Nereididae Blainville,1818
Nereididae Blainville, 1818
Only few examples of Nereididae were collected during the surveys in Falkland Islands’ off shore waters. Two species in two genera are summarized in the table below. Intertidal and nearshore species in this family known from Falkland Islands were recently reviewed by Derbyshire (2014).
|
Morphospecies |
Size |
Form of ventral cirri |
Eyes |
Chitinous paragnaths on pharynx |
|
|
Ceratocephale sp. 1 |
4mm for 22 chaetigers long fragment |
bifid from chaetiger 1 |
absent |
absent (soft papillae present) |
|
| Ceratocephale sp. 2 | 7mm for 25 chaetigers long fragment | bifid from chaetiger 3 | asbent | absent (soft papillae present) | |
|
Neanthes sp. 1 |
5mm for 53 chaetigers long fragment |
simple |
absent |
present |
References
Darbyshire, T., 2014. Intertidal and nearshore Nereididae (Annelida) of the Falkland Islands, southwestern Atlantic, including a new species of Gymnonereis. ZooKeys, (427), p.75.
Hutchings, P.A. and Reid, A., 1990. The Nereididae (Polychaeta) from Australia–Gymnonereidinae sensu Fitzhugh, 1987: Australonereis, Ceratocephale, Dendronereides, Gymnonereis, Nicon, Olganereis and Websterinereis. Records of the Australian Museum, 42(1), pp.69-100
