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A new species of Magelona (Polychaeta: Magelonidae) from Chinese coastal waters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 March 2013

Jin Zhou*
Affiliation:
East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Shanghai 200090, People's Republic of China
Kate Mortimer
Affiliation:
Department of Biodiversity & Systematic Biology, Amgueddfa Cymru–National Museum Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NP, Wales, UK
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: J. Zhou, East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Shanghai 200090, People's Republic of China email: zhouj@eastfishery.ac.cn

Abstract

A description of a new species of Magelona, M. parochilis sp. nov. is presented, based on material collected from the Yellow Sea, China. The new species belongs to the ‘Magelona mirabilis group’ of magelonids, possessing a rounded prostomium, lacking prostomial horns and specialized chaetae on chaetiger 9. Paired anteriorly open pouches are present between chaetigers 11–12 and 14–15 (occasionally between chaetigers 17–18). Magelona parochilis sp. nov. inhabits intertidal zones and shallow subtidal waters characterized by sandy mud.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2013 

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