Harmothoe lagiscoides serrata Day, 1963

Barnich, R. & Fiege, D., 2000, Revision of the Mediterranean species of Harmothoe Kinberg, 1856 Lagisca Malmgren, 1865 (Polychaeta: Polynoidae: Polynoinae) descriptions of a new genus and a new species, Journal of Natural History 34, pp. 1889-1938 : 1917-1918

Harmothoe lagiscoides serrata Day, 1963

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Harmothoe lagiscoides serrata Day, 1963: 387 , fi gure 1g -m; Day, 1967: 69, fi gure 1.10.f -j. Harmothoe notochaetosa LoÂpez and San MartõÂn, 1996: 183 , fi gures 1, 2.

Type material. Harmothoe lagiscoides serrata , HOLOTYPE: West coast of Cape Province, 33ss06,4¾S 17ss47,2¾E, 141 m, leg. and det. Prof. J. H. Day, BMNH 1963.1.2. Harmothoe notochaetosa , HOLOTYPE: Puerto de Isla de Isabel II, Islas Chafarinas, EspanÄa, 3 m, 35ss10¾48 ² N 2ss25¾03 ² W, September 1991, leg. LoÂpez and San MartõÁn, MNCN 16.01 /3077 (all elytra missing!) . PARATYPES: 1 spm., Isla Rey Francisco , Islas Chafarinas, 6 m, 8 September 1992, MNCN 16.01 /3078 (in bad shape, but elytron present). 1 spm., Isla Isabel II, Islas Chafarinas, 24 m, 22 June 1993, MNCN 16.01 /3079 (in bad shape) .

Diagnosis. Anterior pair of eyes dorsolaterally on widest part of prostomium. Elytra: margin with long fringing papillae; surface covered by thorn-shaped pointed microtubercles and few scattered papillae, with a row of slender thorn-shaped macrotubercles near posterior margin. Dorsal and ventral tentacular cirri and dorsal cirri papillate, tapering. Notochaetae distinctly more numerous than neurochaetae.

IG. 14. Harmothoe lagiscoides serrata ((A, D) holotype of H. notochaetosa, MNCN 16.01/3077; (B, C) paratype of H. notochaetosa, MNCN 16.01/3078). (A) Anterior end; left palp broken, styles of median and lateral antennae, of left ventral and right dorsal and ventral tentacular cirri, and of left dorsal cirrus from chaetiger 3 missing; dorsal view; (B) left middle elytron; (C) detail of posterior margin of same; (D) style of dorsal cirrus (scales5 500 M m for A, D; 1 mm for B; 100 M m for C).

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