Phyllochaetopterus cf socialis (FBV)

Submitted by lneal on Tue, 09/21/2010 - 15:49

Family:

Chaetopteridae

Genus:

Phyllochaetopterus

Species binomial name, or informal name:

Phyllochaetopterus cf socialis (FBV)

Material Examined:

FOODBANCS V, STATION B, CRS 759, MEGACORES, 300 microns mesh size, 595m, coordinates: -64.8008 and -65.3523

Voucher: Ocean Basin:

Southern Ocean

Voucher: Cruise/Expedition:

FOODBANCS V

Voucher: Location:

Bellinghausen Sea, West Ant. Peninsula shelf, station C

Voucher: Depth:

595m

Voucher: Sample:

CRS759

Voucher: Repository:

NHM London

Description:

Overall appearance: very thin and long specimen, palps missing, incomplete with 30 chaetigers, prostomium is reddish, no enlarged structures

Thorax: 7 chaetigers long with notochaetae only, these are short spatulate and longer limbate chaetae

Mid-body: chaetigers 8 -15 with limbate notochaetae and unicni in neuropodia (these are oriented upside-down)

Posterior part: segments becomen shortm rounded and constricted = bead-lik, only uncini present

Remarks

The specimen resembled P. socialis, Claparede 1870, but lack large spines on seg. 4 and bi-lobed nueropodia – this could be damaged?

FBV-B

Antarctica

64° 48' 2.88" S, 65° 21' 8.28" W

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