A new species of Petta (Annelida, Pectinariidae), with comments on Petta assimilis McIntosh, 1885

Jinghuai Zhang; Pat Hutchings

doi:10.3897/ZOOKEYS.1067.72596

A new species of Petta (Annelida, Pectinariidae), with comments on Petta assimilis McIntosh, 1885

Jinghuai Zhang, Pat Hutchings^*

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The genus Petta Malmgren, 1866 is a small and poorly known genus of the annelid family Pectinariidae Quatrefages, 1866. A previous revision of the genus found that the type material of the species P. assimilis McIntosh, 1885 had been lost. While searching for material from the type locality, we were able to examine material from a similar area but collected in much shallower water from off South Africa which represents another undescribed species of Petta. The new species, Petta brevis sp. nov., is described and compared to P. assimilis McIntosh, 1885, and a revised key to all species in the genus is provided.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	83-92
Number of pages	10
Journal	ZooKeys
Issue number	1067
Early online date	29 Oct 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3897/ZOOKEYS.1067.72596
Publication status	Published - 2021

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Indian Ocean
New species
Pectinariidae
Polychaeta
Taxonomy

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A new species of Petta (Annelida, Pectinariidae), with comments on Petta assimilis McIntosh, 1885

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