Chloeia nuriae Yáñez-Rivera & Salazar-Vallejo, 2022

Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I., 2023, Revision of Chloeia Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 (Annelida, Amphinomidae), Zootaxa 5238 (1), pp. 1-134 : 92

Chloeia nuriae Yáñez-Rivera & Salazar-Vallejo, 2022

Chloeia nuriae Yáñez-Rivera & Salazar-Vallejo, 2022: 518–519 , Fig. 7

Diagnosis. Chloeia with bipinnate branchiae from chaetiger 4, progressively smaller posteriorly; dorsum with middorsal bands irregular, posteriorly constricted, extended along each segment; caruncle blackish; notochaetae furcates, without harpoon chaetae; neurochaetae furcates.

Remarks. Chloeia nuriae Yáñez-Rivera & Salazar-Vallejo, 2022 was described from the Eastern Pacific. It belongs in the group venusta by having a middorsal band, bipinnate branchiae from chaetiger 4, progressively smaller posteriorly. Because its middorsal band runs through the complete segment, but each band is truncate anteriorly and constricted posteriorly, C nuriae separates from the five other species in the group, as indicated in the key above. This species has been described recently and no additional specimens have been found.

Figures

FIGURE 7. Chloeia amoureuxi sp. n., holotype (MMSUCO Amp 2). A. Oblique dorsal view. B. Anterior end, left lateral view. C. Median segments, dorsal view. D. Chaetiger 3, notochaetal tips. E. Same, neurochaetal tips. F. Chaetiger 16, harpoon notochaetae. G. Same, neurochaetal tips. H. Posterior region, dorsal view. Scale bars: A, 0.7 mm; B, 0.05 mm; C, 1.5 mm; D, 160 μm; E, 110 μm; F, 180 μm; G, 30 μm; H, 2 mm.