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Galathowenia kirkegaardi SP. nov. (Polychaeta: Oweniidae) from the Gulf of Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2011

J.A. De León-González  and
V. Sanchez-Hernández
J.A. De León-González*
Affiliation:
Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Apartado postal 5 ‘F’, San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L. 66451, México
V. Sanchez-Hernández
Affiliation:
Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Apartado postal 5 ‘F’, San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L. 66451, México
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: De León-González, J.A., Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Apartado postal 5 ‘F’, San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L. 66451, México email: jesus.deleongn@uanl.edu.mx
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Abstract

Galathowenia kirkegaardi a new oweniid polychaete species is described from soft bottoms of the Tamiahua Lagoon, in the Gulf of Mexico. It is characterized by the presence of lateral eyes, a constriction in the intersection of thorax and abdomen, and two well-developed pygidial lobes. The new species is compared with a small group of species in the genus characterized by the presence of eyes.

Keywords

PolychaetaOweniidaeGulf of Mexico
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 92 , Issue 5 , August 2012 , pp. 1013 - 1017
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2011

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