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Prionospio hermesia Neal & Paterson ex Paterson et al. 2016

Diagnosis

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Diagnostic features are two pairs of branchiae, lack of sabre chaetae, hooded hooks bi- or tridentate. Most similar to Prionospio kaplani

Reference

Paterson, Gordon L. J.; Neal, Lenka; Altamira, Iris; Soto, Eulogio H.; Smith, Craig R.; Menot, Lenaick; Billett, David S. M.; Cunha, Marina R.; Marchais-Laguionie, Clare; Glover, Adrian G. (2016). New Prionospio and Aurospio Species from the Deep Sea (Annelida: Polychaeta). Zootaxa. 4092(1): 1-32.

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Read, Geoffrey [email]

Distribution

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recorded from the Nazaré, Setúbal and Cascais canyons of the Portuguese margin at depths of 3214–4364 m

Reference

Paterson, Gordon L. J.; Neal, Lenka; Altamira, Iris; Soto, Eulogio H.; Smith, Craig R.; Menot, Lenaick; Billett, David S. M.; Cunha, Marina R.; Marchais-Laguionie, Clare; Glover, Adrian G. (2016). New Prionospio and Aurospio Species from the Deep Sea (Annelida: Polychaeta). Zootaxa. 4092(1): 1-32.

license
cc-by-4.0
copyright
WoRMS Editorial Board
contributor
Read, Geoffrey [email]