Nereis
Creators
Description
Nereis ‘lizard_NTM W23960’ Glasby
(Fig. 4 C)
Material examined. AM: W.43850-T, MI QLD 2375 (1); W.47566, MI QLD 2390 (1). NTM: W23924 (1), Day Reef, 14°28.3308'S 145°31.41'E, coll. CReefs Lizard 10 Team, 5 Sep 2010; W23940 (1), Mermaid Cove (buoy), 14°38.7612'S 145°27.2159'E, coll. CReefs Lizard 10 Team, 27 Aug 2010; W23960 (1), MacGillivray Reef, 14°38.85'S 145°29.2739'E, coll. CReefs Lizard 10 Team, 3 Sep 2010; W23999 (1), North Direction Island, 14°44.718'S 145°30.2939'E, coll. CReefs Lizard 10 Team, 4 Sep 2010.
Diagnosis. Nereis species lacking pigmentation (apart from prominent glandular areas dorsally and on notopodia, and white granular pigment (in living forms)); elongate body, flattened posteriorly (Fig. 4 C); two notopodial ligules; both homogomph spinigers and falcigers (with serrated blades) in notopodia of posterior chaetigers.
Remarks. The material probably represents a new species similar to Nereis trifasciata. Habitat. Lagoon to reef slope, associated with patch reefs in lagoon, and Halimeda.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Nereididae
- Genus
- Nereis
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Phyllodocida
- Phylum
- Annelida
- Taxon rank
- genus