Orbiniella cf. aciculata Blake, 1985

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

Orbiniella cf. aciculata Blake, 1985 Fig. 18E

Diagnosis.

All specimens represented by short anterior fragments 1.2-2.5 mm long, 0.6-1 mm wide. Prostomium rounded, wider than long; two peristomial rings. No branchiae. Parapodial rami conical, prominent without postchaetal lobes. Both rami with thin crenulated capillaries and one or two short thick acicular spines. Colour in ethanol white with brown pigmentation on dorsal side of prostomium and peristomium, and on ventral side of anterior segments.

Records.

4 specimens. Suppl. material 1: op. 42 (AM).

Figures

Figure 18. Orbiniidae A Berkeleyia sp. (op. 79) B Leitoscoloplos cf. abranchiatus (op. 54) C Leitoscoloplos cf. kerguelensis (op. 96) D Leitoscoloplos sp. 1 (op. 30) E Orbiniella cf. aciculata (op. 42) F Protoaricinae gen. sp. (op 100). Scale bars: 500 µm (A, C, E); 2 mm (B, D); 1 mm (F).