Malacoceros samurai, new species, (Spionidae) is described from deep-sea hydrothermal vents of the southern East Pacific Rise, at 17°25′S. It is a large species, living on chimney walls along with Avinella spp. Although this species is described in the genus Malacoceros, it possesses unidentate hooded hooks and anterior scalpel-like aristate neurosetae, both characters which clearly differentiate it from other species of the same genus. These unusual characters require the modification of the generic diagnosis of Malacoceros.
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22 December 2006
Malacoceros samurai, a new species of Spionidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from hydrothermal vent chimney walls on the south East Pacific Rise
Stéphane Hourdez,
Daniel Desbruyères,
Lucien Laubier
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Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington
Vol. 119 • No. 4
December 2006
Vol. 119 • No. 4
December 2006