Questa, Hartman, 1966

Núñez, Jorge & Martínez, Alejandro, 2023, Two new species and records of the genus Questa (Annelida: Orbiniidae) from Azores and Canary Islands, Central Atlantic Ocean, Zootaxa 5319 (3), pp. 403-412 : 410-411

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5319.3.6

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BA725868-6A83-498E-BA09-BA521389CA29

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8209197

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D3878B-9701-FFA3-FF25-F90D5D94FDA0

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Plazi

scientific name

Questa
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Key to the twelve species of the genus Questa View in CoL View at ENA

1 Branchiae in the posterior region......................................................................... 3

- No branchiae present.................................................................................. 2

2 Furcate chaetae present on anterior chaetigers..................................... Questa trifurcata ( Hobson, 1970) View in CoL

- Absence of furcate chaetae....................................................... Questa manuelgerardi View in CoL n. sp.

3 Furcate chaetae on anterior chaetigers.....................................................................4

- No furcate chaetae present.............................................................................. 7

4 Furcate chaetae with medium tooth....................................................................... 5

- Furcate chaeta with or without two medium teeth........................................................... 6

5 More than 20 pairs of branchiae............................................... Questa riseri Giere & Erséus, 1998 View in CoL

- Less than 20 pairs of branchiae....................................................... Questa ericnunezi View in CoL n. sp.

6 Furcate chaeta with two medium teeth............................ Questa retrospermatica Giere, Ebbe & Erséus, 2008 View in CoL

- Furcate chaeta without medium teeth.............................................. Questa media Westheide, 1981 View in CoL

7 Hooks chaetae in all chaetigers of the body................................................................ 8

- Hooks chaetae from 5–6 chaetigers..................................... Questa mediterranea Giere & Erséus, 1998 View in CoL

8 Pygidium with a pair of anal cirri........................................................................ 9

- Pygidium with two pairs of anal cirri.................................................................... 10

9 Less than 20 pairs of branchiae (10–17).................................. Questa fijensis Giere, Ebbe & Erséus, 2008

- More than 20 pairs of branchiae (21–27)..................................... Questa bicirrata Giere & Erséus, 1998 View in CoL

10 More than 10 pairs of branchiae......................................................................... 11

- Less than 10 pairs of branchiae..................................... Questa paucibranchiata Giere & Erséus, 1998 View in CoL

11 10–20 pairs of branchiae..................................................... Questa caudicirra Hartman 1966 View in CoL

- More than 20 pairs of branchiae........................................... … Questa ersei Jamieson & Webb, 1984 View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Annelida

Class

Polychaeta

Order

Orbiniida

Family

Orbiniidae

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