A new species of Amphictene (Annelida, Pectinariidae) from the northern South China Sea

By

Zhang, Jinghuai
Zhang, Yanjie
Qiu, Jian-Wen

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

545

Pages

27-36

Subjects

Guangdong , Polychaete , systematics , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.545.6454

 

Abstract

Pectinariids are a family of polychaetes commonly found in shallow coastal waters around the world, but their diversity is poorly known along the coasts of Asia. Here we describe Amphictene alata sp. n. (Pectinariidae), based on 15 specimens collected from the coastal waters of Guangdong in the northern South China Sea. This new species can be distinguished from all other 13 described species and one described subspecies of Amphictene by having a pair of dorsolateral lobes on segment 3, a pair of large lateral lobes on segment 21, and more scaphal hooks (26 to 37 pairs).