Phalacrostemma Marenzeller, 1895

Hutchings, Pat, Capa, María & Peart, Rachael, 2012, 3306, Zootaxa 3306, pp. 1-60 : 31

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Phalacrostemma Marenzeller, 1895:19 View in CoL ; Kirtley, 1994: 147; Capa et al., 2012: 267–268 View Cited Treatment .

Type species. Phalacrostemma cidariophilum Marenzeller, 1895 , by monotypy.

Type locality. Off Pelagossa Island , Adriatic Sea .

Diagnosis. Buccal flaps present, arrangement of outer paleae in a spiral on each lobe, in most species.

Remarks. Kirtley (1994) recognised 10 species within the genus and four species have been described since then ( Lechapt & Kirtley 1998 and present paper). This represents the first record of the genus from Australia and as this genus currently is only known from deep water, this is not surprising given the limited offshore sampling carried out in Australia. As can be seen from Table 3, many species of the genus are extremely poorly known and have been separated based solely on paleal features. A complete revision of the genus is therefore urgently needed.

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.

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.

Marenzeller E. von, (1895) Phalacrostemme cidariophilum, eine neue Gattung und Art der Hermelliden. Anzeiger, Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, 32, 191 - 192.