A new species of scale-worm (Polychaeta : Polynoidae), Lepidonotopodium jouinae sp nov., from the Azores Triple Junction on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Authors
Desbruyeres, D Hourdez, S
Citation
D. Desbruyeres et S. Hourdez, A new species of scale-worm (Polychaeta : Polynoidae), Lepidonotopodium jouinae sp nov., from the Azores Triple Junction on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, CAH BIO MAR, 41(4), 2000, pp. 399-405
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Aquatic Sciences
Journal title
CAHIERS DE BIOLOGIE MARINE
ISSN journal
00079723 → ACNP
Volume
41
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
399 - 405
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-9723(2000)41:4<399:ANSOS(>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
A new species of scale-worm, Lepidonotopodium jouinae, belonging to the sub -family Lepidonotopodinae (Polychaeta: Polynoidae) has been found in sample s collected on deep-sea hydrothermal vent fields at the Azores Triple Junct ion on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. It is the first species of Polynoidae descri bed from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal vents. Other species of the sa me genus have been described from hydrothermal vents of the Pacific Ocean.