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Diopatra Marocensis, a New Brooding Species of Onuphidae (Annelida: Polychaeta)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Hannelore Paxton ,
Souad Fadlaoui  and
Jean-Paul Lechapt
Hannelore Paxton
Affiliation:
School of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales 2109, Australia.
Souad Fadlaoui
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Maritime de Dinard, Museum National d'Histoiré Naturelle, 17 Avenue George V, F-35801 Dinard, France
Jean-Paul Lechapt
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Maritime de Dinard, Museum National d'Histoiré Naturelle, 17 Avenue George V, F-35801 Dinard, France
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A new species, Diopatra marocensis, is described from the fine sand Abra alba community, Sidi Boulbra, south Moroccan Atlantic coast. The new species is a member of the D. cuprea complex and is characterized by having crescentic nuchal grooves, short ceratophores, a short branchiate region, four pairs of modified parapodia with bidentate pseudocompound hooks, pectinate setae with 11–20 teeth, limbate setae with conspicuously serrated shelf, and subacicular hooks from setiger 13–15. Eggs of Diopatra marocensis sp. nov. are deposited in the parental tube, where they undergo direct development and remain until the young consist of 32–34 setigers.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 75 , Issue 4 , November 1995 , pp. 949 - 955
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1995

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