Scientia Marina (Dec 2009)

Paraonidae (Polychaeta) from the Capbreton Canyon (Bay of Biscay, NE Atlantic) with the description of eight new species

  • Florencio Aguirrezabalaga,
  • João Gil

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2009.73n4631
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 73, no. 4
pp. 631 – 666

Abstract

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Nineteen species of paraonid polychaetes, belonging to five genera, were collected from bathyal depths at the Capbreton Canyon, Bay of Biscay, NE Atlantic. Levinsenia kantauriensis n. sp., Aricidea sardai n. sp., A. bifurcata n. sp., A. mirunekoa n. sp., A. maialenae n. sp., A. nekanae n. sp., Paradoneis bathyilvana n. sp. and P. mikeli n. sp., are new to science; Aricidea (Allia) antennata, Levinsenia flava, Paradoneis drachi and Paraonides myriamae are new records for the Atlantic, and Paradoneis eliasoni to the Iberian coasts.

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