A new species of Phyllocomus Grube, 1878 from the Yellow Sea, China (Annelida, Ampharetidae)

By

Sui, Jixing
Li, Xinzheng

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

676

Pages

13-19

Subjects

Phyllocomus chinensis sp. n , Polychaete , Schistocomus , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.676.11828

 

Abstract

A new species of the ampharetid genus Phyllocomus, P. chinensis sp. n., is described based on material from the Yellow Sea. The new species is distinguished from the known species of this genus by having two thoracic regions, with segments of the anterior region (up to thoracic chaetiger 10) approximately half as long as those of the posterior region, neuropodia of the anterior region are large while those of the posterior region become gradually smaller, thoracic neuropodia without dorsal cirrus, and abdominal neuropodia with a papillary dorsal cirrus. A key to all species of Phyllocomus is given.