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Image of Eulepethus nanhaiensis Zhang, Zhang, Osborn & Qiu 2017
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Eulepethus nanhaiensis Zhang, Zhang, Osborn & Qiu 2017

Diagnosis

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Body elongate, complete specimens with 39–70 segments. Anterior part with 12 pairs of elytrae on segments 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 24, each pair overlapping dorsally, with lateral margins notched or having 1–2 spade-shaped processes. A blunt acicular chaeta on neuropodia of segment 3. Dorsal cirri on segments 3 and 6. Branchiae 12 pairs, on segments 8, 10, alternate segments to 22, 23, 25, 26, 27. Posterior segments beginning on segment 28 each with a pair of elytrae non-overlapping dorsally.

Reference

Zhang, Jinghuai; Zhang, Yanjie; Osborn, Karen; Qiu, Jian-Wen. (2017). Description of a new species of Eulepethus (Annelida, Eulepethidae) from the northern South China Sea, and comments on the phylogeny of the family. Zootaxa. 4226(4): 581–593.

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Distribution

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Currently only Daya Bay and Shantou in the northern South China Sea in depths 10–30 m. Some of the specimens identified as E. hamifer for specimens collected from locations off Vietnam and mainland China could be E. nanhanensis sp. nov.

Reference

Zhang, Jinghuai; Zhang, Yanjie; Osborn, Karen; Qiu, Jian-Wen. (2017). Description of a new species of Eulepethus (Annelida, Eulepethidae) from the northern South China Sea, and comments on the phylogeny of the family. Zootaxa. 4226(4): 581–593.

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cc-by-4.0
copyright
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contributor
Read, Geoffrey [email]