<em>Flabelligena gascognensis</em> sp. nov. (Polychaeta: Acrocirridae), a new species from the Capbreton Canyon (Bay of Biscay, NE Atlantic)

Multiple origins of pelagicism within Flabelligeridae (Annelida)

“…This species differs from all described Flabelligena in the possession of two pairs of branchiae, a pair of gonopores in the seventh chaetiger (described as large ventral papillae by Aguirrezabalaga and Ceberio, 2006), two spinulose notochaetae per notopodium, two to three compound hooded hooks per neuropodium, and lacking eyes. Likewise, Macrochaeta sp.…”

A new deep-sea species of Flabelligena from off the South Orkney Islands, the Southern Ocean

“…We followed the morphological terminology of Aguirrezabalaga and Ceberio (2006) and Martínez et al (2019) in the taxonomic description below.…”

“…Flabelligena Gillet, 2001 belongs to the Acrocirridae. It has a minute body, body papillae, spinulose or serrated (not cross-barred) notochaetae, 1-3 pairs of branchiae and a pair of frontal palps (Aguirrezabalaga and Ceberio 2006). They live in sandy areas, mainly in bathyal to abyssal depths.…”

“…They live in sandy areas, mainly in bathyal to abyssal depths. The six described Flabelligena species are known mainly from the North Atlantic Ocean, three of which are known from the Southwest Atlantic, Mediterranean and South Indian Oceans (Aguirrezabalaga and Ceberio 2006). Several polychaetes faunal surveys have been carried out around the Southern Ocean (e.g.…”

<p class="HeadingRunIn"><strong><em>Mooreonuphis vespa,</em> a new brooding species of Onuphidae (Annelida) from northern Spain (Bay of Biscay)</strong></p>

“…Members of the family Onuphidae are mostly tubicolous polychaetes that extend worldwide from the intertidal to abyssal depths. Knowledge of European onuphids has expanded over the last years with the description of several new species (Aguirrezabalaga et al 2002;Pires et al 2010;Budaeva 2012;Fauchald et al 2012) and new species records (Rodrigues et al 2009;Arias et al 2010;.…”