Wasson, Bryan; Giangrande, Adriana; Tovar-Hernández, Maria Anna. (2017). Re-establishment of Chone filicaudata Southern, 1914 (Annelida: Sabellidae) and the first record of the Mediterranean species Dialychone dunerificta (Tovar-Hernández et al., 2007) (Annelida: Sabellidae) in British waters. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 58: 371-378.

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Wasson, Bryan; Giangrande, Adriana; Tovar-Hernández, Maria Anna

2017

58: 371-378

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World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)

An abundant sabellid taxon which fits well with the original description of Chone filicaudata Southern, 1914, was collected from waters of the Shetland Islands. However, due to a previous emendation of C. filicaudata and its placement within Paradialychone genus, for several years the Shetland taxon remained unnamed being different from P. filicaudata. Southern type material of C. filicaudata from the National Museum of Ireland and the British Museum of Natural History was therefore examined and compared. The comparison revealed that the newly collected material from Shetland belongs to the authentic C. filicaudata, that is now re-established as a valid species and lectotype and paralectotypes are here designated from Southern's original type material from the National Museum of Ireland. The specimen housed at the British Museum of Natural History and labelled as "syntype" is a Paradialychone species which was incorrectly identified and labelled as C. filicaudata which led to the previous erroneous emendation of the taxon. The first finding of the Mediterranean species Dialychone dunerificta (Tovar-Hernández et al. 2007) is also reported for the British fauna

British Islands

Systematics, Taxonomy

Annelida
Polychaeta

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