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Jirkov, Igor A. (2018). Redescription of Ampharetidae (Polychaeta) described by Nikita V. Kucheruk with the description of a new Amphicteis species from the North Pacific. Invertebrate Zoology. 15(1): 348-365.
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Jirkov, Igor A.
2018
Redescription of Ampharetidae (Polychaeta) described by Nikita V. Kucheruk with the description of a new Amphicteis species from the North Pacific
Invertebrate Zoology
15(1): 348-365
Publication
World Polychaeta Database (WPolyDb)
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Three ampharetid species, Melinantipoda quaterdentata Kucheruk, 1976, Amphicteis bifolium Kucheruk, 1976 and Amagopsis cirratus Kucheruk, 1976, are re-described based on type material. Melinantipoda quaterdentata is transferred to Melinnides Wesenberg-Lund, 1950; Amagopsis cirratus is treated as a junior synonym of Grubianella antarctica McIntosh, 1885; the generic diagnosis of Amphicteis Grube, 1850 is edited to exclude descriptions of longitudinal prostomial ridges; and Watatsumi Reuscher, Fiege et Imajima, 2015 is treated as a junior synonym of Amphicteis. A new species of Amphicteis is described, from the north-east Pacific (from the Northern Bering Sea to Honshu, at 68–256 m); the new species has one pair of foliose branchiae and well developed paleae with numerous chaetae.
Systematics, Taxonomy
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Amphicteis bifolium Kucheruk, 1976 (redescription)
Amphicteis nikiti Jirkov, 2018 (original description)
Grubianella antarctica McIntosh, 1885 (redescription)
Melinantipoda Hartman, 1967 accepted as Melinnides Wesenberg-Lund, 1950 accepted as Melinnopsis McIntosh, 1885 (source of synonymy)
Melinnides Wesenberg-Lund, 1950 accepted as Melinnopsis McIntosh, 1885 (status source)
Melinnides antarctica (Hartman, 1967) (new combination reference)
Melinnides quaterdentata (Kucheruk, 1976) (new combination reference)
Amphicteis nikiti Jirkov, 2018 (original description)
Grubianella antarctica McIntosh, 1885 (redescription)
Melinantipoda Hartman, 1967 accepted as Melinnides Wesenberg-Lund, 1950 accepted as Melinnopsis McIntosh, 1885 (source of synonymy)
Melinnides Wesenberg-Lund, 1950 accepted as Melinnopsis McIntosh, 1885 (status source)
Melinnides antarctica (Hartman, 1967) (new combination reference)
Melinnides quaterdentata (Kucheruk, 1976) (new combination reference)
Holotype ZMMU [no registration published] Department of Hydrobiology, Moscow Lomonosov State University, HDMSU, geounit Kamchatka, identified as Amphicteis nikiti Jirkov, 2018
Etymology
author: Amphicteis nikiti is "named after Nikita Kucheruk". Nikita Valentovich Kucheruck (26.05.1949–23.12.2012), ... [details]
Taxonomy
Although Day (1964) placed Melinnides as a synonym of Melinnopsis, Jirkov (2018) treats it as valid because "1. ... [details]
Taxonomy
Wesenberg-Lund (1950) clearly indicated Melinnides and its type species M rostrata were based on a single ... [details]
Type locality
No geographic placename given. Geolocation is Olyutorsky Bay, Bering Sea, N Kamchatka, Russia, Vitjaz station 600, ... [details]
Type material
No museum registration number is stated. The specimen came from Vitjaz station 600. Holotype is evidently in ... [details]
