Leiocapitella (Magalhaes & Blake, 2017)

Lin, Junhui, García-Garza, María E. & Wang, Jianjun, 2019, First record of the genus Leiocapitella (Annelida: Capitellidae) from China with description of a new species, Zootaxa 4604 (1), pp. 191-196 : 195

Key to Leiocapitella species (modified from Green, 2002)

1. One transitional chaetiger (13 or 14) with notopodial capillaries and neuropodial hooks.............................. 2

- Two transitional chaetigers (13 and 14) with notopodial capillaries and neuropodial hooks........................... 4

2. Chaetiger 13 transitional; prostomium conical........................................... L. hartmanae Green, 2002

- Chaetiger 14 transitional; prostomium rounded.............................................................. 3

3. Presence of papillary branchiae in anterior abdomen and palmate branchiae in posterior abdomen; abdominal hooks with 3 teeth above main fang................................................................... L. dollfusi ( Fauvel, 1936)

- Absence of branchiae on anterior 66 abdominal segments; abdominal hooks with 7 teeth above main fang.................................................................................................. L. fujianensis sp. nov.

4. Hooded hooks with 3 teeth above main fang ( Fig. 2F )..................................... L. glabra Hartman, 1947

- Hooded hooks with 4 teeth above main fang........................................... L. atlantica Hartman, 1965

Figures

FIGURE 2. Type materials of Leiocapitella fujianensis sp. nov. (A–C) and Leiocapitella glabra Hartman, 1947 (D–F). A, thorax and anterior abdomen, showing methyl green staining pattern B–C, hooded hooks of posterior abdominal chaetigers D– E, thorax and anterior abdomen F, hooded hooks.