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Parapar, Julio; Vijapure, Tejal; Moreira, Juan; Sukumaran, Soniya. (2016). A new species of Heterospio (Annelida, Longosomatidae) from the Indian Ocean. European Journal of Taxonomy. 220: 1-17.
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Parapar, Julio; Vijapure, Tejal; Moreira, Juan; Sukumaran, Soniya
2016
A new species of <i>Heterospio</i> (Annelida, Longosomatidae) from the Indian Ocean.
European Journal of Taxonomy
220: 1-17
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Knowledge about the taxonomy and distribution of the monogeneric polychaete family Longosomatidae Hartman, 1944 is limited in all parts of the world. A new species of the genus Heterospio Ehlers, 1874 (Annelida, Longosomatidae) is described from the Indian Ocean. Heterospio indica sp. nov. is mainly characterised by the conspicuous flattening of the distal half of capillary chaetae located in anterior elongated segments. Several body characters of high taxonomic relevance in the genus are examined under the SEM and discussed. The 18S SSU rDNA and COI genes were sequenced and represent the first sequencing of a species of Heterospio, and the sequences have been deposited in GenBank.
Indian Ocean
Systematics, Taxonomy
Heterospio Ehlers, 1874 (identification resource)
Heterospio indica Parapar, Vijapure, Moreira & Sukumaran, 2016 (original description)
Heterospio indica Parapar, Vijapure, Moreira & Sukumaran, 2016 (original description)
Holotype MNCN 16.01/16996, geounit Goa, identified as Heterospio indica Parapar, Vijapure, Moreira & Sukumaran, 2016
Depth range
2.5–88 m (Arabian Sea); 507 m (Red Sea). [details]
Diagnosis
Eight anterior chaetigers short; chaetiger 9 (CH9) first elongated segment. Eight pairs of branchiae in fully ... [details]
Distribution
Indian Ocean: Arabian Sea (W India; Pakistan); Red Sea (Sudan). [details]
Etymology
named for the Indian Ocean [details]
Habitat
Shallow water records (2.5–22 m) from clayey silt and sandy silt sediments. [details]
Type locality
off Malvan, western India coast, Arabian Sea, 16.0270°, 73.4249°, 20 m, clayey silt [details]
