Three new species of Aponuphis (Annelida: Onuphidae) from eastern Australia

Hannelore Paxton

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4344.2.2

Three new species of Aponuphis (Annelida: Onuphidae) from eastern Australia

Hannelore Paxton^*

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Abstract

The genus Aponuphis, previously known from the eastern North Atlantic and the Mediterranean, is newly reported from Australia. Three new species are described from off Sydney to Wollongong, New South Wales in sandy sediments, in depths of 25-70 m, bringing the number of recognized Aponuphis species to ten. Aponuphis annae n. Sp. and A. bellani n. Sp. are abranchiate, whilst A. danicae n. Sp. has branchiae over a short region of its body. The tubes of A. annae and A. danicae have a fragile mucous consistency with attached sand grains and that of A. bellani is transparent, tight-fitting and smooth. Two specimens of A. annae were collected with developing juveniles in their tubes demonstrating their direct de-velopment but the reproductive mode of the other two species is not known. The distinguishing characteristics of all rec-ognized species are tabled and a key to the three Australian species is presented.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	246-260
Number of pages	15
Journal	Zootaxa
Volume	4344
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4344.2.2
Publication status	Published - 7 Nov 2017

Keywords

polychaetes
Eunicida
biodiversity
taxonomy
brooding
direct development
key

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Three new species of Aponuphis (Annelida: Onuphidae) from eastern Australia

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