Paranaitis abyssalis (Hartmann-Schroder, 1975)

Kato, Tetsuya & Pleijel, Fredrik, 2003, A revision of Paranaitis Southern, 1914 (Polychaeta: Phyllodocidae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 138 (4), pp. 379-429 : 388

PARANAITIS ABYSSALIS (HARTMANN- SCHRÖDER, 1975)

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Pareteone abyssalis Hartmann-Schröder, 1975: 57–59 , figs 19–21.

Paranaitis abyssalis: Pleijel, 1991: 258 .

Distribution

Treurenberg Bay, Spitsbergen, Atlantic coast of Norway, Greenland (Wesenberg-Lund, 1953), Goose Fjord, Canada ( Ditlevsen, 1909), Kara Sea ( Fauvel, 1911), Iceland ( Wesenberg-Lund, 1951), Sweden ( Pleijel & Dales, 1991), Gibraltar Strait ( Pleijel, 1993a), Chukchi Sea. Material examined

Holotype (HZM-P-13605), off Iberian Peninsula, 42∞55.4¢N, 14∞07.9¢W, 5260 m.

Description

Holotype lacking posterior end, 15 mm long, 1.3 mm wide, for 52 segments. Body colour of live animals unknown; preserved specimen uniformly pale. Body cylindrical. Prostomium anteriorly rounded, with distinct deep ligula ( Fig. 4A ). Paired antennae and palps of holotype all lost or damaged. Eyes absent. Nuchal papilla with rounded end, slightly longer than wide, inserted posteriorly in ligula. Paired large, rounded

Figures

Figure 4. Paranaitis abyssalis, holotype. A, anterior end, dorsal view. B, same, with slightly everted proboscis, ventral view. C, median segments, dorsal view.