• DOI:10.1007/s00343-016-5256-1
Corpus ID: 86958445

A new species of Phyllochaetopterus Grube, 1863 (Polychaeta: Chaetopteridae) from Hainan Island, South China Sea

@article{Wang2016ANS,
  title={A new species of Phyllochaetopterus Grube, 1863 (Polychaeta: Chaetopteridae) from Hainan Island, South China Sea},
  author={Yueyun Wang and X. Li},
  journal={Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology},
  year={2016},
  volume={35},
  pages={360-366}
}

Yueyun Wang, X. Li

Published 2016

Biology

Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology

Phyllochaetopterus species are widely distributed on the coast of China. Here, Phyllochaetopterus hainanensis n. sp., a new species collected from Hainan Island (China), is reported. It is characterized by having a V-shaped peristomium, two eyespots covered by a pair of large curved peristomial notopodia (cirri located beneath the palps), 13–14 chaetigers in the anterior body region, with three enlarged modified chaetae on the fourth notopodium, and more than five chaetigers in the middle body… CONTINUE READING

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