Nephtyidae Grube, 1850
Overview of Nephtyidae species collected from Falkland Islands in this study.
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Size (length) |
Shape of prostomium |
Branchiae (form) |
Branchiae start from chaetiger |
Branchiae distribution |
Parapodia (form) |
Form of dorsal cirrus |
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Nephtys cf. paradoxa |
65mm for 78 ch. (complete specimen) |
probably much wider than long (proboscis partially everted) |
recurved, foliose |
14 |
as foliose form until ch. 37, as conical lobe until about ch. 55, absent from last 20 ch |
unadorned |
small, conical |
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Aglaophamus sp. 1 |
8mm for 23 ch. (incomplete) |
rounded, about as long as wide |
involute |
4 |
until end of fragment (=ch. 23) |
unadorned (but erect, enlarged lobe above notopodia present) |
slender, cirriform, can be up 1/3 of the length of corresponding branchia |
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Aglaophamus sp. 2 |
3mm for 20 ch. (incomplete) |
rounded, about as long as wide |
involute |
9 |
until end of fragment (=ch. 20) |
unadorned (but erect, enlarged lobe above notopodia present) |
well developed, foliose with produced tip |
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Aglaophamus sp. 3 |
2.2mm for 16 ch. (incomplete) |
somewhat rectangular, longer than wide |
involute |
15 or past 16 |
very small on ch. 14-16, unknown thereafter (end of fragment) |
unadorned |
very small conical |
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Aglaophamus posterobranchus |
29mm for 53 ch (incomplete) |
ovate, longer than wide |
involute |
9 |
until end of fragment (=ch. 53) |
unadorned (but erect, enlarged lobe above notopodia present |
very small, conical |
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Aglaophamus cf. foliosus |
26-41mm for 65 and 75 chaetigers (complete) |
rounded, about as long as wide |
involute |
3 (tiny!) |
absent from app. last 5 ch. |
with very enlarged postchaetal lobes in neuropodia |
very large, foliose with produced tip |
Table of taxonomically important characters of Nephtyidae derived from parapodia
List of species in genus Aglaophamus described or recorded from the region with main diagnostic characters:
Aglaophamus erectanoides Hartmann-Schröder, 1965: inter-ramal cirri from chaetiger 8-10; simple, unadorned parapodia.
Aglaophamus digitatus Hartman, 1967: inter-ramal cirri from chaetiger 7; prolonged, ovate prostomium; unadorned parapodia (but erect, enlarged lobes above notopodia present).
Aglaophamus foliosus Hartman, 1967: inter-ramal cirri from chaetiger 4; proboscidial papillae not branching basally; enlarged neuropodial lobes; foliose dorsal cirri.
Aglaophamus heteroserrata Hartmann-Schröder, 1965: inter-ramal cirri from chaetiger 4; unadorned parapodia (but erect, enlarged lobes above notopodia present).
Aglaophamus groenlandiae Hartman, 1967: inter-ramal cirri from chaetiger abruptly from chaetiger 12; unadorned parapodia (but erect, slightly enlarged lobes above notopodia present).
Aglaophamus paramalmgreni Hartmann-Schröder & Rosenfeldt, 1992: inter-ramal cirri form chaetiger 12 to chaetiger 31; unadorned parapodia (but erect, slightly enlarged lobes above notopodia present); proboscidial papillae not branching basally with 14 longitudinal rows of 7-8 papillae.
Aglaophamus peruana (Hartman, 1940): branchiae from chaetiger 3 (very small), enlarged neuropodial lobes; foliose dorsal cirri.
Aglaophamus posterobranchus Hartman, 1967: inter-ramal cirri form chaetiger 12 (variation reported 9-16), unadorned parapodia (but erect, enlarged lobes above notopodia present).
Aglaophamus polyphara (Schmarda, 1861) inter-ramal cirri from chaetiger 2; postchaetal neuropodial lobes enlarged, distally tri-lobed.
Aglaophamus virginis (Kinberg, 1865): inter-ramal cirri from chaetiger 2; notopodial acicular lobe split; postchaetal neuropodial lobes enlarged.
Aglaophamus uruguayi Hartman, 1953 - ?
Aglaophamus trissophyllus (Grube, 1877) = (A. ornatus Hartman, 1967 is a synonym) inter-ramal cirri from chaetiger 2; proboscidial papillae branching; enlarged neuropodial lobes; foliose dorsal cirri.
REFERENCES:
Hartman, O. (1940). Polychaetous annelids. Part II. Chrysopetalidae to Goniadidae. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions. 7(3): 173-287., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88616#page/187/mode/1up
Hartman, O. 1967. Polychaetous annelids collected by the USNS Eltanin and Staten Island cruises, chiefly from Antarctic Seas. Allan Hancock Monographs in Marine Biology, 2: 1-387
Ravara, A., Cunha, M.R. and Pleijel, F., 2010. Nephtyidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from southern Europe.