A new nemertean species: what are the useful characters for ribbon worm descriptions?
Strand, M.; Herrera-Bachiller, A.; Nygren, A.; Kånneby, T. (2014). A new nemertean species: what are the useful characters for ribbon worm descriptions? J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 94(2): 317-330. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s002531541300146x
In: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Cambridge University Press/Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom: Cambridge. ISSN 0025-3154; e-ISSN 1469-7769, more
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- Strand, M.
- Herrera-Bachiller, A.
- Nygren, A.
- Kånneby, T.
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| Abstract |
In recent years the Norwegian Taxonomy Initiative started thorough investigations of poorly known organism groups. In this context, several marine inventories have rendered a number of marine invertebrate species new to science. Within the phylum Nemertea (ribbon worms) a characteristic hoplonemertean was encountered on two different occasions. We describe the new species Amphiporus rectangulus sp. nov. with a combination of histology and DNA data (COI). For the morphological description we use a previously proposed character matrix and, in a context given by the results, also provide a brief discussion on benefits and drawbacks with both methods. We argue that for small animals with soft bodies external characters can be more informative than hitherto expected. |
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