Amage sp. nov. 1

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

Amage sp. nov. 1 Fig. 4A

Diagnosis.

Length 12 mm, width 4 mm. Body short, thick, with a short abdomen. Prostomium complex; central part drawn out into two lateral horns, lateral parts form large lobes while front part forms a ‘lip’. No glandular ridges or eyes. Approximately three pairs of branchiae in a transverse line in two widely separate groups. No paleae. Fourteen thoracic segments with notopodia with chaetae. First three pairs of notopodia and chaetae small. Thoracic uncini from segment VI. Eleven thoracic uncinigers. Nine abdominal uncinigers. Abdomen with rudimentary notopodia. Pygidium without lateral cirri.

Records.

1 specimen. Suppl. material 1: op. 53 (AM).

Figures

Figure 4. Ampharetidae and Melinnidae. Ampharetidae A Amage sp. nov. 1 B Anobothrus sp. nov. 1, anterior end methyl blue staining C Anobothrus sp. nov. 2 anterior end methyl blue staining. Melinnidae D Melinna cf. armandi and tube (AM W. 50354), d dorsal hook. Ampharetidae E Amphicteis sp. (AM W. 50429). Melinnidae F Melinnopsis gardelli anterior dorsal view (AM W. 50735) G Melinnopsis sp. nov., lateral view (AM W. 50397). Scale bars: 2 mm (A); 1 mm (B, C); 2.5 mm (D); 1 cm (E, G); 1 mm (F).