A new species of the Marphysa sanguinea complex from French waters (Bay of Biscay, NE Atlantic) (Annelida, Eunicidae)

By

Lavesque, Nicolas, 1979-
Daffe, Guillemine
Bonifácio, Paulo
Hutchings, P. A. (Patricia Ann), 1946-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

716

Pages

1-17

Subjects

Bait worms , eastern Atlantic , France , Marphysa , molecular , Morphology , Polychaeta , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.716.14070

 

Abstract

A new species of Eunicidae, Marphysa victori sp. n., has been identified from Arcachon Bay, Bay of Biscay, NE Atlantic. This new species, belonging to the sanguinea complex, is characterised by branchiae with long filaments from chaetigers 26–34, the presence of four types of pectinate chaetae with first ones present from chaetiger 2, a large number of both pectinate chaetae and compound spinigers, and the pygidium with only one pair of pygidial cirri. An identification key for European species of the genus Marphysa is provided.