ARTACAMA-VALPARAISIENSIS, A NEW SPECIES OF TEREBELLIDAE (ANNELIDA, POLYCHAETA) FROM SUBTIDAL SOFT BOTTOMS OF VALPARAISO BAY, CHILE

Authors
ROZBACZYLO N MENDEZ MA
Citation
N. Rozbaczylo et Ma. Mendez, ARTACAMA-VALPARAISIENSIS, A NEW SPECIES OF TEREBELLIDAE (ANNELIDA, POLYCHAETA) FROM SUBTIDAL SOFT BOTTOMS OF VALPARAISO BAY, CHILE, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 109(1), 1996, pp. 138-142
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington → ACNP
ISSN journal
0006324X
Volume
109
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
138 - 142
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-324X(1996)109:1<138:AANSOT>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
A new species of terebellid, Artacama valparisiensis, is described fro m Valparaiso Bay, Central Chile. The species closely resembles A. cras sa Hartman, 1967, from the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, but can be distinguished on the basis of the following morphological criteria : shape and number of proboscidial papillae, size and number of the br anchial filaments, relative size of lobe at the upper edge of uncinal ridges in abdominal parapodia and presence of constrictions in the lim bate setae.