Miranda, Vinicius da Rocha; Rodrigues, Andrielle Raposo; Brasil, Ana Claudia dos Santos. (2020). A new species of Ophryotrocha (Annelida: Dorvilleidae) associated with the coral Lophelia pertusa (Anthozoa: Caryophylliidae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 60: e20206013.

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10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.13 [view]

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Miranda, Vinicius da Rocha; Rodrigues, Andrielle Raposo; Brasil, Ana Claudia dos Santos

2020

60: e20206013

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https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.13

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Ophryotrocha is the most speciose genus within Dorvilleidae, with species occurring in a great variety of environments around the globe. In Brazil, records of Ophryotrocha are scarce and no specific identification is provided for any of the records. Herein we describe a new species of Dorvilleidae, Ophryotrocha zitae sp. nov. Adult and larval specimens were found in the axis of a fragment of the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa, sampled off São Paulo’s coast, at a depth of 245 m. Both forms are described and illustrated. This new species resembles O. puerilis, O. adherens and O. eutrophila, but can be distinguished based on differences in its mandible and on chaetae shape and arrangement.
Corresponding author E‑mail: vinicius.ghostty@gmail.com

Brazil
South West Atlantic ( =only warm temperate; cold temperate see *SUB)

Associations, Symbiosis, Commensalism (parasitism see *PAR)
Systematics, Taxonomy

Annelida
Polychaeta

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