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A new species and two new records of Poecilochaetus (Polychaeta: Poecilochaetidae) from Hawaii

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 September 2014

Wagner F. Magalhães
Affiliation:
Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2540 Dole Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA Department of Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2538 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
Julie H. Bailey-Brock*
Affiliation:
Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2540 Dole Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA Department of Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2538 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
Cinthya S. G. Santos
Affiliation:
Fluminense Federal University, Marine Biology Department, Outeiro de São João Batista s/n, Centro, Niterói, 24020–140 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: J.H. Bailey-Brock, Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2540 Dole Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA and Department of Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2538 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA email: jbrock@hawaii.edu

Abstract

A new species, Poecilochaetus anterospinus sp. nov., is described from the east and south shores of Oahu, Hawaii. Poecilochaetus anterospinus sp. nov. is unique in the genus by the presence of noto- and neuropodial spines from chaetiger 11 to posterior segments. Neuropodial spines on anterior chaetigers are absent in all other Poecilochaetus species while notopodial spines are limited to segments preceding the pygidium. Poecilochaetus cf. koshikiensis, originally described from Japan, is newly recorded from Hawaii and apparently widely distributed in the western Pacific and South-east Asian Seas. Poecilochaetus sp. is distinguished from the other two species by the distribution of the ampullaceous cirri (7–12) and its chaetal characters.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2014 

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