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Cruz-Gómez, Christopher; Bastida-Zavala, J. Rolando. (2018). Chrysopetalids (Phyllodocida: Chrysopetalidae) from the southern Mexican Pacific, including a new species. Zootaxa. 4521(1): 61-88.
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10.11646/zootaxa.4521.1.3 [view]
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:12685FBF-7507-48D0-9753-D747B6ECC778 [view]
Cruz-Gómez, Christopher; Bastida-Zavala, J. Rolando
2018
Chrysopetalids (Phyllodocida: Chrysopetalidae) from the southern Mexican Pacific, including a new species
Zootaxa
4521(1): 61-88
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb). closed access article
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The family Chrysopetalidae has been poorly studied from the Pacific coast of Mexico compared to other families. Specifically from the southern Mexican Pacific, only two species of the family have been recorded in previous studies, Chrysopetalum occidentale and Paleanotus chrysolepis. In this study 311 specimens were revised, and nine species, belonging to six genera were found. Eight of these species are new records from the southern Mexican Pacific coast: Arichlidon watsonae n. sp., Bhawania cf. goodei, Chrysopetalum elegantoides, C. maculata, Hyalopale sp., Paleaequor psamathe, Paleanotus bellis and P. purpurea. A new species is also described, Arichlidon watsonae n. sp., which is characterized by the curved tips blades of the falcigers and their small and ovoid palps. Additionally, the genera Arichlidon and Hyalopale are recorded by first time from the Tropical Eastern Pacific. [ author email: christopher.cruz-gomez@hotmail.com ]
East Tropical Pacific
Systematics, Taxonomy
Arichlidon watsonae Cruz-Gómez & Bastida-Zavala, 2018 accepted as Treptopale watsonae (Cruz-Gómez & Bastida-Zavala, 2018) (original description)
Chrysopetalum elegantoides Aguado, Capa & San Martín, 2003 (taxonomy source)
Chrysopetalum maculata Aguado, Capa & San Martín, 2003 accepted as Chrysopetalum maculatum Aguado, Capa & San Martín, 2003 (taxonomy source)
Chrysopetalum occidentale Johnson, 1897 (taxonomy source)
Paleaequor psamathe Watson Russell, 1986 (taxonomy source)
Paleanotus bellis (Johnson, 1897) (taxonomy source)
Paleanotus purpurea Rioja, 1947 accepted as Bhawatsonia purpurea (Rioja, 1947) (taxonomy source)
Chrysopetalum elegantoides Aguado, Capa & San Martín, 2003 (taxonomy source)
Chrysopetalum maculata Aguado, Capa & San Martín, 2003 accepted as Chrysopetalum maculatum Aguado, Capa & San Martín, 2003 (taxonomy source)
Chrysopetalum occidentale Johnson, 1897 (taxonomy source)
Paleaequor psamathe Watson Russell, 1986 (taxonomy source)
Paleanotus bellis (Johnson, 1897) (taxonomy source)
Paleanotus purpurea Rioja, 1947 accepted as Bhawatsonia purpurea (Rioja, 1947) (taxonomy source)
Etymology
Name watsonae after Charlotte Watson (Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Australia) [details]
Spelling
Chrysopetalum maculatum is the updated spelling for gender agreement. See the notes for the Chrysopetalum ... [details]
Type locality
Coral Beach, Ixtapa Island, Guerrero, Mexico, 17.6767, -101.6561 (17º40’36’’N, 101º39’22’’W, 1.5 m [details]
Type material
There is no type deposition statement as required by the Code. The holotype is only inferred as held at Polychaeta ... [details]
