Description of three new species of <i>Ninoe and Cenogenus</i> (Polychaeta: Lumbrineridae) from the Mexican Pacific

A new species of Ninoe (Annelida: Lumbrineridae) from the continental shelf off southern Namibia

“…This is consistent with the most recent descriptions of new species of Ninoe from elsewhere in the world. For example, Ninoe jessicae Hernández-Alcántara et al ., 2006 and Ninoe marthae Hernández-Alcántara et al ., 2006 from the Mexican Pacific were recorded in silty sands and muddy sands at depths of 20–120 m and, 85 and 600–2700 m, respectively (Hernández-Alcántara et al ., 2006). Similarly, Ninoe vargasi Carrera-Parra, 2001 and Ninoe wardae Carrera-Parra, 2001 were described from the Grand Caribbean in sediments at depths of 22–221 and 175 m, respectively (Carrera-Parra, 2001).…”

“…Among them, only one species belonging to this family has ever been described from Namibian waters, Ninoe desbruyeresi Miura, 1980 (see Day, 1967; Miura, 1980; Read & Fauchald, 2022). Considering that over the last two decades alone six new genera have been erected and more than 40 new species described globally within Lumbrineridae (Aguirrezabalaga & Carrera-Parra, 2006; Cai & Li, 2011; Carrera-Parra et al ., 2011; Martins et al ., 2012; Arias & Carrera-Parra, 2014; D'Alessandro et al ., 2014; Kurt-Sahin et al ., 2016; Katsiaras et al ., 2018; Borisova & Budaeva, 2020; Borisova & Budaeva, 2022), at least four of which belong to Ninoe (Carrera-Parra, 2001; Hernandez-Alcantra et al ., 2006), the diversity within this region may be underestimated. Further, exploitation of mineral resources, especially the extraction of diamonds off southern Namibia, continues to reveal species that cannot be identified using local or regional guides thereby highlighting the limited research conducted in describing faunal communities in this region and the anticipation that many more undescribed species may be found (see Glasby & Alvarez, 1999; Hutchings & Kupriyanova, 2018; Simon et al ., 2022).…”