The genus Novafabricia Fitzhugh, 1990 (Polychaeta: Sabellidae: Fabriciinae) along the Italian coast (Mediterranean Sea) with a description of N. posidoniae n. sp.
Licciano, M.; Giangrande, A. (2006). The genus Novafabricia Fitzhugh, 1990 (Polychaeta: Sabellidae: Fabriciinae) along the Italian coast (Mediterranean Sea) with a description of N. posidoniae n. sp. Sci. Mar. (Barc.) 70(4): 673-678 In: Scientia Marina (Barcelona). Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Institut de Ciènces del Mar: Barcelona. ISSN 0214-8358; e-ISSN 1886-8134, more | |
Keywords | Anatomical structures > Body organs > Plant organs > Rhizomes Polychaeta [WoRMS]; Posidonia König, 1805 [WoRMS]; Sabellidae Latreille, 1825 [WoRMS] MED, Mediterranean [Marine Regions] Marine/Coastal |
Abstract | The new species, Novafabricia posidoniae is described for the Mediterranean Sea, and Novafabricia sp. cf. N. infratorquata (Fitzhugh, 1983) is reported for the eastern Mediterranean basin. The genus Novafabricia Fitzhugh, 1990, represented up to now in the Mediterranean only by N. infratorquata, is recorded for the first time along the Italian coast. Novafabricia posidoniae belongs to the group of Novafabricia species with pseudospatulate chaetae present in thoracicchaetigers 3-5. The addition of this new species raises the number of Novafabricia species to 10. |
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