Neogyptis, Pleijel & Rouse & Sundkvist & Nygren, 2012

Pleijel, Fredrik, Rouse, Greg W., Sundkvist, Tobias & Nygren, Arne, 2012, A partial revision of Gyptis (Gyptini, Ophiodrominae, Hesionidae, Aciculata, Annelida), with descriptions of a new tribe, a new genus and five new species, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Zool. J. Linn. Soc.) 165 (3), pp. 471-494 : 476

NEOGYPTIS GEN. NOV.

Type species: Ophiodromus roseus Malm, 1874: 82 .

Etymology: ‘neo’ is Latin for new, ‘Gyptis’ is the genus to which several of the Neogyptis members were previously allocated. Gender feminine.

Description: Terminal ring of proboscis papillae present, lip pads usually absent (present in Neogyptis hongkongensis sp. nov.), neurochaetae usually from segment 5 (from segment 4 in Neogyptis hinehina sp. nov.), notochaetae usually from segment 6 (from segment 5 in Neogyptis crypta sp. nov.), transverse dorsal ridges absent or present.

Remarks: Neogyptis includes Neogyptis carriebowcayi sp. nov., N. crypta Pleijel, 1993b , comb. nov., Neogyptis fauchaldi sp. nov., N. hinehina sp. nov., N. hongkongensis sp. nov., N. mediterranea Pleijel, 1993a , comb. nov., N. plurisetis Hilbig, 1992 , comb. nov., N. rosea ( Malm, 1874) comb. nov., Neogyptis vostokensis sp. nov., and Neogyptis sp. A . A summary of characters separating the species is provided in Table 2.

There are no currently known morphological apomorphies for Neogyptis at the exclusion of Amphiduros . However, the molecular data provide strong support for a sister group relationship between the two taxa.