Levensteiniella, Pettibone, 1985

Wu, Xuwen & Xu, Kuidong, 2018, Levensteiniella manusensis sp. nov., a new polychaete species (Annelida: Polynoidae) from deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Manus Back-Arc Basin, Western Pacific, Zootaxa 4388 (1), pp. 102-110 : 109

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4388.1.7

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:33075379-7E70-4B6F-B4B6-94900A44B5D1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5971646

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FCB24D-FFFF-C179-FF48-FE6693B7FC17

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Levensteiniella
status

 

Key to species of Levensteiniella View in CoL when only females present

1 Elytra without papillae on surface......................................................................... 2

- Elytra with papillae on surface........................................................................... 3

2 Elytra with thickened bulbous projections on posterior border.............................................. L. iris View in CoL

- Elytra with large median longitudinal fold on surface.................................................. L. plicata View in CoL

3 Only micropapillae present.............................................................................. 4

- Both micro- and macropapillae present.................................................................... 5

4 Micropapillae oval; thickened bulbous projections present on posterior border; notochaetae smooth or serrated with widely spaced spines along curved side................................................................ L. intermedia View in CoL

- Micropapillae filiform; thickened bulbous projections absent; notochaetae serrated with numerous spinous rows along curved side........................................................................................ L. kincaidi View in CoL

5 Thickened bulbous projections present on posterior border; notochaetae smooth or serrated with widely spaced spines along curved side.......................................................................... L. manusensis View in CoL sp. nov.

- Thickened bulbous projections absent; notochaetae serrated with widely spaced spines along curved side.......... L. raisae View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Annelida

Class

Polychaeta

Order

Phyllodocida

Family

Polynoidae

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