A new species of Nicon Kinberg, 1866 (Polychaeta, Nereididae) from Ecuador, Eastern Pacific, with a key to all known species of the genus

By

León-González, Jesús Angel de
Trovant, Berenice

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

269

Pages

67-76

Subjects

Annelida , Ecuador , intertidal , Nereididae , polychaetes , systematics , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.269.4003

 

Abstract

A new species of Nicon Kinberg, 1866 from the east Pacific coast of Ecuador is described. The new species is characterized by a long, thin dorsal ligule on median and posterior parapodia and infracicular sesquigomph falcigers in the neuropodia. A key to all species of Nicon is provided.