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EF572A28422CFF9FFF60785DF2FDF9B0.text	EF572A28422CFF9FFF60785DF2FDF9B0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Pholoides Pruvot 1895	<div><p>Genus: Pholoides Pruvot, 1895</p> <p>Type species: Pholoe dorsipapillata Marenzeller, 1893.</p> <p>Diagnosis: Prostomium subtriangular, with ceratophore of median antenna on anterior border, without lateral antennae; tentaculophores of segment 1 with a bundle of notosetae and single tentacular cirrus. Parapodia biramous. Middorsum not covered by elytra, with or without scattered adhesive tubercles. Elytra on segments 2, 4, 5, 7, continuing on alternate segments to the end of the body, thick, with concentric rings and numerous long border papillae. Segments up to 48.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/EF572A28422CFF9FFF60785DF2FDF9B0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Miranda, Vinícius Da Rocha;Brasil, Ana Claudia Dos Santos	Miranda, Vinícius Da Rocha, Brasil, Ana Claudia Dos Santos (2014): Two new species and a new record of Scale-worms (Polychaeta) from Southwest Atlantic deep-sea coral mounds. Zootaxa 3856 (2): 211-226, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3856.2.3
EF572A28422CFF99FF607B90F261F850.text	EF572A28422CFF99FF607B90F261F850.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Pholoides sinepapillatus Miranda & Brasil 2014	<div><p>Pholoides sinepapillatus sp. nov.</p> <p>Figures: 2 A–E; 3 A–K</p> <p>Material Examined: 4 spms.; HOLOTYPE: 2 spms., IBUFRJ-2131, ECOPROF 9, 639 m, 40º5'45,06"W – 22º22'41,48"S, 22/12/2008, on Solenosmilia variabilis. PARATYPES: 2 spms., IBUFRJ-2130, ECOPROF 10, 622 m, 40º5'39,24"W – 22º22'3,21"S, 17/01/2009, on Errina sp.</p> <p>Diagnosis: Prostomium globular, with two pair of eyes. Lips of the mouth, the surface of the elytra and the ventral surface of the body smooth. Biramous parapodia with noto- and neuropodium of the same size. Elytra with faint concentric rings easily observed by transparency.</p> <p>Description: Holotype with 36 segments (length: 5.07 mm; width 0.7 mm); paratypes with number of chaetigers varying from 27 (length: 2.6 mm; width: 0.6 mm) up to 35 (length: 4.62 mm; width 0.7 mm).</p> <p>Body dorsoventrally flattened, dorsal and ventral surfaces without papillae or tubercles (Fig. 2A). Prostomium and tentacular segment fused (Fig. 3A). Prostomium globular, as wide as long, one pair of eyes; antenna with ceratophore at anterior margin of prostomium, style papillate and inflated subdistally, 1.5 times longer than prostomium. First segment anterior and lateral to prostomium (Fig. 3B), parapodia uniramous with notoacicula not extending beyond epidermis and without papillae on the ventral side; each parapodia with bundle of long, serrate capillary chaetae (Fig. 3C–D); dorsal cirrus (Fig. 3E) length similar to median antenna, and a stout ventral palp.</p> <p>Elytra on bulbous elytrophores on segments 2, 4, 5, 7, continuing on alternate segments to end of body; last two segments without elytra or dorsal tubercles. Elytra large, thick, subtriangular (Fig. 3F) to reniform (Fig. 3G), papillae on margins not covered by adjacent elytra; smooth surfaces and faint concentric rings visible (Figs. 2B). Segments without elytra with small dorsal tubercles (Fig. 3A).</p> <p>Second segment with biramous parapodia (Fig. 3H), one acicula per ramus, not extending beyond epidermis; ventral cirri with short, papillate cirrostyles. Notochaetae (Figs. 2C; 3C–D) capilliform, curved and serrate. Neurochaetae compound (Figs. 2D–E; 3I–J), supracicular shorter than subacicular; shafts and blades of supracicular neurochaetae smooth; shafts of subacicular neurochaetae subdistally spinose, blades serrate and longer than blades of supracicular neurochaetae.</p> <p>Remaining parapodia biramous (Fig. 3K); notopodia as long as neuropodia, distally rounded to subconical, with serrate capilliform notochaetae (Figs. 2C; 3C–D) and notoaciculae slightly extending beyond epidermis. Neuropodia with compound neurochaetae of two kinds: supracicular smaller than subacicular, shafts and blades of supracicular smooth; shafts of subacicular subdistally spinose, blades serrate and longer than supracicular (Figs. 2D–E; 3I–J); neuroaciculae not extending beyond epidermis, each neuroacicular lobe with small digitiform process near distal end of acicula. Ventral cirri present, with few short papillae on cirrostyles (Fig. 3K).</p> <p>Etymology: The name of the species refers to the fact that it doesn´t have papillae over the dorsal and ventral surfaces of the body, neither over the surface of the elytra, as observed in the other species of the genera.</p> <p>Habitats: Associated with Solenosmilia variabilis and Dendrophiliidae corals, in a depth range from 600m to 640m.</p> <p>Remarks: P. sinepapillatus sp. nov. differs from the other two recognized species of Pholoides by having smooth ventral and dorsal surfaces: papillae are present on the ventral surface of the body of the two other Pholoides species (P. dorsipapillatus (Marenzeller, 1893) and P. asperus (Johnson, 1897)). The surface of the buccal lips differs among the three species. While P. dorsipapillatus has papillae over the ventral lip and P. asperus both lips papillated, P. sinepapillatus sp. nov. has both lips smooth. Additionally specimen of P. sinepapillatus sp. nov. did not show papillae on the dorsal tubercle, as is observed in the other two species of Pholoides. As in P. dorsipapillatus, P. sinepapillatus sp. nov. did not show papilla on the ventral side of the first segment, while this papilla is present in P. asperus.</p> <p>In both species already described, the elytra show papillae on the dorsal surface, while P. sinepapillatus sp.nov. has smooth dorsal and ventral surface of elytra. Pettibone (1992) already emphasized the presence of knobbed papillae near the margins and middle region of elytra in P. asperus. While P. asperus presents strongly marked concentric rings, P. sinepapillatus sp. nov. and P. dorsipapillatus, show faintly marked concentric rings.</p> <p>According to the description provided by Pettibone (1992) for P. dorsipapillatus, P. sinepapillatus sp.nov. is not significantly different regarding the parapodium and the compound chaetae. Both species present noto- and neuropodium almost with the same size; upper neurochaetae with blades longer than lower neurochaetae, presenting faintly spinose or smooth, and the shafts can be smooth or subdistally spinose. But when compared with P. asperus some differences can be noticed such as the notopodium in P. asperus, that is smaller than the neuropodium and presents a pair of papillae in the presetal lobe and postsetal lobe covered with papillae; the neurochaetae of P. asperus differ from P. sinepapillatus sp.nov. by having larger and serrated blades and a longer spinose shaft.</p> <p>Another outstanding distinctive character is the number of eyes, while P. dorsipapillatus and P. asperus show two pairs of eyes, P. sinepapillatus sp.nov. has only one pair of eyes situated on the widest part of the prostomium. Pholoides mendeleevi (Averincev 1978) was illustrated with one pair of eyes (Fig. 8: 76– 80 p. 69), so this would not be the first register of Pholoides presenting this character, which is not mentioned by Pettibone (1992) in her revision of the genus. We believe that the presence of at least one pair of eyes could be used as a basic characteristic of the genus Pholoides.</p> <p>Pholoides sinepapillatus sp.nov. is not the first species of Pholoides recorded for Brazilian waters. Sumida et. al (2004) reported P. asperus occurring in seabed pockmarks at Santos Basin, off the coast of São Paulo (26ºS; 46ºW) at a depth of almost 700m. Pinto (2014) also reported another species of Pholoides for Brazil, however the species described by her possess oval prostomium, first segment with prominent ventral papilla, body surface presenting papillae, elytra with faint concentric rings and notopodia smaller than neuropodia; instead of the global prostomium, first segment without ventral papilla, elytra with strongly marked concentric rings and noto- and neuropodia with the same size, as observed in Pholoides sinepapillatus sp.nov. described herein.</p> <p>Distribution: Southwest Atlantic, currently known only from the type locality, Campos Basin, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/EF572A28422CFF99FF607B90F261F850	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		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EF572A284228FF9BFF607DEFF75BFD0D.text	EF572A284228FF9BFF607DEFF75BFD0D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Polynoinae Kinberg 1856	<div><p>Subfamily: Polynoinae Kinberg, 1856</p> <p>Type genus: Harmothoe Kinberg, 1856</p> <p>Type species: Harmothoe spinosa Kinberg, 1856</p> <p>Diagnosis (according to Barnich &amp; Fiege 2003): Body flattened dorsoventrally, short, up to 50 segments, more or less covered by elytra or short tail uncovered (large specimens). Elytra, 15 pairs present on segments 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 26, 29, 32. Prostomium with distinct cephalic peaks and three antennae; lateral antennae with ceratophores inserted ventrally to the median antennae; two pairs of eyes, anterior pair dorsolaterally on widest part of prostomium or anteroventrally beneath cephalic peaks, posterior pair dorsally near hind margin of prostomium. Parapodia biramous, noto- and neuropodia with elongate acicular lobe; tips of noto- and neuroacicula penetrating epidermis; neuropodia with digitiform supra-acicular process. Notochaetae all similar, stout, with numerous rows of spines and blunt tips; neurochaetae more slender, distal region falcate with numerous rows of spines, tips bi- and unidentate. Nephridial papillae visible from segment 5 or 6 onwards.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/EF572A284228FF9BFF607DEFF75BFD0D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Miranda, Vinícius Da Rocha;Brasil, Ana Claudia Dos Santos	Miranda, Vinícius Da Rocha, Brasil, Ana Claudia Dos Santos (2014): Two new species and a new record of Scale-worms (Polychaeta) from Southwest Atlantic deep-sea coral mounds. Zootaxa 3856 (2): 211-226, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3856.2.3
EF572A284228FF95FF607E2DF259F888.text	EF572A284228FF95FF607E2DF259F888.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Harmothoe gilchristi Day 1960	<div><p>Harmothoe gilchristi Day, 1960</p> <p>Figures: 4 A–K; 5 A–C</p> <p>Harmothoe gilchristi Day, 1960: 275–277, fig. 1a–f. Day 1967: 68, fig. 1.10A–E. Barnich &amp; Fiege 2000: 1922–1924, fig. 17A–D. Barnich &amp; Fiege 2003: 43–45, fig. 19A–D.</p> <p>Material examined: 43 spms., 1 spm., IBUFRJ-2123, CAP-BC, 870 m, 39º 59' 30,33"W – 22º 22' 17,79"S, 11/04/ 2004, on Solenosmilia variabilis; 3 spms., IBUFRJ-2128, CAP-BC, 867 m, 39º59'17,32"W – 22º21'54,38"S, 13/07/ 2005, on Lophelia pertusa; 3 spms., IBUFRJ-2115, CAP-BC, 1040 m, 39º58'2,46"W – 22º25'25,72"S, 23/07/2005, on Lophelia pertusa; 1 spm., IBUFRJ-2127, CAP-BC, 747 m, 40º49'49,47"W – 22º30'52,33"S, 17/03/2006, on Lophelia pertusa; 4 spms., IBUFRJ-2119, ECOPROF 1, 603 m, 40º 10' 33,33”W – 22º 30' 16,96" S, 28/01/2008, on Errina sp.; 7 spms., IBUFRJ-2120, ECOPROF 1, 617m, 40º 6' 5,13"W – 22º 22' 36,31"S, 28/01/2008, on Enallopsammia rostrata; 5 spms., IBUFRJ-2122, ECOPROF 1, 626 m, 40º 6' 17,48"W – 22º 22' 34,34"S, 29/01/ 2008, on Enallopsammia rostrata; 2 spms., IBUFRJ-2124, ECOPROF 2, 747 m, 40º10'33"W – 22º37'53"S, 10/06/ 2008, on Lophelia pertusa; 1 spm., IBUFRJ-2114, ECOPROF 3, 608 m, 40º6'11,55"W –22º22'30,79""S, 05/07/ 2008, on Madrepora oculata; 3 spms., IBUFRJ-2117, ECOPROF 4, 612 m, 40º 6' 11,04"W – 22º 22' 33,53"S, 05/ 08/2008, on Solenosmilia variabilis; 1 spm., IBUFRJ-2102, ECOPROF 5, 603 m, 40º6'11,42"W – 22º22'31,77"S, 01/09/2008, on Solenosmilia variabilis; 2 spms., IBUFRJ-2121, ECOPROF 6, 608 m, 40º7'21,81"W – 22º22'59,31"S, 26/09/2008, on Solenosmilia variabilis; 1 spm., IBUFRJ-2110, ECOPROF 7, 609 m, 40º6'18,81"W – 22º22'24,43"S, 25/10/2008, on Solenosmilia variabilis; 1 spm., IBUFRJ-2113, ECOPROF 8, 606 m, 40º6'17,87"W – 22º22'24,44"S, 21/11/2008, on Solenosmilia variabilis; 1 spm., IBUFRJ-1974, ECOPROF 9, 639 m, 40º5'45,06"W – 22º22'41,48"S, 22/12/2008, on Solenosmilia variabilis; 2 spms., IBUFRJ-2104, ECOPROF 10, 613 m, 40º5'42,21"W – 22º22'3,02"S, 17/01/2009, on Solenosmilia variabilis; 1 spm., IBUFRJ2116, ECOPROF 11, 608 m, 40º7'35,34"W – 22º24'13,33"S, 14/02/2009, on Solenosmilia variabilis; 1 spm., IBUFRJ-2118, ECOPROF 11, 603 m, 40º7'20,69"W – 22º22'58,22"S, 14/02/2009, on Solenosmilia variabilis; 2 spms., IBUFRJ-2111, ECOPROF 12, 628 m, 40º6'47,32"W – 22º22'53,31”S, 13/03/2009, on Solenosmilia variabilis; 1 spm., IBUFRJ-2126, ECOPROF 13, 626 m, 40º6'45,87"W – 22º22'59,21"S, 23/04/2009, on Enallopsammia rostrata.</p> <p>Diagnosis: Prostomium bilobed, with two pair of eyes: the anterior pair situated dorsolaterally at the widest part of prostomium and posterior pair at the hind margin of prostomium. Anterior margin of elytra with digitiform papillae, surface covered mainly by conical microtubercles in anterior part, becoming gradually larger and clubshaped towards the posterior margin. Parapodia biramous; notochaetae shafts with several rows of spines and a blunt tip; all neurochaetae bidentate and presenting rows of spines on the distal half of it.</p> <p>Description: Specimens varying in size from 32 segments (length: 09 mm; width 04 mm) up to 46 segments (length: 24 mm; width: 07 mm), but the majority of specimens with 42 segments. Prostomium bilobed (Fig. 4A), with distinct cephalic peaks; median antenna missing or detached in many specimens, in all of them the ceratophore is inserted in anterior notch; lateral antennae inserted ventrally, styles with few small papillae over the surface and abruptly tapering, subdistally, to a filliform tip. Anterior pair of eyes situated dorsolaterally at the widest part of prostomium, posterior pair situated dorsally at hind margin of prostomium. Palps ventrolaterally inserted, with pointed tips. Tentaculophores inserted laterally to prostomium, each presenting two or three notochaetae; dorsal and ventral cirrus also present, styles with small papillae, tapering distally to a filliform tip. Second segment (Fig. 4A) with the first pair of elytra, parapodia biramous and long buccal cirri. Following segments present a tapering ventral cirrus in the parapodia.</p> <p>Fifteen pairs of elytra, covering dorsum, on segments 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, and on alternating segments until segment 23, then on segments 26, 29 and 32, last segments cirrigerous. Elytra (Fig. 4B) presenting posterior margin with digitiform papillae, surface covered mainly by conical microtubercles (Fig. 4C) in anterior part of elytra, becoming gradually larger and club-shaped towards the posterior margin (Fig. 4D). Segments without elytra present a distinct dorsal tubercle and a dorsal cirrus, cirrostyles sparsely papillate.</p> <p>Parapodia biramous (Fig. 4E); notopodia and neuropodia with elongate acicular lobe, neuropodia presenting a digitiform supra-acicular process; tips of notoacicula and neuroacicula extending beyond epidermis. Notochaetae stouter than neurochaetae, with distinct rows of spines and blunt tips (Figs. 4 F–G). All neurochaetae with distinct rows of spines and bidentate tips (Fig. 4H–K), the lower neurochaetae with both teeth not curving, they can be of the same size or one smaller than the other (Figs. 4I, 5A); middle neurochaetae with curved and blunt primary tooth (Figs. 4J, 5B); upper neurochaetae with curved and pointed primary tooth (Figs. 4K, 5C).</p> <p>Remarks: This species was previously identified as Lagisca floccosa Augener, 1906 by Brasil et al. (2007), but Lagisca was later considered a junior synonym of Harmothoe by Pettibone (1953) and Barnich &amp; Fiege (2000), which would mean that the species identified as L. floccosa should be treated as H. floccosa. However, a detailed analysis of this species and of a larger sample of other 38 specimens shows that it does not present macrotubercles over the elytra, revealing that it belongs, instead, to H. gilchristi. The misidentification of the specimens may have resulted from the fact that the microtubercles near posterior margin of the elytra are large, which could have been confused with the macrotubercles found in H. floccosa.</p> <p>Of the species of Harmothoe already reported for the Brazilian coast by Amaral et al. (2013), none of them seems to be like H. gilchristi, H. aculeata Andrews, 1891, H. ernesti Augener, 1931 and H. macginitiei, Pettibone, 1955 possess macrotubercles over the surface of the elytra. While H. lepida (Amaral &amp; Nonato, 1982) presents the borders of elytra smooth. According to Barnich &amp; Fiege (2003) H. gilchristi can be easily confused with H. goreensis Augener, 1918, but they differ from each other in the fact that H. gilchristi has all neurochaetae bidentate and conical microtubercles which become bigger and club-shaped toward the posterior margin of the elytra, while H. goreensis possess uni- and bidentate neurochaetae and only conical and never club-shaped microtubercles over the elytra.</p> <p>The species H. gilchristi was originally described from South Africa (Day 1960, 1967). Its occurrence was later extended to the Northeast Atlantic (Brito et al. 1991) and to the Mediterranean Sea (Barnich &amp; Fiege 2000). Here, we provide the first record of the species for the Southwestern Atlantic, occurring at Campos Basin, off Rio de Janeiro, southeast coast of Brazil. All of the specimens were associated with the corals S. variabilis, L. pertusa, M. oculata and E. rostrata, with depth range from 605 m to 1040 m.</p> <p>Habitats: The species was described as associated with cnidarian and algae species (Isidella sp., Cladocora caespitosa (Linnaeus, 1767) and Dendrophyllia ramea (Linnaeus, 1758)) and also to other substrata (sand grains and rubble). This species was previously recorded living from shallow water down to 845m, now we extend the occurrence of H. gilchristi down to 1040m and found it associated with the corals E. rostrata, S. variabilis, L. pertusa and M. oculata.</p> <p>Distribution: Southwest Atlantic (Campos Basin— Brazil), Southeast Atlantic, Northeast Atlantic, and Mediterranean Sea.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/EF572A284228FF95FF607E2DF259F888	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Miranda, Vinícius Da Rocha;Brasil, Ana Claudia Dos Santos	Miranda, Vinícius Da Rocha, Brasil, Ana Claudia Dos Santos (2014): Two new species and a new record of Scale-worms (Polychaeta) from Southwest Atlantic deep-sea coral mounds. Zootaxa 3856 (2): 211-226, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3856.2.3
EF572A284227FF91FF607911F26AFC98.text	EF572A284227FF91FF607911F26AFC98.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Harmothoe ruthae Miranda & Brasil 2014	<div><p>Harmothoe ruthae sp.nov.</p> <p>Figures: 6 A–J; 7A–C</p> <p>Material examined: 16 spms. HOLOTYPE: 1 spm., IBUFRJ-2132, ECOPROF 5, 612 m, 40º6'10,36"W – 22º22'29,95"S, 01/09/2008, on Lophelia pertusa. PARATYPES: 1 spm., IBUFRJ-2134, CAP-BC, 605 m, 40º14'50,56"W – 22º31'13,46"S, 17/03/2006, on Solenosmilia variabilis; 1 spm., IBUFRJ-2146, ECOPROF 2, 622 m, 40º6'11,57"W – 22º22'32,97"S, 10/06/2008, on Lophelia pertusa; 1 spm., IBUFRJ-2135, ECOPROF 3, 572 m, 40º6'11,45"W – 22º24'31,12"S 05/07/2008, on Enallopsammia rostrata; 1 spm., IBUFRJ-2145, ECOPROF 5, 608 m, 40º6'16,16"W – 22º22'33,75"S, 31/08/2008, on Solenosmilia variabilis; 1 spm., IBUFRJ-2138, ECOPROF 5, 622 m, 40º6'42,56"W – 22º21'50,42"S, 01/09/2008, on Madrepora oculata; 1 spm., IBUFRJ-2137 ECOPROF 5, 622 m, 40º6'16,26"W – 22º22'33,43"S, 31/08/2008, on Solenosmilia variabilis; 1 spm., IBUFRJ2141, ECOPROF 7, 608 m, 40º6'20,74"W – 22º22'7,74"S, 25/10/2008, on Errina sp.; 1 spm, IBUFRJ-2142, ECOPROF 7, 617 m, 40º6'18,81"W – 22º22'24,43"S, 25/10/2008, on Solenosmilia variabilis; 1 spm., IBUFRJ2147, ECOPROF 7, 612 m, 40º6'19,30"W – 22º22'16,24"S, 25/10/2008, on Solenosmilia variabilis; 1 spm., IBUFRJ-2136, ECOPROF 9, 701 m, 40º5'46,88"W – 22º22'41,33"S, 22/12/2008, on Lophelia pertusa; 1 spm., IBUFRJ-2144, ECOPROF 10, 605 m, 40º5'39,21"W – 22º22'3,21"S, 17/01/2009, on Enallopsammia rostrata; 1 spm., IBUFRJ-2148, ECOPROF 10, 636 m, 40º5'39,21"W – 22º22'3,21"S, 17/01/2009, on Enallopsammia rostrata; 1 spm., IBUFRJ-2143, ECOPROF 11, 617 m, 40º7'35,34"W – 22º24'13,33"S, 14/02/2009, on Solenosmilia variabilis; 1 spm., IBUFRJ-2133, ECOPROF 12, 599 m, 40º6'49,28"W – 22º22'53,39"S, 13/03/2009, on Solenosmilia variabilis; 1 spm., IBUFRJ-2139, ECOPROF 14, 609 m, 40º7'46,79"W – 22º23'35,01"S, 23/05/2009, on Lophelia pertusa.</p> <p>Diagnosis: Rounded to sub-reniform elytra; surface covered by conical microtubercles which become gradually bigger toward the posterior margin, all tubercles with bifid tips. Parapodia biramous; notochaetae shafts with several rows of spines and blunt tip; neurochaetae with rows of spines on the distal half, supra-acicular chaetae with pointed tip, sub-acicular chaetae falcate with bifid tips.</p> <p>Description: Holotype with 42 segments (length: 21 mm; width 05 mm); paratypes with number of chaetigers varying from 30 (length: 07 mm; width 03 mm) up to 45 (length: 23 mm; width: 08 mm). Body slightly flattened dorsoventraly. Prostomium bilobed, with distinct cephalic peaks (Fig. 6A). Median antennae missing but ceratophore in anterior notch, lateral antennae inserted ventrally, styles of antennae with smooth surface, tapering to filiform tip. Anterior pair of eyes situated laterally at widest part of prostomium, posterior pair situated dorsally near hind margin of prostomium. Palps ventrolaterally inserted with smooth surface and pointed tips.</p> <p>Tentaculophores inserted laterally to prostomium, presenting two notochaetae and a pair of dorsal and ventral tentacular cirri, styles of cirri smooth, tapering gradually to filliform tip. Second segment with the first pair of elytra (Fig. 6B), parapodia biramous with a ventral buccal cirri, which is as long as all tentacular cirrus. Following segments present only tapering ventral cirri in the parapodia.</p> <p>Fifteen pairs of elytra, covering dorsum, on segments 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, on alternating segments until segment 23, then on segments 26, 29 and 32, last ten segments cirrigerous. First pair of elytra nearly circular (Fig 6B), subsequent ones larger and more or less reniform (Fig. 6C). First pair of elytra with margin smooth and surface tubercles from first elytra shows bifid tips (Fig. 6D). Remaining elytra with cirriform papillae on the posterior margin; surface covered by microtubercles which become slightly bigger toward the posterior margin (Fig. 6C). Microtubercles conical shape with bifurcate tips, some of the tubercles, present single tips. Segments without elytra with distinct dorsal tubercle and filliform dorsal cirri with sparsely papillate surface and abruptly tapering tip.</p> <p>Parapodia biramous (Fig. 6E); notopodia with elongate acicular lobe and neuropodia with elongate prechaetal acicular lobe, bigger than postchaetal, presenting a digitiform supra-acicular process. Tips of notoacicula and neuroacicula penetrating epidermis. Notochaetae stouter than neurochaetae, both with distinct rows of spines; notochaetae with blunt tips (Figs. 6F–G; 7A); neurochaetae mainly with bidentate tips and a distinct secondary tooth (Figs. 6H–I; 7B), a minority, located above, with single tip (Figs. 6J; 7C).</p> <p>Remarks: Some characters present on the elytra of H. ruthae sp.nov. make it distinct from all other species of Harmothoe previously reported to Brazil. By possessing only microtubercles and no macrotubercles, H. ruthae sp.nov. is distinct from H. aculeata Andrews, 1891 and H. ernesti Augener, 1931. When H. ruthae sp.nov. is compared with H. lepida (Amaral &amp; Nonato, 1982), also reported for Brazil, they differ from each other because H. ruthae sp.nov. possess microtubercles with bifid tips while H. lepida presents conical and single microtubercles.</p> <p>Harmothoe ruthae sp.nov. can be differentiated from other species that present microtubercle with bifid tips, such as H. macginitiei Pettibone, 1955, H. propinqua (Malmgren, 1867) and H. antilopes McIntosh, 1876, because those species also present tubercles with other kinds of tips: H. macginitiei presents single and quadrifid tips; H. propinqua presents quadrifid tips but lacks the single ones; in H. antilopes the bifid tips are present, but also are the crown-like and some scattered ones. Harmothoe discoveryae Pettibone, 1993 also has microtubercles with bifid tips with different size, but according to the description provided by the author the species presents tubercles with two to five tips; another discriminating characteristic between H. discoveryae and H. ruthae sp. nov. is the fact that the former possess mottled areas over the elytra and the latter has translucid elytra. Lastly, some elytra may present microtubercles with single tips, possibly these are the oldest ones and one of the tips suffered abrasion.</p> <p>Etymology: The species epithet is homage to Dr. Ruth Barnich, for her important contributions to the study of the Polynoidae and other scale-worms.</p> <p>Habitats: Individuals of Harmothoe ruthae sp.nov. were collected associated with the coral species L. pertusa, S. variabilis, E. rostrata and the hydrocoral Errina sp., at a depth range from 570m to 647m.</p> <p>Distribution: Southwest Atlantic, currently known only from the type locality, Campos Basin off Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/EF572A284227FF91FF607911F26AFC98	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		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