Neoleanira, Gunton & Kupriyanova & Alvestad & Avery & Blake & Biriukova & Böggemann & Borisova & Budaeva & Burghardt & Capa & Georgieva & Glasby & Hsueh & Hutchings & Jimi & Kongsrud & Langeneck & Meißner & Murray & Nikolic & Paxton & Ramos & Schulze & Sobczyk & Watson & Wiklund & Wilson & Zhadan & Zhang, 2021

Gunton, Laetitia M., Kupriyanova, Elena K., Alvestad, Tom, Avery, Lynda, Blake, James A., Biriukova, Olga, Boeggemann, Markus, Borisova, Polina, Budaeva, Nataliya, Burghardt, Ingo, Capa, Maria, Georgieva, Magdalena N., Glasby, Christopher J., Hsueh, Pan-Wen, Hutchings, Pat, Jimi, Naoto, Kongsrud, Jon A., Langeneck, Joachim, Meissner, Karin, Murray, Anna, Nikolic, Mark, Paxton, Hannelore, Ramos, Dino, Schulze, Anja, Sobczyk, Robert, Watson, Charlotte, Wiklund, Helena, Wilson, Robin S., Zhadan, Anna & Zhang, Jinghuai, 2021, Annelids of the eastern Australian abyss collected by the 2017 RV ' Investigator' voyage, ZooKeys 1020, pp. 1-198 : 1

Neoleanira sp. nov. Fig. 29C, D

Diagnosis.

Eyes absent. Elytra with smooth margins (except for first elytra bearing row of small papillae on anterior margin), lateral ‘pockets’ present. Lateral antennae long, inner tentacular sheath present next to palpal sheath; long dorsal cirri present on segment 3; small auricles on median antenna ceratophore. Neurochaetae all compound canaliculate spinigers. Stylodes present on noto- and neuropodia.

Remarks.

This is the same species that has been previously recorded off the east coast of Australia in depths of 815-1075 m, during cruises by the RV ‘Franklin’ (1988) and RV ‘Tangaroa’ (1982) ( Hutchings et al. in prep.).

Records.

7 specimens. Suppl. material 1: op. 80.

Figures

Figure 29. Sigalionidae A Leanira sp. nov. (AM W. 52617) B Leanira sp. nov. (AM W. 52620) C Neoleanira sp. nov. (AM W. 49501) D Neoleanira sp. nov. (AM W. 52612) E Pholoe sp. (AM W. 52160) F Pholoides sp. (AM W. 52616). Scale bars: 1 mm (A, B, E); 1 cm (C, D); 0.1 mm (F).