In:
ZooKeys, Pensoft Publishers, Vol. 1134 ( 2022-12-05), p. 23-37
Abstract:
A variety of nereidid species have been reported from the South China Sea, although little is known about the deep-sea species in this area. Recently, two specimens belonging to a novel nereidid polychaete were collected from a sedimentary habitat during an environmental survey to a deep-sea basin where cold seeps occur. This new species, Nereis tricirrata sp. nov. , is described herein, based on morphological and molecular analyses. The most noteworthy feature is the absence of eyes on the prostomium; it can be distinguished from other eyeless Nereis species by the arrangement of conical paragnaths on the pharynx, the nature of homogomph falcigers and the shape of notopodial lobes in posterior chaetigers. The reconstructed phylogenetic tree, using concatenated sequences of mtCOI, 16S, and 18S rRNA, showed that all Nereis species included in this study form a monophyletic clade with full support. The mtCOI-based interspecific comparisons revealed a high genetic divergence (23.1%–37.3% K2P) from four-eyed Nereis species with the available sequences. This is the first record of an eyeless Nereis species in the South China Sea.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1313-2970
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1313-2989
DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.1134.94198
DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.1134.94198.figure1
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10.3897/zookeys.1134.94198.figure2
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10.3897/zookeys.1134.94198.figure3
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10.3897/zookeys.1134.94198.figure4
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10.3897/zookeys.1134.94198.figure5
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
Pensoft Publishers
Publication Date:
2022
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2445640-8
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12