Lepidasthenia mossambica (lat.) Is a species of marine polychaete worms of the family Polynoidae from the order Phyllodocida [2] .
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Distribution
Indian Ocean : Mozambique and the Red Sea . Pacific Ocean : Vietnam coast. Lepidasthenia mossambica is found at depths from 31 to 63 m [3] [4] .
Description
Body width about 1.7 mm (without parapodia). The eyes are large. The palms are long. All elites are about the same size, translucent, bright, smooth, and have a pigment band. Cirrophors and elitrophors are short. Notopodia is underdeveloped. The head lobe with three tentacles (one medial and two lateral) [3] . The prostomium is divided into two parts by the medial groove. Parapodia are bifurcated. All bristles (sets) are simple [2] [5] [6] .
See also
- Perolepis pacifica
- Perolepis pettiboneae
- Lepidasthenia vietnamica
Notes
- ↑ Day, JH (1962). Polychaeta from several localities in the western Indian Ocean. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 139 (4): 627-656.
- ↑ 1 2 WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species: Kroh, A .; Hansson, H. (2012). Lepidasthenia mossambica . In: Read, G .; Fauchald, K. (2012) World Polychaeta database.
- ↑ 1 2 Ushakov P.V. (1992). The polychaete worms of the suborder Aphroditiformia of the polar basin and the northwestern Pacific. Families Aphroditidae, Polynoidae. (Fauna of the USSR. Polychaete worms. Volume 2. Issue 126). - L., Science. - 1982. - 272s.
- ↑ Day, JH (1967). Polychaeta of Southern Africa. Part 1. Errantia. British Museum (Natural History), London. 458 & xxix pp.
- ↑ Fauchald, K. 1977. The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA) Science Series 28: 1-188.
- ↑ Zhirkov I.A. Polychaetes of the Arctic Ocean. - M .: Janus-K, 2001 .-- 631 p.
Literature
- Zhirkov I.A. Benthic fauna of the seas of the USSR. Polychetes .. - M .: Publishing House of Moscow State University, 1989. - 140 p. - ISBN 5-211-01407-3 .
- Zhirkov I.A. Polychaetes of the Arctic Ocean. - M .: Janus-K, 2001 .-- 631 p.
- Ushakov P.V. Polychaete worms of the suborder Aphroditiformia of the polar basin and the northwestern Pacific. Families Aphroditidae, Polynoidae. - L .: Nauka, 1982. - 272 p. - (Fauna of the USSR. Polychaete worms. Volume 2. No. 126). - 1200 copies.
Links
- Lepidasthenia mossambica . In: Read, G .; Fauchald, K. (2012) World Polychaeta database. WoRMS.
- eol.org: Lepidasthenia mossambica