Onuphidae Kinberg, 1865

Bharathidasan, Veeraiyan, Borisanova, Anastasia O., Sarathy, Palanivel Partha & Murugesan, Perumal, 2022, New entoproct-polychaete association recorded in the Bay of Bengal, southeastern coast of India, Zootaxa 5100 (4), pp. 482-500 : 483-484

Family: Onuphidae Kinberg, 1865

Genus: Diopatra Audouin & Milne Edwards, 1833 ( Fig. 2 & 3 )

Figures

FIGURE 2. Diopatra sp. light micrographs. A, anterior end, dorsal view; B, posterior end, dorsal view; C, parapodium from the first chaetiger, anterior view; D, parapodium from the second chaetiger, anterior view; E, parapodium from the abdomenal chaetiger with the specimens of Loxosomella diopatricola on the gill (arrowheads), anterior view; F, the chaeta of the first parapodium which penetrates the dorsal cirri; G, limbate chaetae of the first parapodium; H, aciculae of the first parapodium; I, upper pseudocompound hook of the first parapodium; J, median pseudocompound hook of the first parapodium; K, limbate chaetae of the second parapodium; L, upper pseudocompound hook of the second parapodium; M-N, median pseudocompound hook of the second parapodium; O, ventral pseudocompound hook of the second parapodium; P, pectinate chaetae of the fifth parapodium; List of abbreviations: A, ul, upper lips; cr, ceratophore rings; pa, palps; an, antennae; arrowheads point on the specimens of Loxosomella diopatricola. C-D, dc, dorsal cirrus; prl, Prechaetal lobe; ptl, Postchaetal lobe; vc, ventral cirrus. Scale bars; F-P= 50 μm.

FIGURE 3. Parapodia chaeta from the chaetiger of the middle part of the body. A, upper limbate chaetae; B, lower limbate chaetae; C, upper aciculae; D, median aciculae with strongly bended distal end; E, bidentate subacicular hook; F, long pectinate chaetae; G, median pectinate chaetae; H, lower pectinate chaetae. Scale bars; A, B & D= 50 μm; C, E-H= 75 μm.