A new species of Chaetopterus (Annelida, Chaetopteridae) from Hong Kong

Yanan Sun; Jian Wen Qiu

doi:10.24199/j.mmv.2014.71.23

A new species of Chaetopterus (Annelida, Chaetopteridae) from Hong Kong

Yanan Sun^*, Jian Wen Qiu

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Department of Biology

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Abstract

A new species, Chaetopterus qiani sp. nov., is described based on 18 specimens collected from a fish farm in Hong Kong. This species is small (body length: 11. 5–35.5 mm), with nine, five and 10–16 chaetigers in regions A, B and C, respectively. It belongs to a small group of epibenthic Chaetopterus species with long notopodia in region C. This species can be distinguished from other epibenthic Chaetopterus by a combination of the following features: up to 16 lightbrownish cutting chaetae in A4, wide neuropodia in A9, large wing-shaped notopodia in B1, 10–16 chaetigers in region C, long club-shaped notopodia and a short conical dorsal cirrus in the dorsal lingule of neuropodia in region C. A key to Chaetopterus from the Pacific region is provided.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	303-309
Number of pages	7
Journal	Memoirs of Museum Victoria
Volume	71
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2014.71.23
Publication status	Published - 2014

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