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Tharyx fusiformis

Submitted by lneal on Tue, 10/05/2010 - 16:39
Family: 
Cirratulidae
Genus: 
Tharyx
Species binomial name, or informal name: 
Tharyx fusiformis
Authority: 
Monro 1930
Description: 

Body short, plump, inflated - grub-shaped (similar to Travisia,Ophellidae), complete specimen with 42 chaetigers


Prostomium shape: short, conical, pointed, no eyes


No. of pairs of palps:  1, 1 of them is present – short, thick and coiled


Arrangement of branchiae:   pair of single long, coiled filament (on each side of segment), present in anterior half of the body


Type of chaetae: capillaries only, long and short, relatively few


Pygidium: terminal, small cone

Repository: 
NHM London
Cruise: 
FOODBANCS V
Ocean basin: 
Southern Ocean
Locality: 
Bellinghausen Sae, West. Ant. Peninsula, station A
Sample: 
FBV-A-CRS 728-MC/T12
Sampling gear: 
megacores
Depth: 
580m
Collector: 
A. Glover

Location

FBV-A
Antarctica
65° 10' 19.92" S, 64° 47' 0.6" W
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