Lygdamis Kinberg, 1867

Hutchings, Pat, Capa, María & Peart, Rachael, 2012, 3306, Zootaxa 3306, pp. 1-60 : 21

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Lygdamis Kinberg, 1867 View in CoL

Lygdamis View in CoL .— Kirtley, 1994: 116. Capa et al. 2012: 261–263 View Cited Treatment .

Type species. Lygdamis indicus Kinberg, 1867 by monotypy.

Type locality. Bangka Straits , Java, Indonesia .

Diagnosis. Operculum with separated lobes and distal end sloped posteriorly. Opercular paleae straight and smooth, the outer ones flattened and the inner ones cylindrical, resembling spines.

Remarks. The monophyly of Lygdamis was not assessed in the phylogenetic analyses undertaken by Capa et al. (2012) but all species currently assigned to the genus conform to the above diagnosis. The genus is known from 19 species ( Kirtley 1994; Lechapt & Kirtley 1998; Nishi & Kirtley 1999) including the new species described here. Kirtley (1994) suggested that the shape and colouration of the median organ are useful characters especially in live material, but after fixation and preservation they become so distorted as to loose their usefulness.

References

Capa, M,. Hutchings, P. A. & Peart, R. (2012) Systematic revision of Sabellariidae Johnston, 1865 (Polychaeta) and relationships with other polychaetes. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London, 164, 245 - 284.

Kinberg, J. G. H. (1867) Annulata nova. Ofversigt af Koniglich Vetenskapsakademiens forhandlingar, Stockholm, 23 (9), 337 - 357.

Kirtley, D. W. (1994) A review and taxonomic revision of the family Sabellariidae Johnston, 1865 (Annelida; Polychaeta). Sabecon Press Science Series, 1, 1 - 223.

Lechapt, J-P. & Kirtley, D. W. (1998) New species of bathyal and abyssal Sabellariidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from near New Caledonia (southwest Pacific Ocean). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 111 (4), 807 - 822.

Nishi, E. & Kirtley, D. W. (1999) Three new species of Sabellariidae (Polychaeta) from Japan. Natural History Research, 5 (2), 93 - 105.