Paradoneis lyra ( Southern, 1914 )

Sikorski, Andrey, 2017, The Paraonidae (Annelida: Sedentaria) from Norway and adjacent seas, with two new species, four new records, and a redescription of Paraonides nordica Strelzov, 1968 based on type material, Zootaxa 4320 (1), pp. 41-67 : 54-55

Paradoneis lyra ( Southern, 1914)

Paraonis (Paraonides) lyra Southern, 1914: 94 –95, pl. 9 figs. 22A–E, pl. 10, figs 22F–G; Hartman 1957: 334 –335; Pettibone 1963: 300, fig. 79g.

Paraonis lyra .— Eliason 1920: 56 –57.

Paraonides lyra .— Hartman 1969: 70 –71, figs. 1–4; Imajima 1973: 287 –288, fig. 18.

Paradoneis lyra .— Katzmann & Laubier 1975: 569 –572, fig. 1; Hartley 1981: 146; Mackie 1991: 148 –150, figs. 1, 2, 3A; Kirkegaard 1996:32 –34, fig. 13.

Cirrophorus lyra .— Strelzov 1973: 116 –118, fig. 49; Hartmann-Schröder 1996: 385 –386, fig. 182.

Material examined. 6244 Oseberg C OSC–05; 60.6124°N–2.7717°E; 105 m; 28.05.2013; one specimen. 6244 Regionale stasjoner REG –07; 60.9730°N – 2.6305°E ; 187 m; 30.05.2013; eight specimens. 6244 Regionale stasjoner REG –15; 60.6888°N – 2.6984°E ; 117 m; 28.05.2013; five specimens. 6244 Veslefrikk VFRK –03; 60.7843°N – 2.8947°E ; 172 m; 29.05.2013; one specimen. 7585 Røysa St. 2; 62.5506°N- 06.1456°E ; 74 m; 12.03.2015; three specimens. 5390 G7122/7-1; 71.05°N-22.05°E; 340 m; 08.09.2015; three specimens. 5390 E7122/4-1; 71.05°N-22.05°E; 340 m; 10.09.2015; three specimens.

Diagnosis. Antenna and secondary ciliary organs absent. Three prebranchial segments. Branchiae numbering up to 12 pairs; cylindrical with rounded tips, about six times as long as wide, similar in length to body width. Modified notochaetae forked. All neurochaetae capillaries.

Distribution. Eastern Atlantic, from areas of North Sea close to Norway ( Mackie 1991) and Øresund, Skageraak, Kategaat ( Kirkegaard 1996) to Portugal ( Pardal et al. 1992). Barents Sea ( Strelzov 1973). Western Atlantic from New England ( Pettibone 1963) to Caribbean ( Díaz-Díaz et al. 2009). Mediterranean ( Campoy 1981). California ( Hartman 1957, 1969). Japan ( Imajima 1973). Pacific coast of Panama ( Aguado & López 2003).