifurcate neurosetae on the posterior modified segment.