A catalogue of the scaleworm genus Lepidonotus (Polynoidae, Polychaeta) from South America, with two new records for Brazilian waters

Abstract. The genus Lepidonotus is the largest in number of species within the Polynoidae, with more than 70 described species and subspecies. A catalogue of 18 nominal species and subspecies of Lepidonotus from South America is provided, with valid names, synonyms and original citations. Redescript...

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Autores principales: De Assis, José Eriberto, de Brito, Rafael Justino, Christoffersen, Martin Lindsey, de Souza, José Roberto Botelho
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4669924/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26668541
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.533.6184
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author De Assis, José Eriberto
de Brito, Rafael Justino
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de Souza, José Roberto Botelho
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description Abstract. The genus Lepidonotus is the largest in number of species within the Polynoidae, with more than 70 described species and subspecies. A catalogue of 18 nominal species and subspecies of Lepidonotus from South America is provided, with valid names, synonyms and original citations. Redescriptions and illustrations of two species based on new specimens collected along the littoral of the State of Paraíba, northeastern Brazil are included. Lepidonotus carinulatus and Lepidonotus natalensis are reported for the first time for Brazilian waters. A comparative table of characters for all reported species and subspecies of Lepidonotus from South America is provided.
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spelling pubmed-46699242015-12-14 A catalogue of the scaleworm genus Lepidonotus (Polynoidae, Polychaeta) from South America, with two new records for Brazilian waters De Assis, José Eriberto de Brito, Rafael Justino Christoffersen, Martin Lindsey de Souza, José Roberto Botelho Zookeys Catalogue Abstract. The genus Lepidonotus is the largest in number of species within the Polynoidae, with more than 70 described species and subspecies. A catalogue of 18 nominal species and subspecies of Lepidonotus from South America is provided, with valid names, synonyms and original citations. Redescriptions and illustrations of two species based on new specimens collected along the littoral of the State of Paraíba, northeastern Brazil are included. Lepidonotus carinulatus and Lepidonotus natalensis are reported for the first time for Brazilian waters. A comparative table of characters for all reported species and subspecies of Lepidonotus from South America is provided. Pensoft Publishers 2015-11-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4669924/ /pubmed/26668541 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.533.6184 Text en José Eriberto De Assis, Rafael Justino de Brito, Martin Lindsey Christoffersen, José Roberto Botelho de Souza http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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De Assis, José Eriberto
de Brito, Rafael Justino
Christoffersen, Martin Lindsey
de Souza, José Roberto Botelho
A catalogue of the scaleworm genus Lepidonotus (Polynoidae, Polychaeta) from South America, with two new records for Brazilian waters
title A catalogue of the scaleworm genus Lepidonotus (Polynoidae, Polychaeta) from South America, with two new records for Brazilian waters
title_full A catalogue of the scaleworm genus Lepidonotus (Polynoidae, Polychaeta) from South America, with two new records for Brazilian waters
title_fullStr A catalogue of the scaleworm genus Lepidonotus (Polynoidae, Polychaeta) from South America, with two new records for Brazilian waters
title_full_unstemmed A catalogue of the scaleworm genus Lepidonotus (Polynoidae, Polychaeta) from South America, with two new records for Brazilian waters
title_short A catalogue of the scaleworm genus Lepidonotus (Polynoidae, Polychaeta) from South America, with two new records for Brazilian waters
title_sort catalogue of the scaleworm genus lepidonotus (polynoidae, polychaeta) from south america, with two new records for brazilian waters
topic Catalogue
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4669924/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26668541
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.533.6184
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